This Tuesday, February 14, the Círculo Ecuestre hosted a colloquium led by José Manuel Entrecanales, president and CEO of ACCIONA.  

After the presentation by Enrique Lacalle, vice president of the institution, the businessman held a dialogue with Jordi Juan, director of La Vanguardia.

The moderator of the act began the presentation by asking the CEO of Acciona for his vision of the Spanish economy, for which, Entrecanales, assured that "Spain is an extraordinary country and very good in almost every way", along the same lines he called “flee from the historical structural negativism that stalks us, and put oneself in the perspective of what Spain is in the world”. Acciona's chief executive also assessed that "the Spanish economy could grow much more and be in a much more efficient model".

In terms of investment, development and operation of sustainable infrastructure assets, Entrecanales recognized that "there is a difficult current against visual pollution from renewable energies", although he said that "it is a temporary and reversible problem". Along the same lines, he advocated solving this problem by repowering the oldest parks in Spain, thus multiplying the renewable energy generated without modifying the territory. 

 

Bet on renewable energy

Entrecanales opined that "nuclear energy is neither viable nor realistic in Spain, so other alternatives must be sought." The businessman revealed during the Círculo Ecuestre colloquium that "Acciona is leading very interesting green hydrogen projects" including a "25 megawatt construction in Navarra" and "a first green hydrogen manufacturing plant, already in operation, in the town of Lloseta, Mallorca”.

The also president of acciona.org, a foundation dedicated to promoting universal access to water and energy, concluded his interesting presentation by highlighting the opportunity for a radical change in the world model of water production. Entrecanales gave a halo of hope, assuring that "we are at a turning point where water could have no limit thanks to the introduction of seawater desalination with renewable energy."