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Spanish wind firm to receive €185m from EU bank

Tom Young

22 December 2009 • 1 min read

Finance to help fund research into renewables, green construction, water treatment and desalination

Spanish energy giant Acciona is to receive a €185m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help accelerate its development of environmental technologies. The loan will be use to research new...

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