ENDESA REDUCES CO2 EMISSIONS IN SPAIN BY 27% SINCE 1990.

ENDESA's (NYSE:ELE) specific emissions in Spain stood at 507 grams of CO2 per kWh in 2004, representing a fall of 27.5% compared to 1990. The company achieved this reduction despite increasing output by 120% over the same period and therefore overall total emissions rose from 33.4 million tons to 54.8 million.

It is worth recalling that ENDESA's generation mix includes a high level of installed fossil fuel capacity. These thermal plants regularly register high annual utilization rates, and serve to guarantee a signification portion of the country's electricity needs, especially ...