WFW advises BBVA on €42m green financing for Matrix Renewables17 February 2023
Based in Madrid and Bilbao, BBVA is one of the largest financial institutions in the world.
Based in Madrid and Bilbao, BBVA is one of the largest financial institutions in the world.
The PV plant is expected to be operational in 2024.
The nine plants currently under construction in Cuenca and Toledo provinces are expected to be operational by end 2022 or early 2023.
The fourteen plants are all located in the Spanish regions of Aragon and Castilla-La Mancha.
The 100% renewable energy that will be produced by the portfolio’s plants will reduce emissions by 340,000 tons of CO2 and supply 416,000 Spanish homes every year.
Matrix Renewables’ portfolio currently comprises 2.1 GW of operational, under construction or near ready-to-build solar PV projects.
The financing, which has a maximum maturity term of 15 years, is the largest ECA-backed green loan Iberdrola has ever signed.
X-ELIO is a global leader in the development of sustainable energy with a strong commitment to the reduction of greenhouse emissions and the fight against climate change.
The bank acted as lender for a structured loan granted to the three SPVs that own the plants.
Until now, PPAs have been negotiated and executed individually between different energy producers and off-takers, without common standards between them
Madrid-headquartered Saeta Yield manages a 936.5 MW portfolio of wind, photovoltaic and solar thermal energy assets in Spain.
The three plants – 50 MW Los Belos, 11.2 MW El Muelle and 50 MW Montesol – are all located in the Spanish region of Aragon and have been fully operational since 2020.
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