The EU is providing a €150 million (£124m) loan to help improve the energy performance of buildings in Austria. The cash will be used for refurbishment schemes to boost the energy efficiency of properties in both the private and public sectors as well as increase the use of renewables. New housing will also be given […]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided the second installment of a €270 million (£227m) funding to a Viennese firm for energy efficiency measures. The cash will help Wiener Wohnen – an apartment management company believed to be the largest in Europe – improve the thermal energy efficiency of municipal housing. Initial funding under the […]

A German technology firm has received a loan worth €45 million (£38.7m) to improve exhaust technology for cars and commercial vehicles and cut emissions and noise. The cash from the European Investment Bank (EIB) will support Friedrich Boysen’s research and development (R&D) of new exhaust systems that also meet the requirement of “stricter regulations” in […]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €500 million (£411.4m) loan for a wind farm, which it claims is the “largest offshore wind farm to date” in the German Baltic Sea. Project owner EnBW Erneuerbare Energien GmbH, a subsidiary of energy firm EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG, will develop the 80-wind turbines project, which will […]