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Posted on February 27, 2026
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Acciona Energia is prioritizing its investment-grade profile by sharply cutting its 2025 dividend, lowering capex and accelerating asset disposals to reduce leverage. The move aligns with management’s stated balance-sheet focus amid rating-agency scrutiny, including a Fitch BBB- rating with a Negati
MADRID, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Spanish renewable power company Acciona Energia will cut dividends, curb investments, generate around 2 billion euros ($2.36 billion) from asset sales and reduce its debt to protect its credit ratings, it said late on Thursday.
Acciona Energia, which is controlled by Spanish group Acciona SA with a stake of more than 90%, has made strengthening its balance sheet and keeping investment grade ratings a strategic priority.
After years of significant investments, in recent years, it has changed course, reducing capital spending and selling renewables assets.
Acciona Energia proposed a 93% reduction in dividend for 2025 to 0.03 euros a share and said the generation of some 2 billion euros in asset sales should happen this year.
Investments will be around 900 million euros this year, down from 1.4 billion euros in the last two years and 2.2 billion euros in 2023, it said, while net debt is expected to fall below 3 billion euros from 4.16 billion euros now.
For the longer term, it anticipated improved returns from renewable energy through the renegotiation of long-term energy supply contracts known as power purchase agreements.
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(Reporting by Pietro Lombardi; editing by Barbara Lewis)
To strengthen its balance sheet and protect its investment grade credit ratings.
Around 2 billion euros from asset sales, expected to happen this year.
A 93% reduction in the 2025 dividend to 0.03 euros per share.
Investments of around 900 million euros, down from 1.4 billion euros in the last two years and 2.2 billion euros in 2023.
Net debt is expected to fall below 3 billion euros from 4.16 billion euros currently.
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