Spain

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and CriteriaCaixa, holding company of “la Caixa” Foundation managing its business assets, have signed a €80 million loan to finance the construction and launch of the CaixaResearch Institute in Barcelona – Spain’s first biomedical research centre dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of immunology promoted by “la Caixa” Foundation.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and BNZ have signed a €166 million loan to support the deployment of 17 solar photovoltaic plants across Spain, Italy and Portugal. This is the first tranche of a €500 million loan approved by the EIB to support BNZ’s roll-out of 1.7 GW of solar photovoltaic power in Southern Europe by the end of 2026. BNZ is an Independent Power Producer (IPP) that develops, builds, and operates solar photovoltaic projects, and is owned by Nuveen Infrastructure.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Stark Future S.L. have signed a €40 million credit facility to finance the company’s research, development and innovation activities in the electric motorcycle sector.  Stark Future is a pioneering company in the premium electric motorcycle industry headquartered in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain. The funding will also finance the scaling-up of Stark Future's manufacturing capacity, contributing to the company’s growth and market penetration/expansion.