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Concessional Loans

A subsidized loan in which a public entity, development bankgreen bank or philanthropy buys down the cost of the loan to make it more affordable. This could include an interest-rate buy down or allowing for a loan tenor that is longer than what you could typically get in the market.

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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

Date:

1 May 2011

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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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Energy Efficiency: The First Fuel for the EU Economy

This report is the final delivery of the Energy Efficiency Financial Institution Group (EEFIG). It summarizes the group’s work and…

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Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group

Date:

1 February 2015

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European Electricity Infrastructure: Planning, Regulation, and Financing: Workshop Report

This workshop report provides a summary of the ideas that emerged from the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) Berlin and the…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Florence School of Regulation

Date:

1 January 2012

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Geothermal FIT Design: International Experience and U.S. Considerations

This webinar discusses the research, analysis, and results of the report Geothermal FiT Design: International Experience and U.S. Considerations. A…

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Date:

9 October 2013

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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

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International Finance Corporation Energy Service Company Market Analysis

Energy performance contracting (EPC) is one approach to energy efficiency market growth. This report presents three main types of EPCs…

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International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Date:

1 June 2011

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Investing in Residential Energy Efficiency Programs in Mexico

This report reviews Mexico’s launch of an energy efficiency strategy that targets power consumption in the residential sector by increasing…

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World Bank

Date:

1 March 2011

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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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Renewable Energy Training Program Module 5: Financing Renewable Energy

The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), in collaboration with the Advisory Services of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), carried…

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Energy Sector Management Assistance Program

The World Bank

International Finance Corporation

Date:

1 June 2012

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Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program: Mali Investment Plan

This document summarizes Mali’s plan to invest in renewable energy—primarily solar, hydropower and biomass—to provide electrification to rural areas. It…

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African Development Bank

Date:

1 September 2011

Training Materials

Solar PV in the Caribbean: Opportunities and Challenges

This training material describes how solar photovoltaic (PV) development is occurring in many jurisdictions in the Caribbean despite the lack…

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GTM Research

Meister Consultant Group

Date:

1 April 2015

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Solving India’s Renewable Financing Challenge: Which Policies can be Most Effective?

This paper provides a framework for comparing the existing federal policies for onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies in…

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Climate Policy Initiative

Date:

1 March 2014

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State Clean Energy Financing Guidebook

This report helps states consider innovative clean energy program financing options that maximize state resources. The guidebook helps states consider three important…

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National Governors Association

Date:

1 January 2011

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The Clean Technology Fund: Insights for Development and Climate Finance

This working paper is one in a series focused on key innovations and challenges of the Clean Technology Fund. It…

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World Resources Institute

Date:

1 November 2010

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Togo Energy Sector Policy Review: Review of the Electricity Sub-Sector

Article abstract: “The main objective of this sector work (ESW) is to provide the World Bank and the Government of…

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The World Bank

Date:

1 June 2013

Training Materials

Training Manual for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Energy Business Financing

The training manual is a modular guide intended to help energy entrepreneurs acquire the supplementary knowledge needed to expand their…

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United States Agency for International Development

GVEP International

Date:

1 January 2010

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Webinar on Long Term Finance No. 1

This webinar, the first in a series on long-term finance for climate change action, discusses various approaches applied to assessment…

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Date:

13 September 2012