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<p>As the Chancellor set out in his 2017 Mansion House speech, the EIB has been an
important source of finance for infrastructure investment in the UK. The EIB invests
across a range of sectors including energy, transport, housing, education, water and
sewerage.</p><p> </p><p>For the green industry, the EIBs largest and most frequent
loans over the last decade have been in the field of renewable energy generation,
more specifically; offshore wind farms and offshore transmission networks <em>(through
OFGEMs offshore transmission network tendering process).</em></p><p> </p><p>From 2006-2016
the EIB lent €15.69bn to the UK energy sector. Of this, roughly a quarter was to projects
related to offshore wind generation.</p><p> </p><p>The EIB has also lent to other
types of environmentally focussed projects such as the rollout of Smart Meters and
the Thames Tideway Tunnel.</p><p> </p><p>A complete database of all EIB projects and
loan amounts can be found at the link below;</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&country=GB"
target="_blank">http://www.eib.org/projects/loan/list/?region=1&country=GB</a></p><p>
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