Acciona (Madrid:ANA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

0:00 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the first half twenty twenty six results presentation for Acciona and Acciona Nerfiya. Before turning into the numbers and specific data on the company, let me frame them within the force shaping our industry today, the infrastructure investment cycle and within it, energy, one of its greatest exponents. Infrastructure is being redefined. Beyond power and transport, it now encompasses the digital and industrial ecosystems that underpin global productivity. And it has become a matter of national and economic security.

0:51 Two structural forces drive this cycle: a new era of geopolitics in which countries compete to secure their economies and their supply chains and the technological explosion, artificial intelligence, electrification, digitalization, set to raise global electricity demand by at least 40% over the coming decade. With public debt elevated and rates structurally higher, governments cannot build alone. Meeting global infrastructure needs will require more than $106,000,000,000,000 of investment by 2040, making private capital not complementary but essential.

1:46 And private capital is responding because infrastructure offers what investors most value in this regime: high expected returns, lower volatility and decades of durable inflation linked cash flow. The constraint is not demand, and it is not capital. It is the scarcity of bankable, execution ready projects and the ability of companies to deliver these projects as integrated systems rather than isolated assets. That is precisely the ground on which Acciona has built its model. Nowhere is this more visible than in energy, as in renewable energy is no longer an alternative, is an asset of national security, generation clean, local, independent, electricity is today a matter of sovereignty.

2:53 Markets are becoming more flexible but not less volatile. And new demand, led by data centers and AI mainly, arrives with buyers seeking firm, long term, low carbon supply. Managing volatility is a defining commercial challenge on this phase. Storage and batteries are particularly important in this process and where the greatest opportunity lies. This is the backdrop against which our renewables platform and the broader group delivers this half. Let me take a moment to express my greatest condolences to all those affected by this summer's unprecedented wave of wildfires across Europe.

3:47 This growing threat cannot only be mitigated through year round forest management, land cleaning, the removal of residual biomass and wherever possible, the revitalization of the populated rural forest areas. Biomass plants have an important role to play here, converting forest residues into useful energy. And I strongly encourage public authorities to support this solution to its fullest sustainable potential. And now turning into ACXIFIONAS numbers and our financial performance. Let me start with ACXIFIONAS and LERGIA results, which are broadly in line with our full year expectations, weighted more heavily towards the second half, albeit with a different mix of prices and output than initially anticipated.

4:45 Asset rotation remains a core pillar of our strategy and market appetite remains strong. We continue to make good progress on this front, having recently completed two additional transactions, the sale of 64 megawatts of hydropower and three sixty one megawatts of wind assets in Spain for aggregate proceeds of nearly 100,000,000 We retain a broader pipeline of transactions in advanced negotiations across the footprint, of which only a portion would be required to meet a target.

5:31 The rationale remains unchanged. We crystallize value significantly above what is implied in Acciona Energia's share price. And we recycle that capital into the most profitable opportunities within our pipeline. Beyond Energia, the broader group delivered strong half results, and the numbers reflect the cycle I have just described. Let me share only the headlines since the teams will walk you through each business in detail shortly. Infrastructure reached the largest backlog and pipeline in its history with $22,000,000,000 in construction and O and M, alongside a $136,000,000,000 concession backlog, up 40% versus December 2025.

6:33 Including the pre awards in the Northland Corridor and Parahiba in Brazil, Corridor and Parahiba, this figure raises $100,000,000,000 to $140,000,000,000 which we estimate will generate $61,000,000,000 in dividends over the coming decades. It is our integrated capability, construction excellence combined with long term asset ownership that allows us to commit to entire countries across multiple layers of infrastructure. The numbers prove it works. Infrastructure EBITDA grew 12% this half year and double digit growth in construction revenue and EBITDA margin holding stable across growing project base.

7:30 Consider our two largest markets for growth. In Brazil, we opened this month the first section of Line 6 of the Sao Paulo Metro, the largest public private infrastructure project underway in Latin America. And the recent water contracts will bring service to close to 9,000,000 people in Brazil. In The United States, we continue to scale our Managed Lanes platform both organically and by adding new capabilities in construction and delivery. As for Nordics, it delivered 4.9 gigawatts of new order, up 10% year on year, with margins recovering quarter after quarter and a successful ramp up in the North American market.

8:21 That progress has been achieved in a global market where Chinese competition is very intense and does not always play by the same rules. Nordex is a strategic industrial asset for Europe, and Europe should act accordingly when it comes to protecting its few remaining champions. As for our other businesses, real estate continues to perform well, further strengthening our portfolio of essential infrastructure. Data centers offer promising very promising opportunities, both as an investor and as an EPC contractor. Silence delivered mixed results as demand for microelectric vehicles remained subdued, while the outlook for Bestinver remains encouraging, particularly in alternative assets as co investor in selected Acciona greenfield and brownfield infrastructure concessions.

9:23 In summary, we are making solid progress across our infrastructure solutions and strengthening our global platform, uniquely positioned to translate structural demand into long term value. Let me now hand on to Aranca, who will cover Acciona and Energia and then to Jose Entre Canales for the rest of the group. Thank you very much. Thank you, Jose Manuel, and good morning, everyone. The first half of the year has been a positive period with meaningful progress delivered across the key priorities we established at the beginning of the year despite a challenging operating environment. The geopolitical backdrop has continued to worsen, in particular, following the escalation of the conflict in The Middle East.

10:11 So far, this has had no material impact on our operations. Debt reduction has been a key priority this year, and we have made substantial progress on that front thus far. As Jose Manuel noted, we recently completed two asset disposals in Spain and are also progressing with a number of additional opportunities towards our objective of reducing net debt to below EUR 3,000,000,000 by year end on top of the three transactions agreed at the end of last year, South Africa, Mexico and U. S. I will come back later with a more detailed update on the progress of our asset rotation program. The execution of projects currently under construction has also been a major focus during the period with particular emphasis on accelerating the commissioning of the Mackinta wind farm.

10:58 Through the blade remediation program currently underway, we expect to be roughly at 80% of the project capacity operational by year end, reaching full operational capacity during the first quarter of twenty twenty seven. Another positive development has been achieving full operational capacity at the Logosan biomass plant, which allow us to benefit from the strongest spot power prices currently being recorded in Spain and which are likely to remain at elevated levels over the coming months. We have also made meaningful progress in battery storage and repowering opportunities, including the approval of a second large scale battery project in Chile, the completion of the repowering of the Taivia wind hub in Spain and the recent award of a European funding for the repowering of our 126 megawatt wind cluster also in Spain.

11:51 The transformation of our business development model has also required a significant effort over recent months. We have undertaken a comprehensive review of our existing pipeline in light of our updated strategy, which combines the development of projects for long term ownership and operation with projects intended for sale to third parties. As part of this transformation, we're also working to reaccelerate the expansion of our development pipeline, providing the company with the flexibility required to increase the pace of growth while maximizing the capture of opportunities according to the capacity of our balance sheet at any point in time. Finally, I would like to highlight a number of other important, albeit less visible, priorities pursued during the first half of the year.

12:39 This include the extensive work currently underway to implement meaningful efficiency measures with benefits in the current financial year and full impact from next year onwards, targeting cost savings of around EUR 40,000,000 on an annualized basis. Turning to the progress achieved within our asset rotation program. The most significant milestone during the period were the two asset disposals completed in Spain during July. On July 2, we completed the sale of a 64 megawatts run of river hydro portfolio at a valuation of EUR 1,000,000 per megawatt, in line with pricing levels observed in recent transactions involving comparable portfolios. On July 27, we completed the sale of our three sixty one megawatts wind portfolio for an equity value of EUR $432,000,000, implying a valuation of EUR 1,200,000 per megawatt, broadly in line with the average pricing achieved across previous transaction executed under the company's asset rotation program.

13:46 These transactions once again demonstrate Acciona and RTI's ability to successfully execute an ambitious asset rotation program, which has become an integral part of our company's business model. Taken together, the two transactions have secured approximately $310,000,000 of EBITDA from asset rotation and will contribute around EUR 500,000,000 towards debt reduction. Regarding the asset rotation progress, there is further work to be done in second half of the year. We are actively evaluating a number of additional opportunities, representing more than one gigawatt of capacity in aggregate, providing sufficient optionality to prioritize those transactions, offering the most attractive economics and its strongest strategic fit.

14:37 These processes are currently at different stages, and we expect them to progress rapidly over the remainder of the year. These additional opportunities come on top to the three transactions agreed at the end of twenty twenty five: the sale of our stake in a portfolio of assets in South Africa the disposals of a minority interest in a solar portfolio in The United States and finally, the sale of two wind assets in Mexico. As we indicated at the beginning of the year and against the market backdrop Jose Manuel has just described, we continue to see a reasonably supportive market environment for renewables. This environment has translated into a number of attractive investment opportunities that have been approved during the period and are now moving towards construction.

15:26 One of the most notable approvals is the El Romero battery project in Chile with 196 megawatts of capacity and five hours of duration. This project adds to the Malca De Vida battery approved at the end of twenty twenty five and will allow us to reach almost two gigawatt hours of storage capacity in the region. Alongside this large scale project, we have also approved the construction of two smaller battery projects in Spain and continue to assess additional battery opportunities across these and other markets. Another important milestone was the approval of the Fleming project, a 235 megawatt peak solar PV plant located in Kentucky, U. S.

16:13 We reached a positive FID following the renegotiation of a higher PPA price. The approval of 200 megawatts Spanish solar PV plant in The Dominican Republic also represents an important achievement during the first half of the year, strengthening our presence in the country with our fourth asset. Both solar PV projects are fully contracted under fifteen years PPAs, significantly reducing the risk profile. All approved projects comfortably met the company's investment thresholds, delivering expected returns of more than 200 basis points above WACC further reinforced ACXIFIAN NRCS commitment to selectivity, capital discipline and value creation.

17:01 These recent approvals also provide a high degree of visibility over capacity additions for 2027, which currently stand at eleven forty eight megawatts. The 2027 delivery profile will further enhance both the geographic and technological diversification of the company with 13 projects across known countries, four continents and three different technologies. Together with the capacity during the second half of the year as well as some additional secured megawatts that fall into 2028, we have visibility on 1.75 gigawatts with FID. Turning to 2026, we installed two forty five megawatts during the first half of the year with the San Jose solar PV plant in Peru being the largest contributor.

17:55 Capacity additions will be significantly weighed towards the second half when we expect to install between 400 megawatts and four fifty megawatts. The main contributor will be the 200 megawatt Malgarita battery project, highlighting the speed and scalability with which this technology can be deployed. This acceleration during the second half positions us to reach close to 700 megawatts of installed capacity by year end, fully in line with our outlook. A further encouraging development in 2026 has been the resumption of construction activity following a prolonged period of limited activity in both Chile and South Africa. During the second half of the year, Acciona and Afya will need to navigate a volatile and rapidly evolving geopolitical environment and continue delivering on asset rotation, cost efficiency and the construction and full commissioning on some key assets.

18:59 The progress made during the first half of the year is consistent with our full year outlook of total EBITDA of EUR 1,200,000,000, capital expenditure of EUR 900,000,000 and a year end net debt below EUR 3,000,000,000. With that, let me now hand over to Jose. Thank you, Aranca. Good morning, everyone. Let me now walk you through Acciona and Acciona Energia's financial results for the first half. Consolidated revenues reached EUR 10,142 million in the first half, representing a ten year 10% year on year increase. Our EBITDA for the first half stood at EUR $1,153,000,000, that is 26% lower than the first half of last year, primarily driven by the profile of asset rotation gains, which are expected to materialize in the second half. EBITDA from operations, however, grew by around 4% versus the previous year.

19:55 Breaking this down by division, Infrastructure delivered robust results with an EBITDA of EUR $384,000,000, up 12% year on year, 12%. Nordex showed exceptional momentum with an EBITDA of EUR $354,000,000, which is an increase of 30%. Other activities reported an EBITDA of $52,000,000 5% lower than last year, while Energy delivered an EBITDA of $88,000,000 which is a 57 decline. This reduction is largely due to the absence of EBITDA from asset rotation in the first half, unlike in H1 of twenty twenty five, which included the sale of the hydro asset portfolio to Endesa. Attributable net profit for the group was 83,000,000. However, including the two transactions of energy assets, which we completed in the month of July, pro form a attributable net profit would have been would have reached approximately EUR $360,000,000.

20:51 Ordinary CapEx was 40% lower year on year, reaching EUR $743,000,000, mostly due to lower investment activity in Acciona and Erkia, while net financial debt stood at 8,200,000,000 at the end of the period. Pro form a net debt, including the two asset rotation transactions completed in July, would have been EUR 7,700,000,000. Turning briefly to our ESG results. Acciona's capital allocation remains strongly aligned with our sustainability objectives with almost 97% of our CapEx aligned with EU taxonomy. And sustainable finance remains a key pillar of our funding strategy. Today, 81% of our gross corporate debt is either green or linked to sustainability objectives, further supporting the alignment between our financing structure and our long term sustainability commitments.

21:41 On this slide, you can see the main drivers behind the evolution of the group's net debt during the first half of the year. Operating cash flow was slightly negative at minus 132,000,000, mainly due to working capital movements, reflecting the typical seasonal pattern of our business, particularly in infrastructure. Net investment cash flow amounted to minus EUR $726,000,000, and financing and other cash flows reached minus EUR $383,000,000, including the impact of the change in the settlement mechanism for the acquisition of EUR 1,300,000 of our own shares through two equity swap contracts. As a result, net debt, including IFRS 16, reached 8,200,000,000 at the end of June.

22:26 And importantly, approximately EUR 3,000,000,000 of this debt is associated with assets that are either under construction or have not yet reached full operation, primarily in Acciona Nerhia, which represents EUR 2,100,000,000 out of that EUR 3,000,000,000 and property development. Let me now go through Acciona Nerhia's financials in a bit more detail complementing Aranca's overview. The overall performance is aligned with the full year outlook provided at 2025 at the 2025 full year results presentation. The mix of output and prices has been somewhat different from what we expected with better prices in the international portfolio, offsetting the weak start of the year in Spanish pool prices due to the high hydro volumes and slightly weaker output relative to our expectations.

23:17 We expect the year to be significantly back end loaded across the P and L in terms of debt reduction, given the strong outlook for Spanish prices in H2 and the concentration of asset rotation transactions also in the second half. Starting on the right hand side of the slide. Consolidated production grew by 4%, reaching 12.5 terawatt hours. On a constant perimeter basis, output is roughly flat, while new assets added 1.6 terawatt hours and asset rotation deducted 1.1 terawatt hours. The average captured price fell by 14% to EUR 54.8 per megawatt hour, driven by a decline in Spain of close to 30%. Prices in Spain last year were relatively strong, particularly for our fleet. And we also benefited from a one off regulatory accounting item, which worsens the year on year comparison.

24:10 Prices in the international portfolio were almost flat despite the depreciation of the U. S. Dollar, with Chile being particularly strong. Moving to the left hand side of the slide. Total revenues fell by 12% to EUR $1,228,000,000, reflecting the lower generation prices and lower energy supply business revenues. EBITDA from operations of $388,000,000 falls by 17% relative to EUR $464,000,000 last year. Adjusting for the contribution of assets sold last year and the positive one the positive regulatory one off in Spain in H1 twenty twenty five, the variation in EBITDA from operations would, in fact, be positive in H1 twenty twenty six.

24:59 There are no asset rotation results in the first half, which compares with EUR $443,000,000 of gains in the first half of twenty twenty five. And as a result, total EBITDA for Acciona Nerfiya falls by 57%. Between EBITDA and pretax profits, depreciation and financial charges were slightly lower than the previous year. We have also recorded a write off of EUR 15,000,000 of the Moda PV plant in Portugal, reflecting the end of its feed in tariff period. And we have also provisioned EUR 21,000,000 of restructuring costs. As a result of these extraordinary items, EBT for the period is zero. Attributable net profit is negative EUR 18,000,000, but including the two asset rotation deals completed this month, Acciona and Heria's net profit would have been closer to EUR $285,000,000.

25:52 Net investment cash flow amounts to $324,000,000, very similar to last year. The last year's figure was a combination of EUR $935,000,000 of gross CapEx and close to EUR 600,000,000 of disposals. So different in how or in the nature of the net investment cash flow. Net debt at the end of the period stood at EUR 4,400,000,000 relative to EUR 4,200,000,000 at the end of December. And pro form a for the two asset rotation deals announced in July, it would have been closer to EUR 3,900,000,000. In terms of ESG highlights versus Acciona and Erjia, I would like to highlight following Scope one and two emissions despite the start of operations at the Lobrozan biomass plant, thanks to lower fossil fuel use at other biomass plants and our CSP plant in Nevada as well as continued progress continued progress of decarbonizing our fleet.

26:51 We have a strategy of replacing diesel with HVO across the company's vehicle fleet and have used it also in the coal startups of Lobro san. It is also worth highlighting that the Accident Frequency Index fell significantly to 0.13. Unfortunately, there were no fatalities in the period. In terms of net debt evolution at Acciona and Energia, operating cash flow amounted to EUR 160,000,000. Net investment cash flow, as discussed, amounted to EUR $324,000,000 of cash outflow with no asset rotation proceeds in the first half. And financing and other cash flows are negative €135,000,000 with €10,000,000 of dividends paid and the rest mostly related to movements in FX, interest rate derivatives and IFRS 16 lease principal.

27:43 Switching to the operational review. On this slide, you can find the key drivers for our Spanish generation business. On the lower right hand side, you can see the breakdown of price drivers with a notable decline in achieved prices in the market, reflecting reflective of lower pool prices and hedging providing some pickup, which has led to an achieved market price of EUR 50.6 per megawatt hour. Additionally, regulatory income has increased materially in the current review period, 2026 to 2028, as in the previous review period, no wind vintage was entitled to regulatory income. The effect of the banding mechanism is slightly negative as we amortize net regulatory receivables accumulated in previous reviews.

28:30 Last year, we had a positive one off in the banding mechanism that represented close to 5 per megawatt hour. All in all, the final average price in Spain we recorded fell from EUR 80.9 per megawatt hour to EUR 59.3 per megawatt hour, a decline of 27%. Achieved regulated prices are closer to close to EUR 87 per megawatt hour, while hedged and merchant prices were EUR 54 and EUR 47 per megawatt hour, respectively. Volumes in Spain fell by 9%, mainly due to asset rotation, and underlying output was flattish. With declining captured prices and lower output due to asset rotation, Spanish EBITDA from operation falls by just over 50% to EUR 83,000,000.

29:22 Moving to the international business. On this slide, I would like to highlight the flattish international average price of EUR 52.6 per megawatt hour, which is better than expected, particularly taking into account that the USD the U. S. Dollar has depreciated around 7% relative to the first half of twenty twenty five. Chile is doing especially well despite lower output, thanks to very strong PPA margins in the supply activity, which is reflected in the average captured prices. International output grows by 12% to 8.5 terawatt hours and represents around 70% of total production. In absolute terms, this is growth of around 0.9 terawatt hours driven by perimeter changes. That is new assets contributing 1.4 terawatt hours with McIntyre, Juna, Aldoga and Tibia as the main contributors and an impact from disposals of 0.5 terawatt hours corresponding to assets sold in Peru and Costa Rica.

30:23 On the next slide, you can find a detailed breakdown of the contribution of different regions. EBITDA from operations in the international business grew by 5.8% to EUR $3.00 5,000,000, thanks to the contribution from new projects and better prices at constant exchange rate. FX, however, had a negative impact in Americas, as you can see on the graph in the graph on the right hand side corner of the page. Turning to infrastructure. The first half of twenty twenty six was characterized by strong execution across all businesses. Revenues increased by 12% to 4,500,000,000, with 82% coming from OECD markets. EBITDA grew at the same pace, reaching $384,000,000 with solid performance across construction, water and concessions, while EBITDA margins remained stable at 8.6%.

31:15 Before discussing the individual businesses, let me briefly explain our new way of reporting our backlog. From this quarter onwards, we are representing or we are presenting a single design and construction and operations and maintenance backlog, which includes all D and C and O and M contracts across construction, water and concessions. We have also added the average contract life of this backlog, which at June 30 stood at two point six years, and we believe this provides a clearer and more consistent view of the business and how we expect backlog to convert into revenues. Under this new methodology, backlog stood at EUR 22,400,000,000 at the end of the half, remaining at record levels, broadly flat compared with December and despite the high level of execution during the period.

32:01 It is not only worth highlighting the size of the backlog but also its quality. Around 85% of the backlog incorporates contractual risk mitigation mechanisms, including collaborative contracts, contracts related to our own concession projects, price revision clauses and long term O and M contracts. It is also well diversified both geographically with a strong concentration in OECD markets and by type of solution. Turning to construction. We achieved revenues of EUR 3,700,000,000. That is an 11.2% increase year on year with stable EBITDA margin of 7.3%, reflecting the quality of the backlog, which I was just referring to. Geographically, there is an increased contribution from The United States, supported by works related to our own concessional assets in the SR400 and the I10 highways.

32:52 And in Spain, which represented around 18% of our construction revenues in the first half of the year, we're increasing our focus on private sector projects. These represented the vast majority of the awards in the period, around 80% in H1 twenty twenty six versus 30% in H1 twenty twenty five, incorporating higher quality and lower risk opportunities, mainly driven by data center projects. In the Water business, revenues grew by 15% to $740,000,000 and EBITDA by 12%. One important milestone of the first half has been the consolidation of our water business in Brazil with four recently awarded concessions, Perambucos and Epara Fesan and Paravaeva, reinforcing a long term recurring revenue platform serving 9,000,000 people for up to thirty five years and with EUR 4,600,000,000 of associated investment in total.

33:46 Moving to concessions. The portfolio remains young, with 90% of it still under construction and therefore, with limited P and L impact today. Sales grew by 82% and EBITDA reached 62,000,000, reflecting the commissioning of the Kwinana waste to energy plant in the second quarter of twenty twenty five, while EBITDA was up 13% year on year. Looking ahead, we continue to see a large universe of opportunities. We have a pipeline of 66 identified greenfield projects, representing EUR $2.00 5,000,000,000 of total investment to be tendered in the near future in our key geographies. This includes the I-twenty 4 Managed Lane project in Tennessee and the I-two 85 project in Georgia, for which we have submitted final bids in July and expect awards in late August and October, respectively.

34:35 And in addition, Acciona was shortlisted for the I-seventy 7 South Express Lanes project in North Carolina, while the local planning authority canceled the project in May. They have announced that a new vote will take place in September on whether the project will go ahead or not. Other major tenders expected for the next twelve months include the EASL transmission line in MISO in The U. S, for which we have already submitted a bid, the I-four 95 South Express lanes and the I-two 85 West in Georgia. The New England REST transmission line in Australia, the Sao Paulo Metro Line six extension in Brazil and the second stage of Northland Corridor Highway in New Zealand, among a few others. Given how relevant our concessional projects have become for the group and, more importantly, how relevant we expect them to become in the next decade, let me spend a few minutes going into a bit more detail.

35:28 We currently manage 80 assets in 12 countries, representing a total investment of EUR 39,600,000,000, with 77% still under construction, that is including water and concessions. You can see on the slide that North America and Latin America represent around threefour of the total equity invested and committed in our portfolio. Our concessional assets backlog defined as the future concession revenues attributable to Acciona's stake in each project increased by 40% to EUR 136,000,000,000, which is mainly driven by the incorporation of the Pernambuco water concession in Brazil. If we were to also include preferred bidder projects, that is the Northland Corridor project and the Paraiba water concession project, the backlog would exceed EUR 140,000,000,000.

36:20 This portfolio is expected to generate approximately EUR 61,000,000,000 of dividends and cash distributions to Acciona over the next forty nine years. We have already invested around EUR 1,000,000,000 of equity and have committed a further EUR 1,900,000,000 through 2035, resulting in a total equity investment of close to EUR 3,000,000,000. Importantly, this portfolio combines a balanced risk profile between financial and intangible assets, a strong weighting towards transport concessions and a broad geographical diversification across North America, Latin America, Australia and Europe. As you can see on this slide, these equity commitments are well distributed over the next ten years with no significant concentration in any particular year. Given our strategy of holding relevant but not necessarily controlling stakes in these large concessional projects, together with a typically long period between project award and the first equity funding requirements, we have considerable visibility and flexibility to plan for capital requirements in the coming years.

37:24 Importantly, as presented on this slide, the equity commitments expected over the next ten years are fully covered by the dividends and cash distributions generated by the portfolio itself, which highlights the self funding nature of this platform. With respect to Nordex, since the team presented results two days ago, I will not go into the details. Let me, however, highlight that Nordex contributed EUR $354,000,000 to Acciona's EBITDA, which is 30% higher than last year. And that included last year included significant provision reversals. Excluding these reversals, underlying EBITDA contribution to the group would have increased by 89%.

38:10 Moving to other activities. In Living, our real estate business revenues jumped by 56% to EUR 131,000,000, driven by a higher value product mix in the first half of twenty twenty six versus 2025, and EBITDA was up 74%. Our gross asset value stands at EUR 1,600,000,000, largely unchanged versus 2025 December 2025. Moving to Vestimber and with this, I finish. Vestimedera also performed well with assets under management growing by 8.5% to EUR 8,300,000,000. And beyond its financial contribution, Vestimedera is becoming increasingly strategic for the group as a vehicle with potential to channel third party capital to co invest alongside Acciona in selected greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects.

39:00 And with that, let me hand it back to the Chairman. Thank you. Thank you, Aranca and Jose. And just to close, I think it's clear that these results are on the right track to capture the enormous infrastructure opportunity ahead infrastructure in the wide sense of the world, energy, transmission lines, data centers, transport, urban services and urban infrastructure and, of course, water. With that, I will just say that we comfortably reiterate our outlook for the year, which as you surely remember, 2,800,000,000 to €3,100,000,000 in EBITDA investment cash flow of 2,200,000,000 to €2,500,000,000 and net leverage below three times net debt to EBITDA.

40:05 As I say, we reiterate all three. So thank you very much. And now we move on to the Q and A session. We have undertaken all questions. And let me start by passing on to Aranca, the first one, which is from Bank of America, Alexander Brownhausen, who asks from 2027 onwards and following the three sixty megawatt wind sale, how much of your Spanish renewable portfolio will still be regulated And when do remaining subsidies expire?

40:55 Yes. Thank you, Jose Manuel. So the bulk of our regulated assets are wind and biomass. The current wind regulated assets started its regulatory life in 2008 and will be exiting it from 2029 onwards progressively. As regards the biomass plants, the plants that were commissioned in 2005, 2010 and 2011 started half a 25 regulatory life, whereas the current biomass plant that is currently being commissioned, which is the Lodrosan plant, will have twenty years of regulated life. These results in the following expected regulated production, which is for 2027 and 2028, 1.9 terawatt hours.

41:49 For 2029, it decreases to 1.6 terawatt hours. And in 2030, it goes down to one terawatt hour. And progressively, from then onwards, it will be decreasing as the assets just leave its regulation. Very good. Jose, you take the second. The second question coming from Oscar Najar, Fernando Garcia and Jose Porta is around capital gains and underlying EBITDA from operations. Your guidance is 1,200,000,000, and the capital gains are already beyond EUR 300,000,000 with EUR 1,000,000,000 of asset spending and EUR 5 100 megawatts of new disposals, does that mean that the capital gains would be much higher than EUR 300,000,000?

42:35 And if so, do we maintain the target of EUR 1,200,000,000 of EBITDA in the guidance? Firstly, I think it's important to mention that although asset rotation activity is backloaded in the second half of the year, we expect the capital gains or the EBITDA from asset rotation associated to transactions that have not yet been announced or not yet been signed to be not as significant as those that we have materialized in the first two transactions. They could add some EBITDA from asset rotation to the ones already secured, but not as significant. With respect to EBITDA from operations, the first half EBITDA operating results were affected by extremely high hydro output in February and low power prices in Spain as a result.

43:30 We expect the second half of the year to be significantly stronger. We're seeing forward prices above EUR 100 per megawatt hour, And we will we also expect to have higher contribution from recently connected assets such as the Loblawsan biomass plant and the progressing connection of McIntyre. Therefore, we maintain, as we have said, our guidance total EBITDA guidance, And we believe that EBITDA we believe EBITDA from operations will also be stronger in the second half of the year, and we do not think it merits any revision of that target. Thank you. Third question from Oscar Najar at Banco Santander and Paulo Coelada at JB Capital is about whether we expect the cash of the rotation transactions come in at 2026 effectively.

44:38 And if should that not be happening within the year, if we would consider hybrids or any capital improvement measures involving maybe third parties. Okay. There are, as you are fully aware, a number of transactions underway in negotiation that will likely be closed within the year. But of course, the year is theoretical date. Transactions may take longer as a result of approvals or negotiations. But we do not foresee the necessity to undertake other ways of capital balance sheet enhancement.

45:35 However, they would always be available should they be needed. Next question Jose, you take that one, please. The next question also from Nascaran from Florida. Relating growth in Acciona Energia, the question is, it looks like an acceleration in 2027 beyond 1.1 gigawatts of new capacity. Will you need further disposals to keep net debt to EBITDA below 3x? As we have communicated to the market, our medium term growth target is to in Acciona Nerfiya is to deliver between one point zero and one point two gigawatts of new capacity per annum with between zero point four and zero point five gigawatts of asset rotation.

46:22 So we the 1.1 gigawatt in 2027 will be right in the middle of that range. However, we do believe the company has the capacity to generate pipeline and projects greenfield projects well beyond that medium term gross asset gross new megawatt figure. If we were to do so, however, we would also need to rotate beyond the 0.4 to 0.5 gigawatts of asset rotation or run rate asset rotation target, of course. The next question from Flora Trinidad, Pablo Quadrado and Beatriz Giannola from Mediobanca.

47:09 Regarding asset rotation, can you provide more granularity on the remaining EUR 500,000,000 to 600,000,000 of expected asset rotation proceeds this year? And how much visibility you currently have on signing versus closing? We have several transactions advancing in different countries and different technologies, and we are negotiating it's a we are in a negotiating situation. And therefore, anything that we say regarding these transactions that is could be interpreted and could weaken our negotiating position. Therefore, we prefer and we feel that we must be deliberately vague at this stage on how those transactions are progressing and what they entail in order not to weaken our or not to impact the potential transactions that we are working on.

48:02 But we do reiterate the target, and we think we have sufficient flexibility our to leverage objectives by year end. Thank you. The next question is about the McIntyre. And Anchor, could you please take that one? Yes, sure. The next question comes from Pablo Quadrado, JV Capital, and it's about the McIntyre update. Can you update us in the situation about the commissioning and production of McIntyre in Australia? Do you still expect to have all the megawatts commissioned by year end and thus fully productive during 2027? So regarding the commissioning process, MacIntyre has already passed whole point four and is now preparing to start the next whole point, which will start by mid August.

48:51 The blade repair works continue to progress as expected, and we are expecting to have around 80% of the capacity operational by year end and the full capacity operational by the end of the first quarter of twenty twenty seven. And next, please. Yes. So next question is also coming from Pablo Quadrado, JB Capital. So and it's related to the Spanish production guidance. So the guidance on consolidated electricity production in Spain has been cut to eight terawatt hours from 8.5 terawatt hours, which is the main driver on the cut as a deconsolidation on weaker load factors. So our outlook for the Spanish production has not changed.

49:38 The asset disposal that have been recently closed in Spain were fully incorporated in our full year assumptions and will not negatively affect the production the outlook of the Spanish production. And in fact, the on a like for like basis, first half of twenty twenty six has been better in terms of production than the first half of twenty twenty five. Okay. Question number eight. Jose, you take that one? The question relates to the asset rotation deals announced in South Africa, Mexico and The U. S, which were supposed to close in the first half of twenty twenty six, but this has not finally been the case.

50:23 What is driving the delay in closing these transactions? And it is linked to regulatory approvals. In South Africa, we're making good progress. We have we are expecting to close in Q4 of twenty twenty six with most of the CPs having already been achieved. As per the transaction in the transactions in Mexico and The U. S. With Mexico Infrastructure Partners, the counterparty seems to be having some problems and some difficulty in meeting their commitments. However, we do have a number of alternatives on the table regarding these and other assets, which give us comfort that we will be able to achieve our targets by year end. Okay. So that does away with the questions on ACXIFIONA and ERHEA.

51:16 So we will undertake now the answers to the questions on ACXIFIONA. The first question comes from Flora Trindale at Caixa, Pablo Cuadado from JV Capital Markets, Jose Porta from Kepler and Philippe Upartan at ODDO. And it's about an update on strategic alternatives at Acciona Energia, what are the next milestones and decision points. Several funds have shown interest in acquiring the whole company. Do you still think this is an extremely unlikely scenario? Or you think the situation has changed after receiving the expression of interest from these funds?

52:06 When do you expect to take final decision on the strategic review of Acciona and Energia? Shall we expect a final decision during Q3? It's a difficult question because, as you can imagine, ongoing negotiations We haven't yet started the negotiations because we only received the first signs of interest, but they will be ongoing in the next months. And therefore, would be very uncomfortable with making statements on what the potential opportunities may be. However, I may may say that there is good set of there's appetite, there's a good set of opportunities of different types and different alternatives.

53:10 And it's basically, I would say, that it's too early to say. As for your very direct question of whether it's extremely unlikely, let me just say that it's unlikely. But it's definitely a possibility that could will be considered within the options. Next question comes from question comes from BofA, Alexander Braushausen. The two Managed Lane bid awards, when will be when they will be awarded? What share would we be looking to keep in the consortium.

53:59 The two are being they will be awarded in August and in October, the I24 in August and the I25 in October. And we've also submitted a transmission line offer at MISO in which will be awarded in Q4 this year. And the share in the consortiums is in the case of the $285,000,000 and the I24 million is onethree, is 33%. And in the MISO, it's 50%. It's onethree or onethree?

54:55 We do intend to stay in our equivalent in the same percentage at least until the operation of the concessions. So the maturation period will take a few years, and we do not intend to change our position in those assets in the short run. You can take three, Jose. A question also from Bank of America regarding the reversal of provisions at Nordex. We have not you have not reversed any provisions from Nordex this time. How much is left in your books? And given good results and any potential guidance upgrade, could you reverse some provisions again in the full year?

55:44 Just a confirmation, we have not reversed any provisions in the first half of twenty twenty six, and the amount that is left on our books is negligible, we do not expect any further provision reversals in the second half. Question number four from Oskar Nejar. Good underlying infrastructure business. What can we expect going forward in Concessions and Water? Well, as I mentioned, there will be very important awards coming in August coming or not coming, who knows, in August and October. But whether we are awarded or not, there's a very strong pipeline.

56:31 There will be new concessions coming in North Carolina, in Virginia. And there aren't we have the competitive skills to make us a very capable contentment to these projects. Yes, we are very bullish on the opportunities, but not only in concessions, in transmission lines, in data centers, in water projects. So in the next decade, I am very confident that these projects will be a transformative for Acciona.

57:24 Last week or today, I think it's actually today, we signed the Northland corridor in New Zealand, which is the largest concession ever to be awarded in New Zealand. So our footprint and capabilities in each of those countries where we operate is demonstrating to be very effective and with enormous growth in each of them. Number five, why don't you take that one, Jose? Question number five around working capital levels. We know it is seasonal, but what are you expecting for the full year?

58:13 It makes sense after a couple of positive strong working capital. Is it due to less down payments? It's a question from Santaneros Carnajar and from Pablo Quadrado. The evolution of working capital reflects the seasonal pattern typical of our business, particularly in infrastructure. Of the EUR $857,000,000 of outflow that we have reported in the first half, The breakdown is Acciona Nerkea contributes minus 22,000,000, Nordex, $271,000,000 negative and the rest of the group, the remainder, which is $564,000,000, of which the majority is our infrastructure business. Regarding Nordics, it is it relates to the high level of order intake in Q4 twenty twenty five that brought a lot of down payments from customers as well as to more preproduction works this semester, which implies a working capital ratio, which is stable at minus 8.3%, in line with their guidance with the Nordic team's guidance of minus 9%.

59:16 For the rest of the group, particularly infrastructure, the working capital movement reflects the consumption of advanced payments on major projects with strong execution in the first half of twenty twenty six, particularly the Western Harbour Tano, the Central West Arana project. And while the advanced payments with from recently awarded projects are pending. We expect in the second half, as is usually the case, to for cash generation to be stronger, and therefore, we expect full year 2026 working capital to improve in line with previous years. Question number six from Flora Trindade at Caixabank asks, in Slide 22 of the presentation, you include EUR $280,000,000 of perimeter changes and others.

1:00:09 Can you please provide more granularity on this outflow? Jose, do want take that one? This relates the main element within this line relates to the EUR 200,000,000 of this EUR $281,000,000 the modification of the settlement mechanism for the derivative on the of Acciona's own shares, on the parent company shares as well as principal repayment under IFRS 16 and a few other changes. But the main element is the settlement mechanism for our share buyback program, which represents 200,000,000 of that figure. Thank you. Next question also from Flora on data centers.

1:00:54 We have mentioned in the past that our current development capacity linked to data centers stood around 8,000,000 sorry, 800 megawatts. The question is how much of this do you believe could be monetized within the next two years? Frankly, our pipeline in different stages of development is more like two gigawatts, over two gigawatts, definitely in different stages of maturity and in different countries, in Brazil, in The USA, in Chile, in Spain, in Italy, and in The Philippines, other countries where we have a pipeline.

1:01:43 However, the probability of monetizing these assets within the next twenty four months, I would say, is slim. As you are aware, we will try to bring these assets to maturity and to brownfield and that will probably be when the right moment for monetization. But that will not be I wouldn't expect that to happen within the next two years. I would say it's too soon, July 2028, I think it's early for monetizing.

1:02:30 Next question on Vertical Earth. Can you take that, Jose? The next question is on the Vertical Earth acquisition. Could we share more details? Does this contractor have similar levels of profitability as Acciona's construction division? And how important is it for our U. S. Operations? To the first part of the question, yes, Vertical Earth is a profitable company. It's a small company, but we think a very high quality company. In terms of investment, it is not very relevant in the context of Acciona's CapEx total CapEx for the year, but it is extremely relevant in terms of strategic fit and strategic purpose in The U. S.

1:03:16 Over the next many years as we build out our self performance capabilities in the country with the upcoming pipeline of significant projects, particularly in the Southeastern states of The U. S. Okay. Next, Jose? Next question is regarding the gain from our instruments linked to the equity swaps. Is the EUR 42,000,000 gain from fair value instruments linked to the financial settlement of the equity swaps? That is correct. We have changed the liquidation mechanism to a physical settlement. And therefore, the positive P and L reflects the valuation at market value up to the date where the settlement mechanism was changed and is fixed at that point, which represents that €42,000,000 gain that is reflected in our P and L this half.

1:04:15 Thank you. The next question from Fernando Garcia at RBC is about divestment in Nordex. Let me reiterate that we are a stable shareholder at Nordex, a strategic asset for Acciona. It is doing, as you are undoubtedly aware, very, very well. And particularly now, that is also growing strongly in The US. And our involvement in the industry spans more than twenty five years, so we do not see Nordex as a temporary investment, very much on the contrary, as an industrial holding, not a financial holding.

1:05:09 And the recent share performance has not changed that view. Next question from Fernando Garcia also. It's corporate action on concessions or bestimber. We are, I suppose, linking bestimber and the concession sector. You mean to ask what's the role of Vestimber in the concession scope. We are, as I mentioned, normally investing as a with financial investors in our concession business.

1:05:55 And we believe there's a position there's role to play for Restimber in that as a general partner in some of those projects, in the greenfield and eventually in the brownfield part of those projects. So yes, we believe there's an important role for Westinberg in the concession business, in the infrastructure development business in the coming years. Next question is from Jose Porta. So next question from Jose Porta at Kepler is around construction margins.

1:06:52 Construction continues to deliver comfortable margins above historical averages. To what extent do you believe 7% EBITDA margin reflects a structurally better quality backlog versus simply favorable project execution. I think it reflects both things. Undoubtedly, having a high quality backlog with, as we have explained, 85% of the contracts having some sort of risk mitigation clause, whether it is projects for own concessions or projects with price revision clauses or projects with collaborative projects or O and M projects, O and M contracts. That is undoubtedly an important factor. But good execution is also an important factor. But if you have a tough contract with bad execution, or a bad contract with good execution can still go wrongly because unforeseen things can happen. If you have a good contract and good execution, that is more unlikely to happen. So that is I think it is a bit of both.

1:07:56 Thank you. And the last question is from Jose Porta at Kepler. And it's an interesting question, difficult to answer. Assuming the asset rotation program is completed as planned and leverage moves comfortably below three times, how should we think about capital allocation? Would incremental cash be directed towards accelerating renewable growth, increasing concession investment or increasing shareholder returns, or I suppose all of the above. Difficult to say, Jose. It depends on a number of variables. It depends on the quality of the projects, of the pipeline we come across in the coming years.

1:08:50 It depends on balancing out the sectors. It depends, of course, on the degree of comfort, of comfortably. When you say comfortably below three, if it's very comfortably below three, then maybe a portion will be allocated to shareholder returns. So I can't really advance what our policies there will be other than we will try to balance out the interest of all our stakeholders, all our the different time lines, so maybe investment, if it's good opportunities, immediate return and shareholder return and dividends.

1:09:45 It is too open a question to give you a specific answer. But in any event, it will be a very high class problem. So thank you very much. And I look forward to seeing you. And of course, we are open to answering all the remaining questions and any clarifications you may need directly. And look forward, as I said, to our next results presentation beginning of twenty twenty seven. Thank you very much.