Financing and Investment

Financing and Investment

Financing large scale energy efficiency investments present many challenges such as the lack of local resources and skills. Guarantee Funds, Public-Private Partnerships, Crowdfunding are just some of the solutions which are being developed, expanded and piloted in different regions. Energy agencies and regions are in a unique position to boost sustainable energy investments in Europe by becoming experts in such mechanisms, and by supporting and connecting local and regional stakeholders.

In an era when there is significant liquidity available in the European finance sector, now is an important moment to maximise investments. On 14 January 2020, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal Investment Plan, which aims to mobilise at least €1 trillion of sustainable investments over the next decade for the transition to a climate-neutral, green, competitive and inclusive economy.

Reaching the 2030 climate and energy targets would require €260 billion of additional investments a year by 2030. As the Commission upgrades its objectives through the “Fit for 55” package, larger investments will be necessary for achieving the broader environmental and social objectives that the EU has set itself. To that end, mobilising public and private funding towards the objectives of a just transition to a climate-friendly economy will be the key. Supported by investments in green technologies, sustainable solutions and new businesses, the Green Deal can be a new EU growth strategy – and FEDARENE member energy agencies and regions intend to be a full part of it.

Objectives

  • Positioning local and regional energy agencies as front-runners in the financing of the energy transition.
  • Implementing various financial models and mechanisms to enhance green investments in European cities and regions.
  • Reinforcing links between public authorities, agencies and financing institutions.

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PROSPECT+

PROSPECT+ enables capacity building in regional and local authorities in order to finance and implement effective and efficient sustainable energy plans, including their proper monitoring and verification and ensuring that such plans are using synergies from other local plans and that their effects are properly monitored.

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Streetlight-EPC

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PROSPECT

The overall aim of PROSPECT is to enable peer to peer learning in regional and local authorities in order to finance and implement their sustainable energy plans.

ManagEnergy – Leaders in Energy Transition

The European Commission initiative dedicated to regional and local energy agencies

OPENGELA

An innovative integrated home renovation service for private residential buildings to be validated in the Basque Country and with a high replicability potential in Europe. This will be achieved by setting up “district offices” as one-stop-shops to facilitate turn-key solutions to homeowners, covering the whole customer journey.

European City Facility

The European City Facility is set up under the Horizon 2020 Programme : tailor-made, rapid and simplified financial support (in the form of max. EUR 60,000 lump sums) and related services will be provided to a large number of cities and municipalities in the European Union, UK and EEA countries to enable them to develop relevant investment concepts.

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The seven Local Energy Agencies of Slovenia have partnered with BORZEN d.d. - a Slovenian company that operates in the field of energy - to establish Borzen’s contact point, dedicated to promoting the use of renewable energy sources (RES).

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GET READY FOR 2050: How to Finance Climate and Energy Plans

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Priority investments to REPower your territory: Feedback from accelerators

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