Funding Opportunities for Green Projects in the Caribbean
Sources of financing for projects in the Caribbean can take the form of loans, grants, guarantees and investments. Institutions from which potential developers of green projects can access funding may be country-specific, regional or international in scope.
This page will provide information important to potential investors such as project financing criteria, the financing amount, repayment terms, cost of financing, prospective projects of interest/ types of projects eligible and contact information.
The Funding Opportunities for Green Projects in the Caribbean is sponsored by the Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS) – http://www.ceis-caribenergy.org- the network in the Caribbean for energy information encompassing over 18 member states.
Funding Sources
1. Green Loan
Energy saving and solar powered appliances and devices as well as solar and wind projects will be among those that will benefit from...
* Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
* Amelot Holdings
* Barbados Light & Power Company (BPLC)
* Belize Aquaculture Limited (BAL)
* Belize Sugar Industry...
Program to boost access to clean energy, energy efficiency technology and adaptation products to micro, small and medium-sized companies in Latin America and the Caribbean
The...
Renewable Energy Loan
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1. Renewable Energy Rider
In February of 2010 the Fair Trading Commission approved the Barbados Light & Power Company Limited’s (BL&P’s) implementation of an experimental renewable...
1. Financing Energy Projects- Private Sector
No special window of funds
• Guiding principles for intervention
– Additionality
– Catalytic Role
– Partnerships
• Other screening considerations
– Size of the project
–...
1. Caribbean Renewable Energy Technical Assistance Facility (CRETAF)
CRETAF is a US $1.6 million initiative to provide early-stage, high risk financing for qualified projects.
CRETAF...
1. Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects will benefit from a dedicated USD 1.3 million component.
The European Investment Bank (“EIB”) has agreed to provide a...
1. Venture Capital Firm
ARCH has partnered with entrepreneurs, academic institutions, and national research laboratories nationwide to build more than 120 successful companies, many of them...
1. Multilaterals Sources of Funding
Requirements
• Requirement of competitive bidding processes for the granting of exploration and/or operating licenses by the government.
• In-depth (some would say...
The European Investment Bank (EIB)
The EIB, established in 1958, is the European Union’s long-term financing institution owned by its 27 member states.
Outside the European Union,...
1. Financing Sustainable Energy Projects
Role of the GEF in Financing Sustainable Energy
Catalytic
– Leveraged more than $15b in co-financing Innovative
– Leader in financing new, emerging technologies...
1. Investment loans, credits and grants
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Investment loans, credits and grants provide financing for a wide range of activities aimed at creating the physical and...
1. Carbon Financing Unit
The Carbon Finance Unit serves as IFC’s in-house resource for all carbon finance-related issues, providing services directly to buyers and sellers. The...
1. Project Financing
OPIC is an agency of the United States Government
In response to the critical shortfall of private equity capital in developing countries, OPIC...
1. Private Equity Fund
Real Infrastructure Capital is a Private Equity Fund Management Firm dedicated to investing capital across sustainable infrastructure sectors worldwide.
Contact
www.realinf.com
Charles Galante
Managing Partner
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1. Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI)
INVESTORS
The Inter-American Development Bank is the leading provider of development financing to Latin American and the Caribbean. The...
1. $60m St Lucia geothermal power project in the Caribbean
Geothermal developer Qualibou Energy acquired $45m towards financing its $60m St Lucia power project in the...
Capital and Credit Financial Group is offering loans as low as 9.5 per cent, pitched at renewable energy sector through its merchant-banking arm. The loans,...
1. Special loan window for Small & Micro Enterprise (SME) energy loans involving renewable energy projects
The EXIM Bank also recently launched a special loan window...
1. Home Enhancement Loan Plan (HELP)
There has been growing interest among persons who want to access ‘green options’ under the Home Enhancement Loan Plan (HELP),...
1. Solar Panel Loan
The Solar Panel Loan provides financing to contributors and recognized institutions for buying and installing solar electricity panels that can be used...
1. Global Energy Solutions (GES) for Energy Derivatives
If energy is a significant component of your cost or revenue base, consider using energy derivatives to mitigate...
1. Alternative energy loans
The DBJ assisted the Jamaica Broilers Group (JBL) with a loan for the construction of an ethanol plant, an alternative energy project....
1. Nevis Geothermal Project
The Export-Import Bank of America and the Bank of Novia Scotia have agreed to fund the US$31 million required to complete the...