Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies

This report elucidates the role of financial innovation in the off-grid solar sector and provides a roadmap for practitioners, financiers, and entrepreneurs navigating capital raises for companies active in the sector. It examines a full range of e...

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Main Author: Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/447971581689878643/Funding-the-Sun-New-Paradigms-for-Financing-Off-Grid-Solar-Companies
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spelling okr-10986-333312022-09-20T00:12:11Z Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies Energy Sector Management Assistance Program SOLAR ENERGY ENERGY FINANCE OFF-GRID SOLAR RESULTS-BASED FINANCE DEBT FINANCE EQUITY INSTRUMENTS COLLATERAL BUY-BACK TAX INCENTIVES BLOCKCHAIN DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY CRYPTOCURRENCY FUNDRAISING CHANNELS This report elucidates the role of financial innovation in the off-grid solar sector and provides a roadmap for practitioners, financiers, and entrepreneurs navigating capital raises for companies active in the sector. It examines a full range of established and frontier financing options. It illustrates that some technology-enabled financial innovations, such as peer-to-peer business lending, are already playing an important role in the sector. It was prepared by the World Bank Group and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, with support from ESMAP. 2020-02-18T16:03:07Z 2020-02-18T16:03:07Z 2020-02 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/447971581689878643/Funding-the-Sun-New-Paradigms-for-Financing-Off-Grid-Solar-Companies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33331 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper
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topic SOLAR ENERGY
ENERGY FINANCE
OFF-GRID SOLAR
RESULTS-BASED FINANCE
DEBT FINANCE
EQUITY INSTRUMENTS
COLLATERAL BUY-BACK
TAX INCENTIVES
BLOCKCHAIN
DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY
CRYPTOCURRENCY
FUNDRAISING CHANNELS
spellingShingle SOLAR ENERGY
ENERGY FINANCE
OFF-GRID SOLAR
RESULTS-BASED FINANCE
DEBT FINANCE
EQUITY INSTRUMENTS
COLLATERAL BUY-BACK
TAX INCENTIVES
BLOCKCHAIN
DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY
CRYPTOCURRENCY
FUNDRAISING CHANNELS
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies
description This report elucidates the role of financial innovation in the off-grid solar sector and provides a roadmap for practitioners, financiers, and entrepreneurs navigating capital raises for companies active in the sector. It examines a full range of established and frontier financing options. It illustrates that some technology-enabled financial innovations, such as peer-to-peer business lending, are already playing an important role in the sector. It was prepared by the World Bank Group and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, with support from ESMAP.
format Report
author Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
author_facet Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
author_sort Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
title Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies
title_short Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies
title_full Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies
title_fullStr Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies
title_full_unstemmed Funding the Sun : New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies
title_sort funding the sun : new paradigms for financing off-grid solar companies
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/447971581689878643/Funding-the-Sun-New-Paradigms-for-Financing-Off-Grid-Solar-Companies
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