Naturgy has opened the first public vehicular natural gas refuelling station in the city of Mataró. It is located in the Les Hortes industrial park, strategically located close to dealerships of the leading brands that market vehicles powered by CNG and companies with large fleets.

Naturgy reported today a robust start to 2019, with continued momentum in the implementation of its Strategic Plan, that included gaining value for shareholders and a firm commitment to renewable energies, which shows the solid industrial plan of the group.

In 20 years, the company Ecoembes has recycled 19.3 million tonnes of domestic bottles in Spain, “enough to fill the El Sadar stadium over 2,000 times”. This example of the circular economy was one of the pieces of information provided by José Arrancudiaga, Expert in Waste Management in Navarre and the Basque Country for Ecoembes, at a seminar organised by the Naturgy Foundation in Pamplona today.

This morning, the UFD delegate in Galicia, Julio Gonzalo, and the regional delegate of the Government in Pontevedra, José Manuel Cores Tourís, announced the conclusion of the works to bury the high voltage line in Monte Porreiro, a long-standing demand of the inhabitants of this neighbourhood of Pontevedra.

Naturgy’s chairman, Francisco Reynés, met the President of the Republic of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, in Buenos Aires yesterday, together with the Government Secretary of Energy, Gustavo Lopetegui, at the Casa Rosada, the Argentinian seat of government.

The La Nava plant, located between the towns of Almodóvar del Campo and Puertollano, will have 145,464 photovoltaic modules and an output of 49 megawatts (MW). It will produce around 100 GWh per year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 27,510 properties, exceeding the annual electricity consumption of the inhabitants in these two towns.

The Naturgy Foundation is launching a new corporate volunteering initiative in the field of education as part of the ‘Promoting Success at School’ programme run by Cruz Roja Juventud. The activity forms part of the framework agreement maintained between the foundation and Spanish Red Cross since 2017.

The Sertao I solar power plant tops the 2018 solar ranking drawn up by ePowerBay, a company with years of experience in the development and analysis of renewable energy projects in Brazil, and which develops a benchmark platform for the analysis of renewable energy projects.

María Eugenia Coronado has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Naturgy Foundation, replacing Martí Solà who held the position since 2013. The foundation’s board of trustees approved the appointment at its meeting earlier this month.