In addition to Brazil, Peru and Colombia will benefit from the investment package of US$ 650 million in renewable energy projects delivered by the EIB to Enel, aiming to expand the energy transition in Latin America

Recently, the energy company Enel announced a partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the development of new renewable energy projects in some Latin American countries. Thus, until this Saturday (23/04), it is known that the EIB closed a contract for an investment package of US$ 650 million that will be applied in Brazil, Peru and Colombia in projects aimed at the renewable energy segment .

EIB investment package in partnership with energy company Enel will benefit Brazil, Peru and Colombia with new renewable energy projects

The energy company Enel announced its partnership with the EIB, through its development subsidiary EIB Global, and the Italian export credit agency Sace, for the development of new renewable energy projects in Latin America over the next few years, as a way of establishing the EIB's actions on the international market in terms of energy transition in other countries, with a focus on Brazil, Colombia and Peru. 

In this way, in a partnership format known as financing sustainability-linked which envisions a multi-country, multi-business and multi-currency scope of up to €600 million (the equivalent of over US$650 million), Enel will be able to carry out the development of a series of renewable energy projects in the three countries. This is the first agreement of this type that the EIB is carrying out and, with that, the bank intends to expand its presence within international partnerships in the energy segment and attract more investors to the field. 

Thus, approximately US$ 130 million will be destined to Peru, for the development of wind energy projects, through the implementation of complexes for the generation of this resource, while the rest will be applied both in Colombia and in Brazil. In this way, the national territory will benefit from a millionaire package aimed at renewable energy from solar and wind source, since they have great potential in Brazil, and for renewable energy projects focused on the distributed generation of this resource. 

Investment plan in renewable energy projects of the energy company in Brazil, Colombia and Peru will be essential for the company to reach the goal of reducing carbon emissions

Executive Ricardo Mourinho Félix, vice-president of the European Investment Bank, commented on the relevance of the investment package that will be applied in renewable energy projects in Latin America through Enel and also stated that “This new agreement with Enel and Sace illustrates how the EIB intends to work through EIB Global, where partnerships are central. It also shows our commitment to promoting sustainable investments and green in Brazil, Colombia and Peru”.

Enel, on the other hand, highlighted that this is an extremely important step for it to achieve its goals regarding the reduction of carbon emissions within Brazil and other countries. The company intends to reach a mark equal to or less than 148 gCO2eq/KWh by 2023, thus contributing to achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 13, and will further intensify investments in renewable energy in the countries where it operates in order to reach this goal. result. 

In this way, the partnership signed with the EIB is one of the company's moves to expand its production of renewable energy and guarantee the reduction of carbon emissions through new projects to generate this resource in the three countries in question.