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Publish Date : 30-Mar-2018

The European Investment Bank (EIB the EU bank) has provided a EUR 30m loan to finance the CHO Tiper renewable power generation plant developed by CHO Power, a Europlasma Group subsidiary. The project is also supported by InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects (EDP), a financial product developed under Horizon 2020, the European Union's framework programme for research and innovation.

CHO Tiper is an innovative project for a cogeneration plant using the gasification of waste and biomass with an installed capacity of 11 MWe. By applying a proprietary plasma gasification process, the plant will produce clean electricity from solid recovered fuel and forestry waste, without environmentally harmful emissions. Each year, this plant will provide enough electricity for 45 000 people while preventing 50 000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from being sent to landfill and stopping 28 000 tonnes of CO2 from being released. The CHO Tiper project includes total investment of EUR 60m and will make it possible to create 65 long-term jobs in Thouars in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of France.

EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle said: Support for innovation and combating climate change are priorities for the EU bank. This is why I am delighted that the EIB is financing this innovative, pioneering project with a major economic and social impact for the region. With this new financing, the EIB is supporting the creation of a promising sector. Renewable gas is an energy resource for the future of Europe.

European Commissioner Carlos Moedas added: I am pleased that a renewable energy pioneer like Europlasma has been able to secure EU support and I hope that the list of beneficiaries will keep growing to promote the energy transition. Innovative technologies promoting clean energy are vital and need our support to develop.

The Europlasma Group is happy with this commitment, which confirms the relevance of the pyro-gasification process successfully developed by CHO Power. With growing demand for green energy production using waste, our group plans to roll out its project portfolio both in France and across Europe, concluded Europlasma Group CEO Jean-Eric Petit.

The project was approved with the support of independent experts such as Fichtner (project technical audit), Watson Farley & Williams (legal implementation of the financing), Willis Towers Watson (insurance) and EY (financial model). This financing comes in addition to those already obtained from Ademe (EUR 12m) and the Nouvelle Aquitaine Regional Council (EUR 2m).

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