Innovation for a Sustainable Transformation
Innovation is part of ACCIONA Energía's DNA. For nearly 30 years, we have been pioneers in implementing solutions that have subsequently become industry standards in the renewable energy sector.
Innovation is part of ACCIONA Energía's DNA. For nearly 30 years, we have been pioneers in implementing solutions that have subsequently become industry standards in the renewable energy sector.
Our innovation system covers all levels of technological maturity and implements an open, disruptive, and digital innovation model.
This allows us to develop the capabilities, products, and services needed to design a sustainable reality, accessible to all, and respectful of the communities and the environments where we operate.
In 2023, we significantly increased our innovation investment. We carried out 41 research projects and 33 innovation projects. Among them, we conducted five projects outside Spain worth €97.9 million, amounting to 75% of the total innovation investment reported.
€129.7 M
+25% vs. 2022
74
R&D and innovation projects
Staying at the forefront of technology in our activity areas is a strategic priority, generating value for the Company. Our goals and action plans have allowed us to make progress in fulfilling our strategy during 2023:
Blade recycling is one of the major challenges the wind industry must face now that thousands of wind turbines are close to the end of their useful lives. In Spain alone, an estimated 20,000 blades will need to be recycled in the not-too-distant future.
For this reason, we have created initiatives such as the design of the new limited-edition sneakers line “El Ganso x ACCIONA”, made from recovered wind turbine blades. An example of sustainability, circularity, and innovation.
To manufacture this line of sneakers, a 23-meter-long blade was used from the Aibar wind farm (Navarra), which, by operating since 1998 and generating 12,500 MWh of clean energy, avoided the emission of 5,461 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.