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Innovative approaches to carbon finance. Carbon Finance can lower barriers to low-carbon investments but…. Carbon credits contribute to cash flows…. when the key challenge is to raise capital for up-front investments. Finding a way to bridge this gap should boost the impact of carbon finance.
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Carbon Finance can lower barriers to low-carbon investments but… Carbon credits contribute to cash flows… when the key challenge is to raise capital for up-front investments Finding a way to bridge this gap should boost the impact of carbon finance
Case Study: Tanzania Renewable Energy Program PoA under consideration for support by the World Bank Carbon Partnership Facility. C/ME: Tanzania’s Renewable Energy Agency (REA) Typical Small-Scale Renewable Energy Project Funding Plan Donors (through REA) Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement CPF REA CER Guarantee Account Carbon Advance Revolving Account • CPF to provide advance payment on CER delivery • Required risk-mitigation measures set-up by REA with support from donors: • Carbon Advance Revolving Account – assumes risk before commissioning • CER Guarantee account – mitigates CER under-delivery risk Carbon Advance (equiv. 5% investment) CERs Renewable Energy Project
A proposal for low-income countries: the Revolving Grant Facility CERs Projects Upfront grant against right for a share of future emission reductions $ Donors CDM Market CERs $ $ CERs Facility $