Shirin Wheeler
Pressereferentin
- European Investment Bank
- Communication Department
- Rond-Point Robert Schuman, 6
- B-1040 Brussels
- Belgien
+32 474 242494
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is pledging €1.6 billion to finance the construction of the Bay of Biscay electricity interconnection between Spain and France. The EIB financing for the Bay of Biscay project takes the form of loans to Spanish and French transmission-system operators Red Eléctrica and RTE Réseau de transport d’électricité.