Abengoa

Abengoa is a Spanish multinational company with subsidiaries in several areas such as energy, telecommunications, logistics, and environmental engineering.

The company was founded in 1941 by Javier Benjumea and has its headquarters in Seville, Spain.

Befesa

Befesa is a subsidiary of Abengoa, which operates in the field of industrial waste as well as production and marketing of water. The group includes, inter alia, the Befesa Steel Services GmbH in Duisburg, the Befesa Zinc GmbH in Duisburg and the Befesa salt slag GmbH in Hannover.

Joint venture with Ebro Puleva

Abengoa has a joint venture with the Spanish company Ebro Puleva for the production of biofuel in several works.

Abengoa Solar

Abengoa began its involvement in the development of solar technology in 1984 with the construction of the Plataforma Solar de Almería in southern Spain.

Abengoa has made the promotion of two research and development programs in the field of solar thermal power plants known by the Department of Energy of the United States. The volume amounts to 14 million U.S. dollars. The aim of these programs is the development of solar technology that will be competitive with conventional energy sources by 2015.