• 58% of the group’s installed capacity is now free of CO2 emissions, a figure that rises to 70% in Spain.

IBERDROLA’s firm commitment to using the most environmentally friendly generation technologies has enabled the company to reduce its CO2 emissions by 3.2% globally, from 251 grammes de CO2 per kWh registered in September 2010 to 243 grammes of CO2 per kWh in the same month in 2011.

The group closed the first nine months of the year with 58% of its global installed capacity free of CO2, a figure that rises to 70% in Spain.

At the end of September, 26,546MW of the company’s worldwide capacity derived from clean energy sources, of which more than 17,840MW are sited in Spain.

IBERDROLA’s efforts to head the development of green energies is evidenced by, among other things, its leadership in the wind farm market. The company, that has renewable energy capacity of almost 13,450MW, owns some of the leading installations: Whitelee (Scotland), the largest wind farm in Europe; El Andévalo (Spain), the biggest on Continental Europe; and Peñascal (in the United States), the leading facility of its type that owned by the company in the world.

The group has one of the most sustainable and balanced generation businesses in the world, and also boasts 9,725 MW of hydro power capacity, 3,373MW of nuclear capacity, 13,189MW of CCGT and 1,174MW of co-generation capacity.

The company intends to keep a mix low in CO2 emissions, and is strengthening its commitment to green energy through developing the new generation of clean energies: marine energy. IBERDROLA is developing major offshore wind farm projects, as well as projects to obtain energy from waves and currents, that add up to another 12,000MW capacity.