{"id":20890,"date":"2019-07-01T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=20890"},"modified":"2019-06-28T09:29:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T07:29:35","slug":"h2020-secure-clean-and-efficient-energy-innovative-financing-for-energy-efficiency-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/h2020-secure-clean-and-efficient-energy-innovative-financing-for-energy-efficiency-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"H2020: Secure, clean and efficient energy: Innovative financing for energy efficiency investments"},"content":{"rendered":"

This project aims to achieve innovative financing for energy efficiency investments (LC-SC3-EE-9-2018-2019) within the secure, clean and efficient energy sub-programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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There is a need to set up innovative financing schemes at regional or national level in order to create the conditions for adequate supply of private finance for energy efficiency investments.<\/strong> Innovative financing schemes for energy efficiency aim to progressively maximise the leverage ratio of public funds to private finance. This is in line with the “Smart Finance for Smart Buildings”<\/em>\u00a0initiative that aims at using public funds more effectively.<\/p>\n

Scope<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proposals should address the development or replication and implementation of innovative financing schemes for energy efficiency investments. They can involve different types of organisations, ownership structures and financing models such as dedicated credit lines; guarantee facilities; factoring\/forfaiting schemes; on-bill (e.g. utility-financed) or on-tax financing schemes; citizen financing (e.g. crowd-funding) for energy efficiency; finance models for the deep renovation of buildings, addressing both property and rental markets; finance models for different industry sectors and cross-sectorial initiatives; financing solutions integrating existing market-based instruments relevant for energy efficiency (e.g. carbon finance instruments, including those under the European Emissions Trading System; energy efficiency obligations, including white certificates; etc.); or schemes based on project aggregators or clearing houses at regional or national level, which should support project development and match demand and supply of energy efficiency finance.<\/p>\n

These schemes should address the provision of finance as well as the structuring of demand, in particular at regional\/national level, and target specific areas (e.g. energy-intensive industries, buildings etc.). Proposals should justify how the proposed schemes complement already available funding and how they are tailored and innovative for the targeted regions and market segments; as well as clearly demonstrate the market potential, as well as business case and financial viability of the scheme<\/strong> (including investment sizes targeted, expected savings, transaction and management costs, expected returns etc.).<\/p>\n

Proposals should address one or more of the following points:<\/p>\n