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UFD, the Naturgy Group electricity, will invest €1.33 billion up to 2028 to strengthen and digitalise its electricity grid in Spain. The aim of these investments is to improve the service offered to its customers and to promote the development of the energy transition, as established in the new Strategic Plan approved by Naturgy.

Jai Thomas, WA Acting Director General, Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Sam Barbaro, Western Power Chief Executive Officer, and Alison Harris, President of the Shire of Cunderdin, accompanied by Francisco Bustío, CEO of Global Power Generation (GPG), Pedro Serrano, Managing Director of Global Power Generation Australia, and Ciaran Shannon, CEO Monford, today inaugurated the Cunderdin Hybrid PV Solar + BESS Project. This pioneering project is Western Australia´s first large-scale solar and battery energy storage system, as well as the region´s first solar hybrid project-setting a new benchmark for renewable energy in Western Australia. It´s also the first hybridisation project of its kind developed by the Naturgy group in the world.

The Naturgy Shareholders' General Meeting of approved all items submitted to vote on the agenda with widespread support. These include the company 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.

Naturgy has signed with Bioeco Energías 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 joint capacity to produce more than 500 GWh per year.

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 tonnes of CO2 per year, equivalent to taking 19,300 vehicles off the road, and will accelerate the energy transition in the region.

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.

UFD, the Naturgy group electricity distributor, invested 441 million euros in 2024 in the digitalisation and improvement of its more than 116,000 kilometres of network in Spain, which represents an increase of 34% compared to the average investment of the last five years. Since 2020, UFD investments have exceeded 1.647 billion euros, with a focus on improving quality of service to its 3.8 million customers.

Naturgy will supply renewable gas to Aena to boost the decarbonisation 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 decarbonisation by consuming sustainable and competitive energy.

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%.