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EU launches observatory for sustainable ocean projects - 05/25/2022

To address the current lack of sufficient available data on industries and sectors related to our oceans, seas and coasts, the European Commission is creating a Blue Economy Observatory.

Suez places €2.6bn in green bonds - 05/17/2022

FRANCE. The water and waste specialist Suez has successfully placed its first green bonds for an amount of €2.6 billion.

European Commission and industry join forces to produce more clean hydrogen - 05/10/2022

EU. The European Commission and twenty CEOs of electrolyser companies sign an agreement to increase electrolyser production capacity in the European Union by a factor of ten.

EBRD to assist Turkey in corporate and bank climate governance - 04/28/2022

TURKEY / EU. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is participating in a loan to Turkey under its new Green Economy Facility for €21.5m plus €7m in grants for technical assistance.

Brussels allows Spain and Portugal to cap fuel prices for power plants - 04/28/2022

SPAIN/PORTUGAL. The European Commission authorises both countries to limit the price of gas used to produce electricity.

Voltalia continues its growth in Morocco, Greece and Portugal - 04/26/2022

MOROCCO/GREECE/PORTUGAL. Specialising in wind, solar, hydraulic, biomass and electricity storage, the group has just won a call for tenders in Morocco.

UAE's Masdar to produce green hydrogen in Egypt - 04/26/2022

EGYPT. The Suez Canal Economic Zone has once again demonstrated its commitment to becoming a showcase for green energy with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding for a hydrogen production plant by UAE's Masdar and Hassan Allam Utilities.

Suez Canal accelerates greening of its economic zone - 04/21/2022

EGYPT. The General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone continues its commitment to the transition to a green economy with the signing of two memoranda of understanding for the installation of ammonia, hydrogen and green fuel plants.

Voltalia to build its first floating solar power plant project in Portugal - 04/07/2022

PORTUGAL / FRANCE. The French renewable energy company Voltalia has won a tender in Portugal to build a floating solar power plant near the Cabril dam.

Morocco lacks water - 04/05/2022

MOROCCO. Exceptional drought, strong demographic growth, rapid urbanisation, overexploitation of water tables, choice of an agriculture that consumes a lot of water... Morocco has reached a dead end.

Eiffel Essentiel invests €7m in Italian renewable energy developer GreenGo - 03/22/2022

FRANCE / ITALY. The French fund Eiffel Essentiel is making its first foreign investment with a €7m investment in the Italian renewable energy developer GreenGo.

Two calls for tenders for floating wind turbines in France - 03/15/2022

FRANCE. French Prime Minister Jean Castex has launched two calls for tender for the construction of two floating wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle and Fos-sur-Mer.

Western Balkans receive €3.2bn in aid from the European Commission - 03/01/2022

WESTERN BALKANS. European Commission announces €3.2bn investment in twenty-one sustainable connectivity projects in the Western Balkans.

Eiffel Investment finances the wind and solar development of Capital Energy in Spain

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