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The EIB attaches great importance to engaging with civil society and building cooperative relations with its representatives.
To facilitate the mobilisation of funds for investments in sustainable energy at local level, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank have established the ELENA technical assistance facility (European Local ENergy Assistance) financed through the Intelligent Energy-Europe programme. ELENA support covers a share of the cost for technical support that is necessary to prepare, implement and finance the investment programme, such as feasibility and market studies, structuring of programmes, business plans, energy audits, preparation for tendering procedures - in short, everything necessary to make cities' and regions' sustainable energy projects ready for EIB funding.
Investment programmes that can be supported by ELENA
Many EU cities and regions have recently started to prepare or are initiating large energy efficiency and renewable energy proposals to tackle energy and climate change challenges. However, most of them are still at the conceptual stage and their implementation is proving difficult because many regions and cities, particularly medium to small ones, often do not have the technical capacity to develop large programmes in this area. ELENA helps public entities to solve such problems by offering specific support for the implementation of the investment programmes and projects such as retrofitting of public and private buildings, sustainable building, energy-efficient district heating and cooling networks, or environmentally-friendly transport etc.
Budget
Funds are currently available to support projects under the Facility. When funds will be exhausted, a notice will be posted on this webpage.
ELENA projects
Download the list of current ELENA projects.
ELENA factsheets
REDIBA
PURMEREND
PROVINCE OF MILAN
CITY OF PARIS
ELECTROBUS
VILA NOVA DE GAIA
SPIS
Contacting the EIB
ELENA assistance may facilitate access to EIB finance or finance from another bank. ELENA is managed by the EIB. Contacts with the EIB can be in any form - by telephone, fax, e-mail or letter (the preferred way is through e-mail to elena@eib.org). For a first contact a brief description is needed of the planned investment (e.g. type of investment, approach to implementation), the expected investment cost and time schedule for the programme, plus the amount, scope and main needs to be addressed by the requested technical assistance.
For additional information on EU initiatives on climate change and renewable energies, please visit the following websites:The Climate Action and Renewable Energy Package, Europe's Climate Change Opportunity
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/climate_action.htm
The Covenant of Mayors
http://www.eumayors.eu/
Intelligent Energy Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/
The European Union (EU) has made the global fight against climate change a top priority and local actors will play a significant role in meeting this challenge. ELENA is a technical assistance facility providing grants to investment programmes in this area.
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