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High Upfront Costs

Many clean energy projects, especially renewable energy generation and larger energy efficiency projects, require significant capital investments. Project developers and residential and commercial end users may not have sufficient cash on hand to fund the initial installation costs of a clean energy project, which can include project assessment and feasibility, equipment purchases, and project construction. Thus, financing in the form of a bondloan, lease or power purchase agreement may be needed to amortize the costs over multiple years.

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Business Models For Renewable Energy in the Built Environment

This report aims to provide insight to policymakers, building owners, and other market actors regarding the ways in which new…

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International Energy Agency

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands

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1 November 2011

Policy Data

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Catalyzing Climate Finance: A Guidebook on Policy and Financing Options to Support Green, Low-Emission, and Climate-Resilient Development

This guidebook argues that a failure to provide fair access to climate finance to all developing countries would have severe…

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United Nations

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1 May 2011

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Catalysing Early-Stage Investment: Addressing the Lack of Early-Stage Capital for Low-Carbon Infrastructure in Developing Economies

Low-carbon technology developers in developing countries generally face a lack of early-stage financing. While late-stage financing is more readily available,…

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United Nations Environment Programme

Date:

1 March 2012

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Clean Energy Ministerial 6 (CEM6): Finance for Energy Access

The public-private roundtable summarized on this web page describes how over one billion people globally lack access to electricity, and…

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Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)

Date:

27 May 2015

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Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements: Scaling up Globally

A business case has been made for corporations to procure renewable energy, and Fortune 500 companies and others have set…

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World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Date:

26 October 2016

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Derisking Renewable Energy Investment

This report provides an analysis of (1) policy and financial de-risking instruments and (2) how they best fit into a…

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United Nationa Development Programme

Date:

1 March 2013

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Energy Efficiency Financing Program Implementation Primer

This primer provides an overview of key considerations for state and local policymakers, utility energy efficiency program administrators and program…

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State and Local Energy Efficiency Action Network

Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator

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1 January 2014

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Falling Short: An Evaluation of the Indian Renewable Certificate Market

Driven by the need to meet mandates under the 2008 Renewable Purchase Obligation, India launched a Renewable Energy Certificate market.…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Indian School of Business

Date:

1 December 2012

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Finance Mechanisms for Lowering the Cost of Renewable Energy in Rapidly Developing Countries

This series of three briefs explores potential mechanisms for lowering the cost of renewable energy financing in emerging economies. The…

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Climate Policy Initative

Date:

1 January 2014

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Financing Solar Photovoltaics (PV) at Government Sites with Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Public Debt

This fact sheet describes a bond-power purchase agreement (PPA) hybrid financing model for solar photovoltaics (PV). The fact sheet also…

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Date:

1 December 2011

Training Materials

Financing Urban Transportation Policies and Programs

This training webinar explores low-carbon urban mobility plans. The webinar—the final webinar in a series covering clean energy transport—focused on…

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Low Emissions Development Global Partnership (LEDS GP)

Clean Energy Solutions Center

Date:

10 December 2013

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Policy Data

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Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Drivers and Barriers for Private Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

This report outlines how sub-Saharan African countries can address current energy challenges with sustainable and renewable solutions. To meet the…

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UNEP Finance Initiative

Date:

1 February 2012

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Germany's Pricing Law Case Study

This document provides an analysis of the centerpiece of Germany’s renewable energy policy success: the electricity feed-in law, which has…

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The World Bank

Date:

1 January 2011

Training Materials

Global Prospects for Cost-effective Development of Ocean Energy for Island Electrification

This presentation—by Ocean Energy Systems, a technology initiative of the IEA—part of a workshop on marine resources and technologies for…

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International Energy Agency

Date:

22 June 2015

Deployment Data

Policy Data

Training Materials

Impacts of Policy on the Financing of Renewable Projects

Investigating six case studies in Europe and the United States, this webinar explores how policy influences investment decisions in renewable…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Date:

26 June 2012

Policy Data

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Training Materials

International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC) Webinar Series: Energy Efficiency Financing

This webinar is the first in a series of energy efficiency webinars co-hosted by the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency…

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Clean Energy Solutions Center

International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC)

Date:

27 September 2012

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Meeting India's Renewable Energy Targets: The Financing Challenge

This report outlines renewable energy financing challenges on both the national and state levels in India. The review discusses available…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Date:

1 December 2012

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Policy Data

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Overcoming Market Barriers and Using Market Forces to Advance Energy

This paper presents the improvements in energy use per dollar of GDP in the United States since 1970 and the…

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American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy

Date:

1 March 2013