12/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - £1.5 billion EIB loan to National Grid. The loan of €1.9 billion, the largest ever granted by the European Investment Bank (EIB), will cover the investment of the British transmission system operator in a new electricity transport line between England and Scotland, via the Irish Sea. It will also cover financing of critical electricity infrastructure to London and technical upgrading of ageing electrical infrastructure through the UK. (EH)