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Alyn Smith, SNP MEP and Member of the European Parliament’s Energy Committee, and Edinburgh resident, has yesterday welcomed Edinburgh’s formal bid to host the new Green Investment Bank (GIB).
Edinburgh is one of 19 cities in the running to site the headquarters of the bank. The GIB is being set up with £3bn of public money to help firms finance early-stage renewable energy schemes.