European Investment Bank ploughs £42m into green energy

Jessica Shankleman
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BNP Paribas spin off Glennmont Partners secures largest investment this year from EIB

The UK's green power market received a major boost yesterday, after the European Investment Bank (EIB) made its largest clean energy equity investment so far this year. The bank announced that it has...

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