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Energy For All is focused on action, with a goal to provide access to energy to 100 million people in Asia and the Pacific region by 2015.
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Energy in the developing world: Power to the People
03 September 2010

Providing energy in a bottom-up way has a lot to recommend it. There is no need to wait for politicians or utilities to act. Local, bottom-up systems may be more sustainable and produce fewer carbon emissions than centralised schemes. The developing world has an opportunity to leapfrog the centralised model, just as it leapfrogged fixed-line telecoms and went straight to mobile phones. read more…

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financing working group

THE CHALLENGE:
Access to capital and access to energy go hand-in-hand—without one, it’s much more difficult to get the other.

OUR APPROACH:
Facilitating the spread of clean energy by increasing the availability of targeted financing.

THE WORKING GROUP:
This working group is working with banks, microfinance institutions, cooperatives and similar local financing entities to spread information, develop links and build capacity.

THE CONVENER:
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The Financing working group

The simple fact is that energy costs money—and no solution to energy poverty issues is complete without addressing the financing issues behind it. That’s why the Financing working group is bringing mainstream finance opportunities to a wider portion of the population.

This group aims to increase the availability of targeted finance for clean energy activities through the support and participation of a wide range of organizations including banks, microfinance institutions, cooperatives and similar local financing entities—all of which have a strong role to play and are invited to get involved.

Planned activities

  • Information and mentoring. The Financing working group provides information and business mentoring to at least twenty clean energy enterprises in countries like Cambodia, Laos, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam.
  • Creating funding entities. This working group is creating specialized funding entities or consortiums that are focused rural electrification and access to cleaner energy. 
  • Developing links. This working group builds operational links between clean energy investors, service providers, and micro/end-user finance organisations. 
  • Training and capacity-building. This working group develops and disseminates materials for training and capacity-building to help micro/end-user finance organisations access clean energy. 

A number of other activities are also underway, including market opening seminars; delivery of enterprise development services; co-investment; and advocacy and stewardship.

This working group’s effectiveness will be monitored and evaluated to calibrate impacts against baseline data and track the social, environmental and financial impact of investments.

Further Reading

Unlocking Finance for Clean Energy: The Need for 'Investment Grade' Policy
Programme Paper by Kirsty Hamilton
December 2009

This paper summarizes key policy design issues from a financing perspective. Focusing on commercial RE technologies (rather than early stage/venture capital) it explains the central role that well-designed ‘investment grade’ national policy plays in investment decisions.

 

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