Endesa S A : The energy transition through the photography of Álvaro Ybarra Zavala

• Endesa has joined "The Legacy We Will Leave", a personal project by internationally renowned photographer Álvaro Ybarra Zavala, which is travelling around Spain, showing the energy transition in which we are immersed.
• From the areas that lived from coal to the development of renewable energies, the transformation of our cities, our environment and, above all, photographing the people who are living and involved in making this energy transition possible.

The prestigious documentary photographer Álvaro Ybarra Zavala presented today one of his most personal projects at Endesa's headquarters in Madrid: "The legacy we will leave". It involves a unique journey through Spain's energy transition in which this photographer fuses his documentary narrative with personal, introspective images, in an attempt to respond to the change of energy paradigm that we are experiencing.

Endesa is supporting this personal project by Álvaro Ybarra Zavala, aware of his role in this energy transition. It does so by making available to his camera people, places and stories that are the essence of the energy transition, since the company is playing a leading role and is fully involved in all the features of this process. Endesa used to be the largest Spanish coal company and has now become the integrated electricity company with the lowest emissions in Spain while playing a leading role in the only two fair energy transition processes in the Iberian Peninsula in Pego (Portugal) and Andorra (Teruel).

At today's presentation of this project in Madrid, which has just started and will last until 2026, Álvaro Ybarra Zavala was accompanied by the General Manager of the Fair Transition Institute, Laura Martín, Endesa's General Manager of Communication, Ignacio Jimenez Soler, and the Chief Executive Officer of Endesa, José Bogas. There were also a number of mayors of towns that are experiencing this energy transition with the development of renewable projects, including Fréscano (Aragón), Jorge Cuartero; Minglanilla (Castilla-La Mancha), José Luis Hervás; The head of Endesa's Fair Transition project in Andorra, Ramón White; and associations such as Asaja represented by its Project Manager Juan Almasa; and Juanjo Berbell, from the Methys consultancy.

"What we were aiming to present today is a long-term view of a reality: That of Fair Energy Transition. A reality of exceptional importance and in which Endesa is playing a leading role", said José Bogas, the Chief Executive Officer of Endesa during the presentation of The Legacy We Will Leave, pointing out that "this project is a living communication tool, as well as being a memory for future generations".

"The energy transition has many facets, few companies have a global outlook. Endesa is one of them, precisely because it is playing a leading role in this energy transition. That is why it has become my travel companion, because it is important to reflect and for everyone to see what we were, what we are and where we are going in this energy transition, to assess what our legacy to future generations will be", Álvaro Ybarra Zavala pointed out during the presentation of his project.

For Endesa's General Manager of Communication, Ignacio Jimenez Soler, "it is a privilege that Endesa was contacted by Álvaro Ybarra to document the Fair Energy Transition in which the company is immersed. Our corporate narrative with regard to the Energy Transition is transversal and global, it is not partial, and Álvaro's work helps us to reinforce the way in which we tell society all about what we do. In a few years we will see the full picture and everything will make sense."

The project entitled "The Legacy We Will Leave" has been on the road for a year touring in a number of areas in Spain. The photojournalist's snapshots are accompanied by first-person stories that bring the viewer closer to the reality portrayed by the lens of Álvaro Ybarra Zavala, who has been acknowledged with numerous awards such as the World Press Photo, by the Joop Swart Masterclass and the Photojournalist of the Year Award, by the International Press Club. His professional career has taken him to more than 40 countries in key projects for publications such as TIME, New York Times, Le Monde, Libération, Newsweek, Sunday Times Magazine, CNN, Vanity Fair, XLSEMANAL and many others.

This photographic tour, which has a time horizon of five years, will immortalise our energy history based on the following key points:

• The decarbonisation process: A portrait of the end of an era marked by this technology and its replacement with a new form of energy, renewable. Álvaro Ybarra Zavala is touring the historical territories that lived from coal and its transformation, and where Endesa is developing projects, so as not to leave anyone behind and to continue writing the future of these areas together. The lens of his camera has been inside plants in the process of being dismantled. It is closely following the construction of new renewable projects and the implementation of projects for economic revitalisation together with local partners.
• The territories: A journey through this energy and social transformation in areas that once depended on coal. This features four of these areas: As Pontes, Compostilla, Andorra and Litoral. These are four flagships of energy transition and Álvaro Ybarra Zavala is getting to know them first-hand through their people, experiencing with them the metamorphosis they are undergoing at a social, economic and landscape level.
• The energy revolution: How this transformation is affecting daily life, public administrations and industrial production processes. Álvaro Ybarra Zavala's camera shows the development of renewable projects, how they are being undertaken, how the industrial and primary sectors coexist, and how all this is transforming our society.
• Social and environmental objectives of the energy transition: This aims to be a journey through the transformation of our landscapes, how they were, how they are and how they will be. Álvaro Ybarra Zavala would like to talk about the transformation of our environment including the cities themselves and their concept of energy consumption, how our environment is already benefiting from energy transition, and how society itself is adapting to this change.
• Endesa and its history: As a significant player in this energy transition. For almost 80 years, Endesa has been present in the national energy landscape and is now playing a leading role in the energy transformation process, which also includes relations between the regulator and the electricity company in its role as a regulated entity. How the company's employees are experiencing this decarbonisation process and this energy transition towards renewable energies is one of the essential focal points of the project. They know better than anyone how this profound social transformation is taking shape.

About Endesa

Endesa is a leading electricity company in Spain and the second largest in Portugal. The company is also the second largest gas operator in the Spanish market. Endesa operates an end-to-end electricity generation, distribution and marketing business. Through Endesa X, it also offers value-added services aimed at the electrification of energy usage in homes, companies, industries and Public Administrations. It is also the leading operator of charging stations in Spain through Endesa X Way, a business line dedicated entirely to electric mobility. Endesa is firmly committed to the United Nations SDGs and strongly supports the development of renewable energies through Enel Green Power España, the digitalisation of grids through e-distribución, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The Endesa Foundation is also active in CSR-related matters. Our workforce numbers around 9,260 employees. Endesa is a division of Enel, the largest electricity group in Europe.