Financing Energy Efficiency, Part 2 : Credit Lines

Despite offering huge economic returns, implementing energy efficiency measures encounters widespread and systemic barriers. A variety of market failures are keeping project developers from accessing commercial financing for energy efficiency inves...

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Main Authors:	Wu, Yun, Singh, Jas, Tucker, Dylan Karl
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY FINANCE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES CREDIT LINE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736461536264652800/Financing-Energy-Efficiency-Part-2-Credit-Lines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30386

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spelling	okr-10986-303862021-07-04T09:01:57Z Financing Energy Efficiency, Part 2 : Credit Lines Wu, Yun Singh, Jas Tucker, Dylan Karl ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY FINANCE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES CREDIT LINE Despite offering huge economic returns, implementing energy efficiency measures encounters widespread and systemic barriers. A variety of market failures are keeping project developers from accessing commercial financing for energy efficiency investments. Energy efficiency credit lines are created when international donors loan funds to financial institutions, which then lend to project developers. Credit lines offer a solution where domestic banks are strong but not lending to energy efficiency projects. These lines of credit offer access to finance in the near term, while paving the way for commercial financing in the medium to long term, particularly in the industrial sector. The World Bank's portfolio reveals that under the right conditions, credit lines can achieve dramatic results. 2018-09-07T19:19:27Z 2018-09-07T19:19:27Z 2018-09-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/736461536264652800/Financing-Energy-Efficiency-Part-2-Credit-Lines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30386 English Live Wire;2018/91 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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description	Despite offering huge economic returns, implementing energy efficiency measures encounters widespread and systemic barriers. A variety of market failures are keeping project developers from accessing commercial financing for energy efficiency investments. Energy efficiency credit lines are created when international donors loan funds to financial institutions, which then lend to project developers. Credit lines offer a solution where domestic banks are strong but not lending to energy efficiency projects. These lines of credit offer access to finance in the near term, while paving the way for commercial financing in the medium to long term, particularly in the industrial sector. The World Bank's portfolio reveals that under the right conditions, credit lines can achieve dramatic results.
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title	Financing Energy Efficiency, Part 2 : Credit Lines
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