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Catalyzing Clean Infrastructure Investment Veronique Bishop World Bank Workshop on Risk Management Tools in Carbon Finance November 19-20, 2003. Outline. Investment constraints How carbon finance can help Risk sharing Combining CF with other instruments Workshop objectives & organization.
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Catalyzing Clean Infrastructure InvestmentVeronique BishopWorld BankWorkshop on Risk Management Tools in Carbon Finance November 19-20, 2003
Outline • Investment constraints • How carbon finance can help • Risk sharing • Combining CF with other instruments • Workshop objectives & organization
Investment constraints • Capital intensity • Intermittency • Poor offtaker creditworthiness • Illiquidity of (many) local FIs • Technology, scale • Environmental externalities undervalued • Green premium? • Kyoto?
Capital intensity • [Chart showing discounted cost per kWh for range of generation sources]
How carbon finance can help • Increased cash flow boosts returns
Annual Data Uganda Costa Rica Chile off-grid grid grid ERs (000 t) 49 61 79-138* Net Gen.(GWh) 30 75 160 CO2 ERs/GWh 1664 807 494-860 ER (USc/kWh) 0.50 0.24 * Gas vs. 0.15-0.26 coal BL Grid- vs. Off-grid Hydro($3/tCO2e)
LFG Capture & Power Generation • Assumptions: • 6m3 LFG/ton waste/ann • LFG = 50% methane • 33% generation efficiency • 10.02 kWh / tonne waste • ERs (tCO2e): Per 1000t wastePer MWh • Flaring 41 4.06 • Power displacement 4-10 0.4-1.0 • Total 45-50 4.5-5.0 • Value at $3/tCO2e $135-$151 $13-$15
Methane Abatement: India SWM • Power generation from gasification of solid waste • 15 MW plant, 95 GWh/ann, $38m cost • ERs from: • Power generation displacing fossil fuel (40%) • Methane capture & conversion (60%) Project IRREquity IRR • Without carbon finance 14% 16% • With carbon finance 19% 25%
Impact of Carbon Finance • Increased cash flow boosts IRRs • High quality cash flow reduces risk
Impact of Carbon Finance • Increased cash flow boosts IRRs • High quality cash flow reduces risk • OECD - sourced • $- or €- denominated • Investment grade payor • Eliminate currency convertibility or transfer risk
Impact of Carbon Finance • Increased cash flow boosts IRRs • High quality cash flow reduces risk • OECD - sourced • $- or €- denominated • Investment grade payor • Eliminate currency convertibility or transfer risk • Financial engineering helps access capital markets
Basic Deal Structure Host Country Ltr. of Approval • Engagements re: • Regulation (e.g. tariffs) • Kyoto Protocol • compliance CF ERPA ERs ER payment Sponsor/ Project Financing Agr.’s Lenders Debt service
Future Flow Structure Host Country Ltr. of Approval PCF Permits, etc. ERs ER payment SPV ERPA Financing Agr.’s Lender Sponsor/ Project
Brazil Plantar Project ER payments are used to amortize commercial loan.
Risk sharing in WB CF deals • Project risk: assumed primarily by Seller • Kyoto & Baseline risk: primarily by CF • Delivery = VERs (not CER/ERU) • JI VERs backed by AAUs • Early crediting • Switch to first track if eligible • Market risk: assumed entirely by CF • Country risk: shared • Letter of Approval (ERPA) • Host Country Agreement (JI)
Combining CF with other instruments • Guarantees • Subsidy funds
Future Flow + Guarantee Guaran-tor Host Country Counter-guarantee Ltr. of Approval Guarantee Agr. • Engagements re: • Regulation (e.g. tariffs) • Kyoto Protocol • compliance PCF ERPA ERs ER payment SPV Sponsor Financing Agr.’s Lenders Project
Uganda Hydro: Energy Fund Uganda Credit Agr. Host Country Agr. IDA PCF $ ERPA Energy Fund ERs ER payment SPV Concession, Subsidy $ Financing Agr.’s, Loan Lenders $ Project
Conclusions • Carbon finance can: • Improve returns, esp. non-CO2 GHGs • Provide a bankable revenue stream (like PPA) • Reduce subsidy required for renewables • ERPA minimizes lenders’ “Kyoto” exposure • How can we increase lending: • Improve ERPA? • Combine with risk instruments?
Workshop objectives • Break down risks faced by clean tech projects • Examine risk instruments • Consider how to tailor risk instruments to CDM/JI projects • Agree to move forward
Workshop programme • Overview • Case studies • Risk instruments • Plenary • Breakout groups • Rapportage • Next steps
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Carbon Prices Source: PCF estimates, based on database assembled with Natsource,Co2e.com and PointCarbon
Risk allocation ASSET QUALITY COMPLIANCE QUALITY DELIVERY RISK Penalty for non-delivery AAUs High Quality ETS ERs Contract for CERs ERUs CERs Price Contract for VERs VERs No Penalty for non-delivery ERs Small, risky asset
What accounts for the price range? • Supply & demand • Compliance quality • Asset quality • Allocation of risks
1. Supply and demand • Willingness to pay: • price signals / announcements • C/ERUPT tender signals • penalties: UK >= £20/tCO2e; Denmark max €5/tCO2e • tax benefits • expectations • additional environmental/social benefits • Market imperfections: • information • uncertainty esp. Russia, US • short-term supply/demand factors e.g. UK market
2. Compliance quality • Government allowances • Eligibility: KP, ETS,“green certificates” • 2008-12 ERUs/CERs • Pre-2008 VERs
3. Asset quality • Delivery risk: • quality of carbon asset (baseline risk) • financial viability of: • project entity • sponsor (recourse) • offtaker (strength of offtake contract or market) • construction period • contract duration • Country risk
CF Carbon Prices • Pricing as a function of: • Market conditions (current and projected) • Project, sector and country risk • Volatility of projected ERs (generally related to baseline and resource risk) • Degree of overcollateralization • Whether KP has been ratified by host country • Upfront payments • Credit enhancement
World Bank Carbon Finance Vehicles Netherlands CDM Facility BioCarbonFund
BioCarbonFund Harnessing the carbon market to sustain ecosystems and alleviate poverty
Reduced tillage Sustainable Forest Management Afforestration/ Reforestration Revegetation Soil Carbon Management Landscape Management 1st Window: Kyoto-Eligible JI Countries only CDM & JI Countries JI Countries only 2nd Window: Over the horizon” CDM Countries