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Backed by InvestEU, the programme will support the development of around 200 solar photovoltaic plants totalling 290 MWp, together with 350 MW of battery‑energy storage systems across Italy

The new portfolio is expected to mobilise at least €465 million of financing in the real economy.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Institut Català de Finances (ICF), the public development bank of the Government of Catalonia, have signed a €50 million loan to strengthen social infrastructure in Catalonia.

Once implemented, it will be EIF’s largest so far in defence and is intended to provide additional private capital for strategic innovation in dual-use, defence, security and space.

Under a new ELENA contract (part of InvestEU Advisory), the EIB Group’s advisory team will support the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW) in deploying €288 million to improve energy efficiency in public buildings and upgrade district heating systems.

The new NRW.Venture EU Tech&Scale fund is now available to support investments in promising scale-ups in North Rhine-Westphalia.

NIB has signed a 11-year, EUR 21.5 million loan with Solar Park Kvosted. The investment, supported by the InvestEU programme, will co-finance the construction and operation of a 50MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Denmark.

The Bulgarian Development Bank and UniCredit Bulbank are expanding access to finance for businesses through a new guarantee agreement under the InvestEU Programme. It will allow lending to small and medium-sized enterprises as well as mid-caps worth €100 million.

In Catalonia, where housing costs continue to rise, an InvestEU-supported project is helping make affordable, stable housing a reality. This article looks at how the cooperative Sostre Cívic uses a right-of-use model to put homes back at the service of people.