{"id":57644,"date":"2026-06-07T01:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/57644\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T01:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:49:19","slug":"caixabank-boosts-sustainable-energy-through-the-financing-of-a-waste-treatment-plant-in-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/57644\/","title":{"rendered":"CaixaBank boosts sustainable energy through the financing of a waste treatment plant in the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/capital-riesgo.es\/en\/articles\/caixabank-boosts-sustainable-energy-through-the-financing-of-a-waste-treatment-plant-in-the-united-kingdom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20856caixabank_financia_a_viridor.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caixabank.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CaixaBank <\/a> will finance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viridor.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Viridor <\/a>(backed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kkr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KKR<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/equitix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Equitix<\/a>) for the construction  of the Tees Valley Energy Recovery Facility (TVERF), a waste processing  plant located in the Tessworks industrial zone in Redcar, around 50  miles from the city of York, in north-east England (United Kingdom).&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t The  plant is designed to process waste from seven local authorities in  north-east England, with the capacity to convert up to 450,000 tonnes of  waste per year into 49.9 MW of sustainable electricity, thereby  promoting energy recovery from waste and supporting the circular  economy. The facility is expected to become operational from 2030.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t This  transaction represents CaixaBank\u2019s first project finance operation in  the waste-to-energy sector in the United Kingdom, led by the CIB  Structured Finance Team, and forms part of the bank\u2019s broader efforts to  promote sustainable energy projects.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t CaixaBank in the United Kingdom&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t CaixaBank  has been present in the United Kingdom since 2003, when it opened its  first representative office in London. In 2016, the bank obtained a  banking licence, converting the office into a branch authorised to  provide a wide range of wholesale financial services, including short-  and long-term financing, deposit-taking and international trade  services, among others.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t The  branch closed 2025 with total financing of \u20ac8 billion, 48% higher than  the previous year. In terms of project finance, the volume arranged in  the country in 2025 amounted to close to \u20ac1 billion.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t The  branch has grown significantly in recent years and currently employs 43  people (10 more than in 2025),and plans to increase its workforce by 60%  to a target of 54 employees by the end of the 2025\u20132027 Strategic Plan.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t To  support team growth and areas of greater specialisation, the bank  relocated its offices to 20 Fenchurch Street, the iconic building known  as the \u201cWalkie Talkie\u201d.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t CaixaBank\u2019s  expansion in London underscores its commitment to economic performance  and sustainable practices, ensuring a strong and diversified presence in  the United Kingdom.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; CaixaBank will finance Viridor (backed by KKR and Equitix) for the construction of the Tees Valley Energy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[28145,28147,23043,5,6,28146],"class_list":["post-57644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-caixabank","tag-equitix","tag-kkr","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-viridor"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116706316751003541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}