en.Wedoany.com Reported - Acciona Energía's General Shareholders' Meeting, held in Madrid, approved all agenda items by an absolute majority, including the approval of annual accounts, the annual sustainability report, the re-election of KPMG as auditor until 2029, and the payment of a dividend of €0.03 per share, payable on June 18.
In response to a shareholder's question about why a "meager" dividend was paid despite profitability, Acciona Energía Chairman José Manuel Entrecanales stated that it was a "strategic decision" based on the company's need to continue investing. He explained that the board and the market believe it is more prudent to pay a lower dividend at present and use financial resources to continue growing.
Acciona Energía CEO Arantza Ezpeleta, outlining the outlook for 2026, said the company maintains an "ambitious but cautious" approach, aiming for "gradually accelerating" growth, adding approximately 700 megawatts of new capacity supported by a pipeline of projects under construction. The focus will be on advancing asset rotation operations, ensuring the full commissioning of key assets, consolidating new growth pathways, and strengthening efficiency and cost discipline. Additionally, it will "selectively" advance in energy storage, repowering, and other energy solutions. She further noted: "We will move forward with the rigorous corporate governance and social commitment that define the company."
In her address, Ezpeleta emphasized the importance of completing the energy transition process. She mentioned that history often scrutinizes major changes, and doubts, pressures, and voices looking backward emerge, but the past year has proven that when the world becomes complex, the energy transition not only does not weaken but becomes indispensable. Acciona Group Chairman Entrecanales also believes that the current situation drives the "unstoppable" growth of renewable energy's share in the energy mix, which is not an "ideological" response but a "scientific, climate, economic, and industrial" one. He asserted that renewable energy generation "is no longer an alternative but has become a national security asset," noting that energy security is achieved not only by replacing imported fuels with domestic energy but also by ensuring that the technology used for generation meets European standards, rather than depending on decisions made thousands of kilometers away.
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