1. Home
  2. Europe & UK

Europe & UK

Moonshot Moment: Europe Announces Green Deal

Among the European Commission’s plans is a carbon border, ensuring companies cannot evade carbon taxes by outsourcing their emissions. New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe’s Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a “man on the moon moment” […]

Fenix Benin (ENGIE) Connects 40,000 Households to Solar Power in Just One Year

Fenix’s high-quality solar home systems and strong distribution network allow distributed rural households to access warrantied products and accompanying after-sales service COTONOU, Benin: Next-generation energy company Fenix International (https://www.FenixIntl.com/), a subsidiary of ENGIE, has surpassed its previous rapid growth rates and connected 40,000 households to solar power in Benin, representing 200,000 people, within just one […]

Spain: COP25 – Support for renewable energy EIB and IM2 Energía Solar join forces to create platform for building and operating photovoltaic power plants

The EIB will provide EUR 26m for the Solar Storm 200 project, making it possible to build 15 solar power plants with a total capacity of 218 MW The agreement is supported by the Investment Plan for Europe The new photovoltaic power plants will be built in Andalusia, the Valencia Region, Murcia and Extremadura   Employment impact: the […]

JinkoSolar Signs Agreement with COSCO to Use Port of Piraeus as a Distribution Hub for Europe

SHANGHAI, China and PIRAEUS, Greece: JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company,” or “JinkoSolar”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that the Company has signed an agreement with COSCO SHIPPING Lines (Greece) S.A. (“COSCO”) to use the Greek Port of Piraeus as a distribution hub for the shipment of its […]

TDB and EIB deepen their partnership with a USD 120 million 15-year SME and climate action facility

In what is yet another step in the growing relationship between the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the institutions signed today a USD 120 million 15-year SME and climate action facility. The Agreement was signed by Ambroise Fayolle, EIB Vice President and Admassu Tadesse, TDB […]

COP25 – EIB and Iberdrola sign two financing agreements for EUR 690m for renewable energy projects in Brazil and new digitalisation of electrical networks

The EU bank will provide EUR 250m to finance 15 wind farms that the company will build in north-eastern Brazil This is the first agreement signed between the institution and Neoenergia, Iberdrola’s Spanish subsidiary The EUR 440m earmarked for Iberdrola’s distribution networks in Spain will help to reinforce this infrastructure and make it smarter to […]

Hydrogen Council and EIB sign advisory agreement to address climate change with increased investment in hydrogen

The Hydrogen Council, a global initiative of CEOs representing energy, transport, and industry organisations advocating for the accelerated deployment of hydrogen solutions, and the European Investment Bank (EIB), one of the world’s largest providers of climate finance, today signed a landmark agreement to collaborate on the development of innovative schemes to finance hydrogen projects to […]