Acciona to Supply Renewable Energy to Unilever, Strengthening Its Corporate Clients Business in the Process
January 17, 2018
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ACCIONA Energía has increased its portfolio of corporate clients it supplies with renewable energy through a contract to supply Unilever in España during 2018. The contract with the food, hygiene and home care products multinational covers the delivery of 23 gigawatt-hours/year (GWh/year) to cover the electricity demand of all the company's work centers in Spain. Like all the energy marketed by ACCIONA, the power supplied to Unilever will be 100% renewable, certified by the Spanish Competition and Markets Authority (CNMC). The use of clean energy at the volume indicated will avoid the emission of around 22,100 tonnes of CO2, the main cause of global warming and climate change, from coal-fired power stations. With this contract, ACCIONA strengthens its business of the sale of energy to major clients in the Iberian market, where it is already a key player and the biggest in terms of exclusively renewable energy. In 2017 it supplied around 5,000 gigawatt-hours in this market segment, and expects to increase this figure by 18% over this year.
Acciona, S.A. is a building and public works group organized around five areas of activity:
- design, construction and maintenance of infrastructures and buildings: roads, highways, tunnels, railroads, hydraulic facilities, wastewater processing plants, parking lots, hospitals, residences, etc.;
- energy services: production of electricity (wind, water, solar, and biomass), engineering and construction of wind power plants, production of aero-generators and bio-diesel fuel;
- water environmental services: design, construction and management of desalination units, distribution of potable water, wastewater treatment, etc.;
- services: cleaning services (streets, hospitals, etc.), airport handling services, collection and processing of wastes, logistics services, etc.;
- other: fund management, securities brokerage services, wine production, etc.