Milestones in 2014
January
General Electric and Rodamientos Bulnes, winners of the Focus-Abengoa Sustainable Business Prize.
Centralization of all R&D and innovation activity out of Abengoa Research.
Announcement of the development of the largest solar-thermal project in Latin America, Atacama 1 (Chile).
February
Publication of Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2013.
Completion of construction of the Mojave plant in Arizona (U.S.).
Completed the construction of a water treatment plant in Angola benefitting more than 250,000 people
March
Positive credit outlook from Standard & Poors. (1)
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) welcomes the Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World exhibition, organized by the Focus-Abengoa Foundation.
Abengoa hosts its 8th Annual Analyst and Investor Day.
(1) Standard & Poors: credit-rating agency that provides investors with the market information they need in the form of credit rating, indoxes, investment analyses, risk assesments and solutions. (+info)
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) welcomes the Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World exhibition, organized by the Focus-Abengoa Foundation.
Abengoa hosts its 8th Annual Analyst and Investor Day.
(1) Standard & Poors: credit-rating agency that provides investors with the market information they need in the form of credit rating, indoxes, investment analyses, risk assesments and solutions. (+info)
April
Implementation of the carpooling program at company work facilities in Latin America.
Abengoa rings the bell at the Nasdaq closing bell ceremony.
Commencement of construction in Brazil on one of the largest transmission lines in the world.
Abengoa rings the bell at the Nasdaq closing bell ceremony.
Commencement of construction in Brazil on one of the largest transmission lines in the world.
May
The Focus-Abengoa Foundation unveils the Energy Transition and Climate Change School. Opening lecture delivered by Lord Nicholas Stern.
Development of a 250km intelligent water management network in Turkey.
Completion of construction of the world’s largest single-axis photovoltaic plant.
Abengoa selected by Masdar to develop an innovative R&D desalination project.
Completion of the first photovoltaic plant in Japan and a new simulator in China.
June
Abengoa Yield begins trading on the Nasdaq.
Abengoa donates its “San Pedro Penitente de los Venerables” by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo to the Focus-Abengoa Foundation.
Development of the first desalination project in Chile.
Abengoa employee open house event at the Solúcar Complex.
Appointment of the Chief Compliance Officer.
July
First transmission project concession in India.
Development of a first-of-its-kind water delivery project in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Development of a first-of-its-kind water delivery project in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
August
Launch of the new “The Energy of Change” blog.
Consolidation of the Sustainable Mobility Office of Campus Palmas Altas
September
Launch of the first issuance of high-yield Green Bonds.
Manchester United introduces Abengoa as its official sustainable technology partner.
ONCE (2) presents award to Abengoa for its contribution to integrating disabled persons into the workplace.
Inauguration of the new Abengoa Research laboratories at Campus Palmas Altas.
Opening of the new PE&C: People, Education and Communities social development program headquarters in South Africa and Sri Lanka.
(2) ONCE:Acronym in Spanish for Spain’s National Organization for the Blind.
Manchester United introduces Abengoa as its official sustainable technology partner.
ONCE (2) presents award to Abengoa for its contribution to integrating disabled persons into the workplace.
Inauguration of the new Abengoa Research laboratories at Campus Palmas Altas.
Opening of the new PE&C: People, Education and Communities social development program headquarters in South Africa and Sri Lanka.
(2) ONCE:Acronym in Spanish for Spain’s National Organization for the Blind.
October
Abengoa recognized for transparency in climate change management with a score of 99 out of 100 on the CDP Index (3).
Focus-Abengoa Foundation participation in the exhibition devoted to Velázquez in Vienna and Paris.
Solana, Abengoa Yield’s solar plant located in Arizona, receives one of the Energy Storage North America Innovation Awards.
Inauguration of the first commercial-scale second-generation biofuel plant.
Focus-Abengoa Foundation participation in the exhibition devoted to Velázquez in Vienna and Paris.
Solana, Abengoa Yield’s solar plant located in Arizona, receives one of the Energy Storage North America Innovation Awards.
Inauguration of the first commercial-scale second-generation biofuel plant.
(3) Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): international organization which provides the largest and most comprehensive global system for environmental disclosure. (+ info)
November
Development in Belgium of the largest biomass plant in the world.
The Focus-Abengoa Foundation presents the first seminar of the “Road to Paris 2015” series.
Abengoa and Manchester United announce the Reds Go Green competition.
Completion of the 2020 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Plan.
The Focus-Abengoa Foundation presents the first seminar of the “Road to Paris 2015” series.
Abengoa and Manchester United announce the Reds Go Green competition.
Completion of the 2020 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Plan.
December
Abengoa awarded its first transmission project in Oman.
Óscar Seco wins the 2014 Focus-Abengoa International Painting Prize for his work titled “Little Nemo in Secoland”.
Abengoa’s Ain Beni Mathar hybrid solar-gas plant receives award from the African Development Bank. (4)
International leadership in the development of power transmission and solar energy projects.
2020 targets set.
(4) African Development Bank: organization dedicated to spurring economic development and social progress in African countries. (+ info)
Óscar Seco wins the 2014 Focus-Abengoa International Painting Prize for his work titled “Little Nemo in Secoland”.
Abengoa’s Ain Beni Mathar hybrid solar-gas plant receives award from the African Development Bank. (4)
International leadership in the development of power transmission and solar energy projects.
2020 targets set.
(4) African Development Bank: organization dedicated to spurring economic development and social progress in African countries. (+ info)