Naturgy Energy Group News

The Naturgy Shareholders’ General Meeting approved all items submitted to vote on the agenda with widespread support. These include the company's launching of a voluntary and partial takeover bid to buy back its own shares. This is intended to raise the free float level on the stock exchange. The operation will be carried out at a price of €26.5 per share and is limited to 10% of the capital. The takeover bid has the backing of Naturgy’s five key shareholders (Criteria, GIP,...

Naturgy has commissioned the Ocaña photovoltaic in the province of Toledo. The 50 MW facility will produce around 100 GWh of renewable energy per year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of approximately 26,000 homes. By connecting this new plant, Naturgy reaches 1,200 MW of operational renewable generation in Castilla-La Mancha and reinforces its commitment to promoting its energy transition. An investment of 31 million euros was required to commission the Ocaña p...

Naturgy has signed with Bioeco Energías for its incorporation into the major project promoted by the energy group for the development of biomethane plants in Spain. Both companies have agreed to develop new facilities with a joint capacity to produce more than 500 GWh per year. The new production will be added to that planned in the partnership recently signed by Naturgy and Hispania Silva, bringing the total biomethane production capacity to 3TWh. This figure is equivalent to the annual...

Naturgy has commissioned its first photovoltaic plant in the Region of Murcia. Located in the municipality of Jumilla, the facility has a capacity of 34 MW and will produce 73 GWh of renewable energy per year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of approximately 21,000 homes. This production will prevent the emission of 46,400 tons of CO2 per year, equivalent to taking 19,300 vehicles off the road, and will accelerate the energy transition in the region. An investment of 26 milli...

Naturgy and Ence have been the protagonists of the largest energy efficiency operation within the new system of Energy Saving Certificates (CAE) promoted by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. The project consisted of Ence implementing an advanced technology project to increase the energy efficiency of its boilers as part of the company’s strategic commitment to innovation in its production centers. The operation has been verified by AENOR, a major entity...

Naturgy will supply renewable gas to Aena to boost the decarbonization of its airport network. The agreement reached by the two companies includes the supply of some 83 GWh of natural gas over the next two years, of which at least 20 GWh will be biomethane, with which the airport manager will significantly reduce its emissions linked to thermal energy consumption and make progress in decarbonization by consuming sustainable and competitive energy. The biomethane supplied to Aena will be produce...

Naturgy contributed 10,797 GWh of renewable energy to the Spanish electricity system last year, which represents an 11% increase compared to the previous year. Broken down by technology, solar increased its production by 27%, hydropower by 15% and wind by 6%. This increase in production was accompanied by an increase in installed capacity in Spain, with 271 MW of new capacity, an increase of more than 5% compared to 2023, taking the country’s operational capacity to 5.3 GW. Solar powe...

UFD, the Naturgy Group’s electricity distributor, now has more than 50,000 self-consumption facilities connected to its electricity grid in Spain. This milestone illustrates the company’s commitment to the energy transition and its determination to make it easier for its customers to manage their energy supplies. The company connected more than 13,000 new self-consumption facilities to its infrastructure over the course of 2024, representing a 35% increase. These points were located...

The Palos de la Frontera Combined Cycle Power Plant in the province of Huelva has been operating for 20 years, guaranteeing the security of the electricity supply in Andalusia and boosting the region’s economic activity. Since it came into operation, the facility has produced a cumulative total of more than 50 TWh, which is equivalent to the consumption of more than 700,000 households each year for the past two decades. To commemorate this anniversary, the numerous authorities took pa...

Naturgy has been recognized for yet another year as one of the best companies to work for in Spain, as is the case since 2014. Awarded by the Top Employers Institute, this certification places the company as one of the most outstanding companies for its talent strategy and initiatives in people management. Top Employer Institute certification has been obtained after an exhaustive audit process of more than 300 practices and policies of the company’s People area. Naturgy’s score Na...

Naturgy has commissioned three new photovoltaic plants in Extremadura with a combined capacity of 150 MW and the ability to supply renewable energy to more than 94,000 homes. These are El Encinar I, Los Naipes and Los Naipes II, all three located in the municipality of Badajoz. Requiring an overall investment of 70 million Euros, these facilities have an individual capacity of 50 MW and will generate a total of 315 GWh/year. This production will reduce CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions by...

Naturgy has signed a strategic alliance with Hispania Silva, a company specializing in waste recovery with extensive experience in the agro-livestock sector, to build at least 20 biomethane production plants, which could rise up to 30. The plants built by this alliance, which will be distributed throughout Spain and will be operational before 2030, will have the capacity to generate 2.5 TWh of biomethane per year, equivalent to the consumption of 500,000 homes. Advantages of synergies Partner...

Naturgy, in collaboration with the City of Energy Foundation (CIUDEN) attached to the Institute for Just Transition (ITJ) under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO), has successfully completed the first tests for the installation and commissioning of an energy storage system based on second-life batteries from Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles. Batteries used for the tests are sourced from two origins: either they were discarded at the factory due to temporar...

Naturgy has renewed its dominant position in the FTSE4Good index of the most sustainable companies in the Utilities sector, which groups gas, water, and multi-utilities. The company’s overall score was 4.4 out of 5, and it was recognized with the highest rating in the areas of biodiversity, working conditions, health and safety, risk management, corporate governance, and fiscal transparency. Naturgy has been continuously present in this index since its creation in 2001. Recognition with...

Naturgy leads the promotion of the energy transition in the Canary Islands with the inauguration of five new photovoltaic plants in the municipality of Agüimes (Gran Canaria). The entry into operation of these facilities brings the Group’s renewable energy capacity in the region to 136 MW, which represents an annual production capacity of around 380 GWh, equivalent to the consumption of 116,000 homes. Overall, Naturgy already operates a total of 21 facilities in the archipelago, 12...

Naturgy has started up its third biomethane plant in Spain and has now increased its renewable gas production capacity to 29 GWh per year, an amount equivalent to the gas consumption of around 6,000 homes. The new biomethane plant operated by Naturgy is located at the Porgaporcs livestock farm in the municipality of Vila-Sana (Lleida). The facility will produce around 12 GWh of renewable gas a year that will be injected into the network of Nedgia, the natural gas distributor of the Naturgy Gro...

Naturgy has renewed its global EFR (Empress Familiarmente Responsable/Family-Responsible Company) certification awarded by the Másfamilia Foundation, which it initially received in 2013, when it was the first company worldwide to obtain this accreditation. It is currently the only IBEX 35 company with this certificate, which accredits the validity and impact of measures, indicators, practices and actions in terms of work-life balance and people development in five areas: quality of emplo...

Naturgy has received recognition for its work on fighting climate change by the prestigious Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-profit organization that assesses the performance on climate change and water resource management, among other aspects, of the pioneering companies and governments around the world. The Naturgy energy group has been scored by CDP since 2010 and this is the thirteenth time that its A- score has placed it among the world’s pioneers for its performance on protect...

The renewable gas distribution capacity of the network operated by Nedgia, the Naturgy group’s gas distributor, increased fivefold in 2023. The company already operates six injection modules located in Catalonia, Castile and León and Galicia, which inject 174 GWh of biomethane per year into its infrastructure, equivalent to the annual consumption of more than 70,000 homes, thereby preventing more than 32,000 tons of atmospheric CO2 emissions per year. Advanced stages of developmen...

UFD, the Naturgy Group’s electricity distributor, now has more than 38,000 self-supply installations in its electricity network after having doubled the number of connections in 2023. These operative self-supply installations have a total capacity of 950 MW, a figure that represents an important milestone for the company in its commitment to the energy transition. Naturgy’s commitment This record illustrates Naturgy’s commitment to helping and encouraging its customers to ad...

Ingeteam was selected as a technology partner by Global Power Generation (GPG), the international generation subsidiary of the Naturgy group, to equip an electricity storage project in Australia. The 10 MW, 20 MWh capacity battery system is associated with the 109 MW Berrybank 2 wind farm in Victoria, which GPG will start operating in the coming months. The battery storage facility, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), will support ACT's distribution network at the Queanbeyan subs...