17 MAY 2023

Mario Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of Iberdrola España, participates in the Enerclub Energy Awards ceremony and stresses the importance of having a "predictable regulatory framework".

  • Mario Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of Iberdrola España and President of the Spanish Energy Club, participates in the presentation of the XXXIII Enerclub Energy Awards. 
  • These awards recognise the important work carried out by communication professionals and their contribution to bringing the world of energy closer to society. 
  • The awards, in their nine categories, were sponsored by Iberdrola and other important companies in the electricity sector. 
  • Paulina Beato received the Victoriano Reinoso Energy and Society Award, presented by the Third Vice-President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, and by the President of the Spanish Energy Club, Mario Ruiz-Tagle.

Mario Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of Iberdrola Spain and president of Enerclub, next to Teresa Ribera, Third Vice President of the Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.

Mario Ruiz-Tagle, CEO of Iberdrola España and President of the Spanish Energy Club (Enerclub), took part in the presentation of the XXXIII Energy Awards, an event held annually to recognise the important work carried out by communication professionals and their contribution to bringing the world of energy closer to society.

During his participation in the meeting held in Madrid, in addition to acknowledging and thanking the dedication of the communication professionals, Ruiz-Tagle stated that "the energy transition is not limited to an environmental issue, but must also be the way to achieve a safer, more industrialised and more competitive Europe".

On the occasion, the CEO of Iberdrola España also highlighted the most relevant aspects of the coming months in Europe and in Spain: "regulation will be key to attracting investment, with special attention to streamlining administrative procedures, simplifying barriers and facilitating permitting for the agile and orderly development of new systems", also highlighting that "the Spanish presidency of the European Council will be especially important to build a favourable framework for the present and the future".

To achieve these commitments, Ruiz-Tagle also pointed out the importance of "bringing positions closer together and of a dialogue between the public and private sectors to join forces". And, above all, to ensure that society understands and supports what is happening, to speed up the process and make "this transition a just transition for all".

The winners of this year's edition, in order of presentation, were:

  • Luis Montoto, ABC Sevilla;
  • Sara Ledo, El Periódico;
  • Antonio López, La Verdad de Cartagena;
  • Alberto Sanz, Vozpópuli;
  • Marcos Navarro, Diario de Teruel;
  • Ana Tuñas, EFE Green Agency;
  • Paula María Álvarez, El Mundo;
  • Paloma Lamadrid and Noelia Alonso, El Comercio, and Vicente Vallés, Antena 3 TV.

In this edition, the Energy and Society Award. Victoriano Reinoso Award, which is presented in recognition of a personality for their extensive and long professional career and their contribution to the energy sector, was awarded to Paulina Beato, PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota and the first woman president of Red Eléctrica de España.

The meeting organised by Enerclub was attended by more than 200 personalities from the energy sector, politics, business and the media, including Teresa Ribera, Third Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. The awards, in their nine categories, have been sponsored by Iberdrola and other major companies in the electricity sector.