The Europe Press journalist Paco Baeza was awarded this Tuesday with the 'Electric Energy' prize at the XXXVI edition of the energy awards organized each year by the Spanish Energy Club (Enerclub).
These recognitions highlight the "important work" carried out by professionals in the media and their role in bringing the field of energy closer to the whole of the citizenry.
The jury emphasized Paco Baeza, who received the award from Marina Serrano, the president of the Association of Electric Energy Companies (Aeléc), "his career, the quality of his work, and the educational spirit of his news".
The awards ceremony brought together more than 200 representatives from the energy sector, political life, the business world and the media, and included the attendance of the Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard.
Along with Paco Baeza, the Spanish Energy Club has also recognized the work of journalists Alberto Sanz (El Confidencial), Paula María Álvarez (El Mundo), Alberto Grimaldi (Grupo Joly), Mercedes Navarrete (Ideal de Granada), Sara Ledo (El Periódico), Cristina Cándido (Colpisa), Pablo Castaño (La Nueva España), Carmen Monforte (Cinco Días), Juan Cruz Peña (El País) and Laura Ojea (El Español).
The awards, distributed across 11 categories, have counted with the support and sponsorship of Aeléc, Appa Renovables, EDP, Endesa, Iberdrola, Moeve, Naturgy, Repsol, Sedigas, TotalEnergies and BP.
Likewise, Ignacio Pérez Arriaga has been recognized with the Victoriano Reinoso Energy and Society Award, which was presented to him by the Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard, and by the president of the Spanish Energy Club and CEO of Moeve, Maarten Wetselaar.
During his remarks at the event, Groizard expressed his gratitude for the commitment to rigorous information and, in particular, that which addresses the energy sector, calling on the public duty shared by the energy field, the Administration and the media "in the face of the common objective of responding to the general interest".
The Secretary of State also referred to scientific and technical misinformation, warning of the danger that it may come to be assumed as something habitual. "In the face of the normalization of misinformation, it is good to celebrate informed and truthful work, based on the data," he said.