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Abengoa and its Business UnitsAbengoa is a technology provider that applies innovative solutions for sustainability in the infrastructure, environmental and energy sectors, bringing long-term value to its shareholders through a management model based on encouraging the spirit of enterprise, social responsibility, transparency and rigor.

Abengoa focuses its growth on the creation of new technologies that contribute to sustainable development by:

generating energy from renewable resources;

recycling industrial waste and generating and managing water;

creating environmentally-friendly infrastructures that eliminate emissions;

developing information systems that aid in managing existing infrastructures more efficiently;

promoting new avenues for development and innovation.

And to this end, Abengoa…

invests in research, development and innovation (R&D&i);

expands the technologies with the greatest potential;

develops the required talent by attracting and retaining the best human resources;

and dedicates human and economic resources to promoting social action policies that contribute to human and social progress through the Focus-Abengoa Foundation.

The photo in the top left portion was taken by

Juan Botella Cuesta, for Befesa, the 1st

Abengoa Sustainability Photography Contest


Abengoa has its headquarters in Seville (Spain) and is present, through its more than 600 subsidiaries, affiliates, facilities and offices, in over 70 countries around the world, where it operates through its five business units: Solar, Bioenergy, Environmental Services, Information Technologies and Engineering.

Corporate Area

Internal Auditing

Consolidation and Reporting

Economic and Financial

Corporate Strategy and Development

Appointments and Remuneration

Organization, Quality and Budgets

Human Resources

Institutional Relations, Assistant to the Chairman

Investor Relations

General Secretary’s Office

Responsibility

General Office of Sustainability

Technical Office

Business Units

Bioenergy InformationTechnologies

Social Action

Solar Environmental Services

Industrial Engineering and Construction

Focus-Abengoa Foundation

AbengoaSolar

AbengoaBioenergía Befesa Telvent Abeinsa

AbengoaExecutive Chairman: Felipe Benjumea

Executive Vice-Chairman: José B. Terceiro


Abengoa Solar

Abengoa Solar develops and applies solar power technologies for combating climate change and ensuring sustainability through proprietary solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies.

www.abengoasolar.com

In 2009

generation superheated steam solar tower.

Abengoa Bioenergy

Abengoa Bioenergy specializes in the production and development of biofuels for transportation, bioethanol and biodiesel, among others, employing biomass as the raw material. These biofuels are used to produce ETBE (a gasoline additive), or for direct blending with gasoline or diesel fuel.

www.abengoabioenergy.com

In 2009

will provide specific management services to market the bioethanol and sugar produced in Brazil.

ML, and plants in Madison, Illinois and Mount Vernon, Indiana, each with an annual production capacity totaling 333 ML of bioethanol.

Befesa

Befesa is the international company specializing in the recycling and comprehensive management of industrial waste, as well as water generation and management. Befesa upholds a firm commitment to social responsibility in helping to forge a sustainable world.

www.befesa.com

In 2009

GmbH, specializing in salt slag treatment and recycling.

China.

Ratnapura and surrounding areas.

www.abengoasolar.com +

ww.abengoabioenergy.com +

ww.befesa.com +


Telvent

Telvent is the global IT solutions and business information services provider dedicated to helping improve efficiency, safety and security for the world’s leading companies. Telvent serves markets that are critical to the sustainability of the planet, including the energy, transportation, agricultural and environmental sectors.

www.telvent.com

In 2009

website and point-of-reference business directory tracking and analyzing “green” markets worldwide.

a smart metering management system.

Abeinsa

Abeinsa is an industrial technology group offering the energy, transportation, telecommunications, industry, services and environmental sectors integrated solutions aimed at contributing to sustainable development, thereby creating value for the company’s stakeholders and ensuring forward-looking international exposure and return on investment.

www.abeinsa.com

In 2009

of 50 MW.

150-MW plant in Hassi R’Mel (Algeria).

transmission line in Peru.

Rica, and Panama.

Focus–Abengoa Foundation

The Focus-Abengoa Foundation is engaged in undertakings of general interest to the community in five major areas: aid and assistance, culture, education, research, and social action for employees.

www.telvent.com +

www.abeinsa.com +


International PresenceThrough a process of universalization that has enabled the company to establish stable ties in international markets, Abengoa has gone from being a family business founded in Seville and operating solely in Spain to becoming a multinational corporation that conducts its business in 77 countries on all five continents:

Iberoamérica

Puerto Rico, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia, Nicaragua, British Virgin Islands, Panama.

United States and Canada

Europa

Spain, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Turkey, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland, Romania, Iceland, Luxembourg, Greece, Finland, Croatia, Estonia, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Yugoslavia, Slovakia, Hungary.

Africa

Morocco, Algeria, Qatar, Ghana, Angola, South Africa, Namibia, Libya, Mozambique, Kenya, Tunisia, Cameroon.

Asia

Indonesia, Thailand, India, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, China, Iran, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Oman, Lebanon, Russia, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan.

Oceania

Australia


Evolución en Bolsa durante 2008International Presence

Key Markets

Other countries in

which Abengoa operates


List of Offices opened in 2009 by Business Group

Company Business Group City Country Month of opening

Abengoa Bioenergia BrasilAbengoa Bioenergy

São Paulo Brazil September

Abengoa Bioenergy Netherlands Rotterdam Holland September

Abengoa Solar SA Abengoa Solar St Brisbane, QLD Australia June

Teyma USA

Abeinsa

Lakewood, ColoradoNorthAmerica

June

Zero Emissions Technologies New YorkNorthAmerica

March

SDI-IMA Santiago Chile April

Power Structures Lakewood, ColoradoNorthAmerica

September

Abengoa T&D Lakewood, ColoradoNorthAmerica

August

Concecutex Mexico City Mexico May

Coaben Mexico City Mexico June

Nicsa Fornecimiento do Materiais Eletricos

Rio de Janeiro Brazil September

Inabensa Pty. Ltd. Sydney Australia September

Abengoa Cogeneración Tabasco Mexico City Mexico September

HyGear Arnhem Holland January

Befesa Salszchlacke Gmbh

Befesa

Hannover Germany April

Befesa Salszchalcke Sud Gmbh Töging Germany April

Derivados de la Pintura Barcelona Spain February

Befesa Agua

Telvent

Madrid Spain July

Telvent Energía, S.A. Helsinki Finland December

Telvent Energía, S.A. Tripoli Libya November

Telvent Tráfico y Transporte, S.A. Guayaquil Ecuador August

Telvent Tráfico y Transporte, S.A. Santiago de Chile Chile November

Matchmind, S.L. São Paulo Brazil March

Matchmind, S.L. Valencia España February

Matchmind Ingeniería de software S.L.

Valladolid España October

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