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.
The biomass power station will supply electricity to power more than 20,000 homes and provide green energy for one of Scotland’s most iconic whisky distilleries, Macallan.
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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