The utility will invest 50,000 million reais through 2030, equivalent to approximately €9 billion, targeting grid expansion, modernization, and digitalization. This represents a 93 percent increase over the 27,500 million reais deployed between 2021 and 2025. Iberdrola CEO Ignacio Sánchez Galán stated the renewals reinforce legal certainty and consolidate a stable regulatory environment, creating confidence for international investors to expand Brazilian commitments. He emphasized the visibility enables advance procurement of equipment and materials, stimulating local industry and employment during a period of intense global electrification competition.
Neoenergia ranks as Brazil’s largest private infrastructure investor over the past four years according to the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Basic Industries. The company operates more than 750,000 kilometers of distribution lines, 8,000 kilometers of transmission lines, and 4,000 megawatts of renewable generation capacity, predominantly hydroelectric. In 2025, Iberdrola’s total Brazilian investments reached 30,000 million reais including organic capital expenditure and minority stake acquisitions in Neoenergia.
The expanded investment program will focus on grid digitalization to improve supply quality and expand capacity to meet rising energy demand. The deployment supports Brazil’s economic electrification and industrial development at a time when grid infrastructure represents a bottleneck for renewable energy integration and load growth. Neoenergia’s position as Brazil’s leading distribution group provides Iberdrola with a platform to capture regulated returns on capital invested in critical infrastructure assets with multi-decade revenue visibility.
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