At ACCIONA we are aware that the world today is driven by enormous challenges. That’s why we dare to take on an exceptional and enormous challenge: to arrive at the Geographic South Pole on board a wind-drawn sled.
Propelled solely by kites, this sled is a ground-breaking vehicle. In the race to create a better and more environment-friendly future, it shows that there is another way of doing things, a way forward in which innovation and the pursuit of maximum efficiency are the fundamental driving forces behind ACCIONA.
Our challenge is to stand as a benchmark in Eco-efficiency, embracing Corporate Responsibility as a commitment that is part and parcel of all our activities.

Our Activities

We are a global operator focused on renewable technologies. We operate in twenty countries and in seven different technologies, taking on the challenge to prove the technical and financial viability of a new energy model base on sustainability principles.

Milestones

• We supply electricity based on clean production to more than three million people.
• We use our twenty years’ experience in the industry to support our clients’ renewables projects.
• We are leaders in the development, construction and operation of wind farms across the globe.
• We design and manufacture strong and reliable wind generators using home-grown technology.
• We are an industry yardstick in biomass development in Spain.
• We have installed more than 9,000MW in renewable energies worldwide (7,500 are ACCIONA-owned).

We carry out civil works and construction following the overall principles of Sustainability and environmental balance, with a commitment to bringing down carbon emissions in construction and subsequent use of buildings and infrastructures.

Milestones

• Reconstruction of infrastructures to ensure a more approachable kind of design for social buildings (hospitals, universities...) and transport networks (roads, railways, ports and airports...).
• Maximum reduction of environmental impacts through the constant pursuit of new materials and more sustainable construction techniques.
• Use of natural energy sources in eco-efficient or “zero-emissions” buildings.  

We are a global leader in water treatment through the development, execution and operation of treatment, purification and desalination plants. We are present on the five continents to make sure that water ceases to be a problem.

Milestones

• Strengthen our leadership and commitment delivering solutions to more than 50 million people daily.
• Water purification (thanks to 300 purification facilities) of more than seven million cubic meters of water each day.
• Constant innovation in end-to-end solutions that contribute to sustainable development.
• Global leader in Reverse Osmosis Desalination.
• Recognized for the fourth year in a row by Global water Intelligence as the world’s Best Water Company.

Innovation has become an engine for change at ACCIONA. Our concept of innovation goes beyond the bounds of technology and extends also to operating efficiency. In this respect, one of our goals for the next few years is to double our efforts to bring innovative solutions to business processes in an effort to strengthen the principles of sustainability and maximize efficiency in costs and resources.

Milestones

• Research into the extraction of future fuels from seaweed.
• Replace concrete with composites that bring down carbon emissions.
• Design of self-sufficient buildings in terms of energy and zero-emissions. 
• Support for offshore wind power as one of the main energy sources in the future.
• Water reuse in the home.
• Research into the use of biotech and nanotechnologies in an effort to come up with more sustainable construction processes. 
• Research into new ways of storing energy in order to design the electrical system of the future. 
• The creation of three technology centers (Madrid, Pamplona and Barcelona) that make up the three lynchpins of our research activities.