El grupo español de infraestructuras, energía, servicios y telecomunicaciones Elecnor, se ha adjudicado en México recientemente un contrato para la construcción del Parque Eólico Coromuel por 28,8 millones de euros (32 millones de dólares). 

Elecnor ha sido seleccionada para este proyecto por Eurus Energy, una empresa japonesa con sucursal en San Diego y participada por Toyota y Tokyo Electric Power. El Parque Eólico Coromuel tiene un inversión total estimada en 100 millones de dólares, de los que Eurus Energy financiará un 50% y el Banco de Desarrollo de Japón aportará la otra mitad. 

El parque eólico, que tendrá una potencia de 56 megavatios (MW), estará ubicado en el desierto de Baja California Sur, a unos 40 kilómetros de La Paz, capital de la región. Se instalarán 20 aerogeneradores de General Electric de 2,8 MW y se construirán 20 km de viales y más de 20 km de redes de media tensión aérea y subterránea. El contrato también incluye la construcción de dos subestaciones eléctricas de 115 kV y la instalación de 120 km de tendido para conectar las torres de alta tensión (OPWG). Actualmente, el proyecto se encuentra en fase de construcción de cimentaciones de los aerogeneradores, caminos y plataformas.

Se trata de un proyecto de gran relevancia, ya que tendrá un gran impacto en el modelo de generación energética de la zona. En estos momentos, el sistema de interconexión de Baja California Sur está aislado del resto de la infraestructura del país. A diferencia del sistema de la mayor parte de México, en Baja California la generación de energía procede fundamentalmente de fuentes fósiles. El creciente desarrollo turístico de la región ha provocado un importante incremento de la demanda que el actual sistema no ha sido capaz de absorber y atender. De esta forma, el Parque Eólico Coromuel aumentará la capacidad energética de la región, evitando situaciones de colapso del sistema y disminuyendo al mismo tiempo su dependencia de fuentes fósiles. 

Elecnor inició su actividad en México en 1992. A lo largo de este tiempo ha construido todo tipo de infraestructuras, desde líneas de transmisión eléctricas hasta gaseoductos y centrales hidroeléctricas. La adjudicación del contrato para la construcción del Parque Eólico Coromuel es una muestra más de la confianza del sector empresarial en el Grupo y fortalece su presencia en el país norteamericano. 

Spanish infrastructure, energy, services and telecommunications group Elecnor continues to expand in the Latin American market by winning its first renewable contract in Colombia. The project encompasses the construction of the Guajira I wind farm, which has a capacity of 20 MW and an investment of EUR 31.7 million. This park is located in the municipality of Uribia — an area with extraordinary wind resources located in the north of the department of La Guajira. 

As part of the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) arrangement, Elecnor will complete all of the engineering, onshore and offshore supplies and the complete construction of the farm. The wind farm will have ten 78-metre-high Vestas turbines, each with a power capacity of 2 MW, which will all be connected to a boosting substation. 

Guajira I is the second wind farm to be developed in Colombia following the construction of Jepírachi, which became operational in April 2004. Through this project, the Colombian government returns to its commitment to wind power. Elecnor will develop the park for ISAGEN—a private energy generation and marketing company—whose majority shareholder is BRE Colombia Hydro Investments Ltd. 

Currently, the Elecnor Group has 1,744 MW of renewable energy in operation and construction. Furthermore, with the construction of this wind farm, Elecnor continues to consolidate itself as a leading international turnkey project company through EPC agreements.

• Elecnor reports EUR 1.014 billion in revenue in the first half of 2020.
  
• The portfolio of signed contracts pending execution in the next 12 months is EUR 2.268 billion, 2% more than at the end of 2019.
• Elecnor trusts that the situation will stabilise in the coming months and that the company's strength will enable it to return to a path of growth as soon as possible in order to increase the results in the second half.

The Spanish infrastructure, energy, services and telecommunications group Elecnor has closed the first half of 2020 with a consolidated net profit of EUR 33.8 million, a 9.1% reduction compared to the EUR 37.1 million achieved in the same period of the previous financial year. This change reflects the impact that the COVID-19 crisis has been having on operations since mid-March, an impact that has been partially offset by the Group's diversity both geographically and in terms of businesses.  

The effects of this crisis in 2020 are different in the two businesses that make up the Group. As such, the impact on the Concessions business is expected to be limited since the bulk of its assets are in operation. In the first half of the year, this branch of activity performed well despite the impact of the depreciation of the currencies in which it operates. Meanwhile, the Infrastructure business undertakes a wide range of activities that will be affected to varying extents given that many of them are considered essential.

Rafael Martín de Bustamante, CEO of Elecnor, says, "The company has taken all measures necessary in order to deal with the pandemic — protecting the health and safety of our employees, the continuity of our operations and our business plans. The contingency plan that we established in the first quarter means that we are tackling the current situation from a position of solvency and that we are in a position of financial strength for the rest of the year. Having gradually improved its liquidity conditions, the Elecnor Group is now ready to take advantage of its positioning—both in terms of business and geography—and return to a path of growth as soon as normal economic activity is restored."

Elecnor trusts that the situation will stabilise in the coming months and that the company's strength will enable it to return to the forecast path of growth as soon as possible in order to increase the results in the second half.

A slight fall in revenues and a growing portfolio of contracts

As of 30 June, Elecnor's consolidated sales amounted to EUR 1.014 billion (compared to EUR 1.091 billion in 1H19). In terms of total revenue, the domestic market accounts for 52% (45% in the same period last year) and the remainder, 48%, is generated internationally (compared to 55% 12 months ago). This inversion is due to the fact that the start-up of the main international projects is planned for the second half of the year.

The revenue breakdown shows that 94% of revenue comes from the Infrastructure business, while the other 6% comes from the Concessions business. 

As of 30 June, the portfolio of signed contracts pending execution in the next 12 months amounts to EUR 2.268 billion (compared to EUR 2.223 billion at the end of 2019), which is an increase of 2%, mainly thanks to good performance in Spain. The international market is responsible for 74% of the current figure, with the domestic market responsible for the other 26%. Domestic order intake has grown thanks to solar activity, wind farms in Galicia etc. Meanwhile, international order intake consists of significant contracts in Chile, Norway, Brazil, Angola and the United States.

Looking ahead to the end of the 2020 financial year, Elecnor continues to evaluate the impact of the health crisis. The Group has funding lines available for amounts it considers to be sufficient to address the liquidity risk in the current climate. These include, for example, the recent renewal of a Promissory Note Programme in the Alternative Fixed-Income Market and its first line of green guarantees with Société Générale. 

Despite the current global uncertainty, the company is confident that the core components of the business will not be particularly affected. Firstly, in the Concessions business, the bulk of assets are in operation and the crisis is not expected to affect the profitability of those being built; secondly, more than half of the business in Spain is considered essential activity; and thirdly, in the international market, many of the projects being carried out are of a strategic nature for the countries in which they are being developed.

COVID-19 actions

In this complicated environment, the Group has been implementing a series of cost-containment and job flexibility measures that are enabling us to mitigate the risks that we are facing. This plan has enabled us to gradually restore the full functioning of our workforce as normal economic activity returns.

In any case, the Group, which operates globally, continually evaluates its operating expenses to reduce discretionary costs and considers delaying those investments that are considered of lesser importance, with the aim of safeguarding liquidity in this period of uncertainty.

The following documents and links contain details of all of the actions that the Group's COVID-19 Committee has carried out in recent months:

Management Report


Presentation of first half 2020 results

Company website