Iberdrola España drives the economy’s electrification from Valencia
- The company has promoted the celebration of the Enlit on the Road event in the city, European Green Capital 2024, together with the Energy Cluster of Valencia, institutions and companies in the industry
- During his speech, Mario Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of Iberdrola España, highlighted the economy’s electrification as a synonym for competitiveness and energy autonomy
Iberdrola España has promoted the celebration in Valencia of Enlit on the Road, a meeting that connects companies, industries and suppliers through digitszation, energy transition and electrification, organised by Enlit Europe, with the Energy Cluster of Valencia, institutions and companies in the industry.
Mario Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of Iberdrola España, stressed during the event’s opening that the economy’s electrification is synonymous with competitiveness and investment opportunities and that it provides energy autonomy, safety, economic and industrial growth and quality jobs, and highlighted the importance of having strong and resilient energy to be able to face the convulsive climate and international scenario.
Ruiz-Tagle stressed that the energy transition 'offers us numerous benefits as a country because we have abundant natural resources like sun, wind and water, which are essential for generating clean and competitive energy. We have to harness these resources through the use of renewable and storage technologies’.
The importance of smart grids is another of the aspects highlighted by the CEO of Iberdrola España during the conference, who indicated that they are essential for bringing clean and competitive energy to families and companies safely and reliably.
‘They’re key to making the energy transition possible, as they integrate renewables and connect large industrial projects, so we need a regulatory framework and a remuneration scheme that lets us invest more in robust, secure, digitised grids that are resilient to adverse phenomena’, Ruiz-Tagle stressed.
‘They’re key to making the energy transition possible, as they integrate renewables and connect large industrial projects, so we need a regulatory framework and a remuneration scheme that lets us invest more in robust, secure, digitised grids that are resilient to adverse phenomena’, Ruiz-Tagle stressed.
The CEO of Iberdrola España gave the example that thanks to the digitalisation of the grid, the company was able to turn the electricity back on during the cold drop in record time and highlighted the progress being made by the il-lumina plan to build the future grid in the affected area, in which the company is going to invest €100 M.
The energy transition as an opportunity in Spain and in the world
At the Enlit on the Road event in Valencia, different examples of the opportunities presented by the energy transition were presented. The event was attended by Juan Carlos Caballero, Councillor for Institutional Relations of the City of Valencia, which has been European Green Capital 2024, as well as Paddy Young, Director of Enlit, who welcomed all attendees and spoke about the Green Talent report.
During the event Ana Lafuente, Global Network Director of the Iberdrola Group, discussed the importance of smart grids, and Eva Mancera, CEO of i-DE, and Ignacio García Bosch, head of the il-lumina plan, explained the role of the company during the dana and the grid redesign project in the affected area that the company is carrying out. Antonio Marqués, Director of Technology and Innovation of the Etra Group, also gave a presentation on network intelligence.
Another of the topics discussed was energy storage and its opportunities, on which María Burgos, Director of Energy Market Analysis and Foresight at Iberdrola España, and Enrique Bayonne, General Manager of the Energy Cluster of Valencia, spoke.
Gema Góngora, Global Director of Talent and Employee Experience of the Iberdrola Group, spoke about job creation and energy transition, and José Luis Adanero, Director of Planning and Regulation of the Renewable Energy Division, spoke about Iberdrola España's various wind repowering projects, which enable the number of wind turbines in wind farms to be significantly reduced.
Eva Pérez, Director of Innovation Promotion at the ValenciaPort Foundation and Secretary General of the Net-Zero Sea Alliance, discussed decarbonization in port facilities, and the Iberdrola Group's Director of Innovation, Environment and Quality, Agustín Delgado, closed the event.
Enlit is a global forum dedicated to addressing all aspects of the energy transition. Enlit Europe is the main event of the year and its location changes within the continent. In 2022, it was held in Frankfurt, in 2023, in Paris, in 2024 it was held in Milan, and in 2025 it will be in November in Bilbao.
