Finance

Where is industry in addressing Europe’s climate and energy obligations?

The European Commission published its proposals to revise its array of clean energy legislation. Informally, the proposals are known as the Winter Package. It proposed a new energy saving target for 2030 - 30%, up from 27% and now binding instead of indicative. The package is now going through the approval process within the European Parliament and the European Council (ministers from member states) The impact assessment that supported the proposals showed that the reductions in industry by 2030 range from 0.5% to 12% compared to the baseline. There are some non-legislative initiatives that could be good for industry. The EU must give the right signals that it will do all possible to help its industrial sector maintain its competitive edge. Improving how it uses energy is fundamental as new technologies and techniques are coming to market all the time. We hope that changes as there is increased awareness that industry should not be neglected, writes Andrew Hammond, he adds, he writes.

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Standardisation, data and risk for energy efficiency investments
Finance

Standardisation, data and risk for energy efficiency investments

This morning I will talk about three important words for the energy efficiency finance market. They include standardisation, data and risk. ICP standardises the development and documentation process for energy efficiency projects. And we need to standardise performance data and reporting.

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Energy Transition of the EU Building Stock
Finance

Energy Transition of the EU Building Stock

Report estimates EU energy renovation market at EUR 109 billion in 2015 and 882,900 jobs. The size of the EU renovation market could increase by almost half if a 40% energy savings target is adopted for 2030. This would lead to more than one.

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Finance

Investing in Long-Life Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Assets

Investing in Long-Life Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency assets is quite attractive for long-term investors. The paper reviews long-life asset-investments. Risk assessment must be one of the corner stones of every investment decision.

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Investing in Long-Life Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Assets

Finance

Green Banking and Green Financing

SBI has over 20.000 bank branches in India and presence in 35 countries. SBI recognized as a front runner in Green Banking and Green Financing in India. Short paper covers different initiatives of SBI in areas of green banking and financing services.

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Green Banking and Green Financing

Finance

Financing Energy Efficiency: A Capital Market perspective

The money is there! --- this presentation covers the challenges for institutional investors, the framework for investment decisions and an example of energy efficiency project selection criteria.

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Financing Energy Efficiency: A Capital Market perspective