Luxembourg, Feb. 11 -- The European Investment Bank (EIB) is intensifying efforts to spur energy savings by businesses across Europe with a €60 million commitment to launch a financing platform run by energy transition investment advisor, Solas Capital. The EIB will invest the sum into Solas Capital's successor fund, Solas Sustainable Energy Fund II ("SSEF II) to advance energy efficiency projects by small and medium?sized enterprises (SMEs)-the backbone of the European economy.The platform will expand the European Union's energy-efficiency services market with the goal to make SMEs more competitive and greener by reducing their energy costs and carbon footprint. The co-financing platform is projected to mobilise almost €400 mil...