[1.1] Iberdrola Today

Our activities

  • Transmission and distribution of electricity.
  • Production of electricity from renewable and conventional sources.
  • Purchase/sale of electricity and gas on wholesale markets.
  • Distribution of gas.
  • Other activities, mainly linked to the energy sector.

What we are

Iberdrola is today one of the leading electric companies in the world by stock market capitalisation.

The corporate and governance structure is described in chapter 5.1 of this report and consists of:

  • Iberdrola, as a holding company.
  • Country subholding companies in the 5 main geographic areas of activity.
  • Head of business companies reporting to the country subholding companies.

Iberdrola is one of the leading electric utilities in the world

Presence focused on the Atlantic area

The Iberdrola group does business in multiple countries, but mainly in the five countries of the Atlantic area: Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America, Brazil and Mexico. Other significant countries are Germany, Portugal, France and Italy.

Iberdrola group 2018 Key figures

47,448
MW
Installed capacity

29,177
MW
Renewable installed capacity

145,597
GWh
Net output

1,173,672
Km / Power lines

233,435
GWh
Electric power distributed

34.7
Millions of Customers1

34,078
People
Direct employment

5,320
€M Investments

7,939
€M Direct tax contribution

425,000
People2
Direct, indirect and induced employment

7,753
€M Procurement

(1) In countries where there is retail and distribution activity, distribution customers are taken into account.
(2) Data from a Study of Iberdrola’s Impact, prepared by PwC, for financial year 2017.