The Treasury has confirmed it will guarantee bonds worth up to £48.5 million in a new infrastructure guarantee for the Speyside Biomass Power project located in Moray, Scotland.
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The total funding required is £74 million, with the balance provided by John Laing and the Green Investment Bank who will make respective £13.5 million and £13 million equity investments in the project.
Speyside is the latest project to be supported by the UK Guarantees scheme where the UK government act as a loan guarantor to major infrastructure investments across energy, transport, communications, waste and housing.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon. Danny Alexander MP said:
“The Speyside guarantee is fantastic news for Scotland’s economic future. Today, over £1 billion of infrastructure projects have now been brought forward as a result of the UK guarantees scheme and £36 billion worth of projects are pre qualified.
Our action is creating the right conditions for more investment in our infrastructure and helping to build a stronger economy.”
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