📋 Tender Overview
Reference: 20250060
Release date: 1 October 2025
Promoter – Financial Intermediary
ACCIONA SA,CORPORACION ACCIONA ENERGIAS RENOVABLES SA
Location
Spain
Description
The project comprises the research, development and innovation (RDI) investments over the 2025-2028 period in the fields of water desalination and treatment, construction, renewable energies and circular economy. In addition, the project includes investments to support the promoter's digital transformation.
Additionality and Impact
The proposed operation supports the Bank's Research, Innovation and Digital objective. It also supports four of the Bank's Strategic Priorities: 1) TECHEU 2) Europe's security and defence through investments in cybersecurity, 3) reinforcing Europe's social infrastructure through R&D into sustainable construction technologies and 4) consolidating the role of the EIB Group as the climate bank through investments in climate technologies, including water treatment, reuse and desalination.
The project will finance investments in Digitalization and RDI, which are ultimately directed to (i) develop new materials, processes and technologies in order to build sustainable infrastructures and (ii) to increase the efficiency of renewable energy generation.
The Project generates positive knowledge externalities through cooperation with suppliers, customers, and scientific institutes. It also generates environmental positive externalities arising from the deployment of technologies and products with lower carbon footprint and better public health. It contributes to enabling access to renewable energies, advanced water treatment, more sustainable construction techniques and to digital services. Moreover, the project will also help maintaining and creating highly skilled jobs in the promoter's various research facilities in Spain, a small percentage of which are located in EU cohesion regions.
The EIB provides a long-term financing combined with customized and flexible financial terms and conditions, which mirrors well the time horizon of R&D activities.
Objectives
The project will support European Promoters to deepen their knowledge of technologies in the areas of water treatment and recycling, desalination, waste recovery, renewable energy, water management and construction. Additionally, it will also support digitalisation activities, including advanced data analytics and AI, system monitoring and optimisation, supply chain traceability, cyber security, advanced system and automation.
Sector(s)
Energy - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Water, sewerage - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
Solid waste - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
Industry - Construction
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
EUR 150 million
Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 308 million
Environmental aspects
The project predominantly concerns digitalisation and RDI
