Content tagged with "renewable energy"

BBVA supports the project Luces para Aprender (Lights to Learn)

The Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI) (Organization of Iberoamerican States)  has unveiled Luces para aprender (Lights to Learn), a project aimed at improving education in Latin America supported by BBVA, which intends to supply more than 60,000 schools with power and the… Continue reading BBVA supports the project Luces para Aprender (Lights to Learn) »

BBVA finances the world’s first power plant to combine solar thermal energy and biomass energy

As part of plans to consolidate its leading position in funding renewable energy projects, BBVA has acted as Mandated Lead Arranger to finance the construction and operation of the world’s first power plant to combine solar thermal energy and biomass energy. The operation includes a senior loan of 99 million euros and a further VAT loan of 25 million euros.

BBVA named Best Finance House North America for renewable energy in 2011

Environmental Finance Magazine has named BBVA Best Finance House, North America for Renewable Energy in 2011. This award is a result of one of the most closely watched polls across the carbon, renewable energy, weather risk and US emissions markets. Over 1000… Continue reading BBVA named Best Finance House North America for renewable energy in 2011 »

Climate change and renewable energy: A sector-based approach

By Jorge C. Sicilia Serrano, Chief Economist at BBVA Climate change is a long-term threat to the world, given the extraordinary acceleration of current global warming trends, which could have catastrophic consequences for millions of people. There is increasing evidence of the… Continue reading Climate change and renewable energy: A sector-based approach »

BBVA maintains its leadership in funding alternative energy projects

BBVA has led, along with CaixaBank, Sabadell, Bankia and Banesto, the funding of the ‘Eolia’ Wind Power Project, consisting of two wind farms in Lerida, promoted by the Eolia Group, which specializes in promoting, developing and managing power generation projects from renewable… Continue reading BBVA maintains its leadership in funding alternative energy projects »

Environment

BBVA has an environmental policy that covers the whole group. It expresses the Group’s commitment to sustainable environmental management and its contribution to the fight against climate change. This policy also includes the commitments subscribed by the Group with some of the… Continue reading Environment »

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