According to the EIB, the project will be implemented as an unfunded partial delegation linked risk sharing (LRS) transaction to support CACIB in providing certain types of guarantees (Advance & Performance Bonds) in relation to the obligations of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for the supply of wind farms and the related wind value chain components, such as turbines, grid connection's infrastructures, cables, transformer stations, sub-stations and possibly sub-contractors.

The aim is to support the European Union's wind energy sector through the supply of wind farm and the related wind value chain components, such as turbines, grid connection's infrastructure, cables, transformer stations, sub-stations and possibly sub-contractors.
The Lending Envelope is a dedicated Guarantee Programme to allow banks to provide additional guarantees related to supply contracts of wind energy equipment manufacturers in the EU. The envelope is expected to mobilise about €8 billion of investments into wind power-related equipment. The sub-operations will be limited to manufacturing companies with production and/or assembly capacity in the EU for the supply of wind farm and related value chain components, such as grid connectors and transformers, to be used in wind energy projects in the EU.

The operation will contribute to the InvestEU objective of developing the energy sector.

The ambitious policy decarbonisation targets set in the 2030 require significant investment in renewable energy production capacity, notably in onshore and offshore wind energy infrastructure in Europe. This in turn requires a scale up of the supply chain manufacturing industry and ability to deliver components, services, and materials in a timely manner. It also requires an increased access to advance payment and performance guarantee lines for the OEMs, in a context of financial pressure (growing order books and challenges from rising inflation and interest rates) and with commercial banks reaching their exposure concentration limits vis-a-vis OEMs. The current situation in the guarantee market for wind projects is exacerbated by the relatively limited number of EU commercial banks providing such demanded guarantees in Europe.

The operation, by specifically addressing the increasing bottleneck associated with the provision of guarantees to OEMs, will enable the activation of under-utilised already installed strategic Net-Zero technology manufacturing capacity of wind energy OEM suppliers in Europe, which would otherwise go idle and potentially be lost in part. This enabling effect will help support the proper functioning and access to finance of the entire wind-energy supply chain and will, in turn, contribute to deploy additional renewable energy generation capacity that will eventually be installed in Europe.

The operation would not have been carried out (to the same extent) by the EIB without the InvestEU support.

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