Cox

The power
of impossible

A unique vertically integrated company with innovative solutions
around water and energy

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2024 Results

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Cox achieves an EBITDA of €183 million and a net profit of €59 million in 2024

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Our company's key figures

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Strategic Regions in Americas, Europe, MEA
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Vertically integrated utility with
innovative solutions around
water and energy

Full water cycle

  • Desalination
  • Potabilization
  • Water waste & treatment
  • Industrial water​
  • Water infrastuctures​
  • Irrigation​
  • Development boost

Generation

Photovoltaic energy​

Solar thermal energy

Bioenergy

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Transmission

Transmission

Electrical infrastructures

Electrification​

Cox
in the world

Main projects

We are committed to ensure water availability and its sustainable management, as well as provide access to clean and affordable energy, while developing sustainable and resilient transmission infrastructures.

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Taweelah

Capacity

909,218m³/d

Located in Abu Dhabi, it is the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in the world and specializes in producing drinking water. Its operation is sustained by a photovoltaic solar field with a capacity exceeding 70 MWp (megawatts peak), which ensures a continuous supply of clean energy throughout the year.   Desalination Plant of the Year 2023, Global Water Awards.

Agadir

Capacity

275,000m3/d

Located in Morocco, it is the largest desalination plant designed for combined drinking water and irrigation uses. It was recognized in 2019 by the International Desalination Association as the “Best Public-Private Partnership” award. 

Jubail 3A

Capacity

600,000m³/d

Desalination Plant of the Year 2024, Global Water Awards.

Rabigh3

Capacity

600,000m³/d

Located in the city of Rabigh, on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.  

Accra

Capacity

60,000m³/d

Desalination plant in Ghana for drinking water.

Our purpose

Power necessary
changes to create
sustainable prosperity

Our values

Always going further

We know there is a better way of doing things. A way where we don't have to choose between the well-being of people and the well-being of the world.

Deliver
on what
we promise

We believe in holding high standards, we are honest with our employees, customers, investors, communities and society. If we promise something, we deliver it.

Embrace diversity

We believe that having different perspectives enriches and improves our decisions, propelling us forward as an organization.

Leave the world a better place than we found it

The internal lines of action that guide our behavior as a company and mobilize people always lead us to seek excellence, because we know there is a better way of doing things.

Latest news

All news
August 27, 2025

Cox and AMEA awarded concession in Angola for 100,000 m³/day desalination plant
July 31, 2025

Cox Acquires Iberdrola Mexico for $4.2 Billion
July 30, 2025

Cox posts EBITDA of €82 million and record revenue of €498 million in the first six months, 62 % higher than the previous year

18 de julio de 2024

Coxabengoa is awarded a €300 million concession in Brazil a decade later

Under the country’s Lao Law, the multinational wins Block 10, which includes the concession of a transmission

18 de julio de 2024

Coxabengoa awarded the largest desalination plant in Taiwan

Thanks to its proven experience in the management of water resources, the multinational company has won its first

18 de julio de 2024

Cox acquires the Khi Solar One solar thermal plant located in South Africa 

The facility, with an installed capacity of 50 MW, is located in the Northern Cape province and is backed by a PPA signed

Luis Arizaga Zárate

Independent Director

Member of the Audit Committee

Date of appointment: September 17, 2024

Shareholding in Cox Abg Group, S.A.: 11,514 shares

Partner of Exus Management Partners (Exus) and GenuX Power, a global renewable energy platform with offices in nine countries, managing 11GW of installed capacity, including 2.6GW in Mexico between wind and solar energy projects. Holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at NYU in New York, and a bachelors degree in Accounting and Finance from ITESM in Mexico.

Prior to joining EXUS in 2019, he founded EIRA Capital, an investment platform focused on Energy and Infrastructure transactions in Mexico, and Latin America. He was also part of Australia’s Macquarie Group in Latin America, where he spent more than 7 years in the Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Funds divisions, working on fund capital raising, equity investments, asset management activities, as well as third party advisory roles on energy and infrastructure transactions in Mexico and Latin America. During his years at Macquarie, he also held board positions in the several investments made by Macquarie which covered energy, public private partnerships, roads, and telecom companies. In addition, his previous involvement at financial institutions include positions in the investment banking teams of Deutsche Bank’s M&A group in New York, and Citibank’s M&A group in Mexico.

Other former relevant positions include his role as independent member of the investment committee of the Instituto del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores (Mexican mortgages and housing government agency).

Enrique Riquelme Vives

Presidente Ejecutivo

Fecha de nombramiento: 17 de septiembre de 2024

Participación en el capital social de Cox Abg Group, S.A.: 50.601.230 acciones

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Presidente Ejecutivo de Cox, tras iniciar su andadura profesional en el sector inmobiliario y de la construcción, en 2010 fundó Grupo El Sol en Panamá, especializado en operaciones de minería, cemento, infraestructuras y energía. Con el tiempo, la empresa se convertiría en el mayor proveedor de arena de la UTE responsable de la ampliación del canal de Panamá. Posteriormente, pasó a liderar las fases de oferta y desarrollo de Rainbow 50: el proyecto fotovoltaico de mayor envergadura ejecutado en América Latina hasta aquel momento.

Ha recibido varios galardones por su contribución al mundo empresarial en España, entre ellos el Premio del Certamen Nacional de Jóvenes Emprendedores 2018. También ha sido distinguido como uno de los «100 latinos más influyentes comprometidos con la acción climática» y uno de los «100 españoles más creativos del mundo de los negocios» según la revista Forbes. Actualmente, es miembro del Consejo Internacional de la San Telmo Business School y preside el Consejo Asesor de la Fundación Scholas para Panamá, Centroamérica y Caribe.