Watch the webinar on renewable energy financing for the public sector, organised by the Policy Learning Platform on 28 April as part of a renewable energy series.
The concept and moderation were done by Katharina Krell and Simon Hunkin.
You can navigate the agenda below to skip to the topics of interest:
00:01:14 Introduction presentation by Katharina Krell to the topic of the webinar
00:06:25 Keynote speech by Ana Martinez on key lessons from FIRESPOL for public RES finance
00:18:51 Case study presentation by Manuel Nina on the Ponto Energia Platform - BundleUp Next Project
00:29:31 Q&A: What type of investors are these 3rd party investors and what are their expectations on return and time frame?
00:31:15 Q&A: How large does a bundle need to be in EUR to attract 3rd party investors?
00:33:14 Q&A: What type of investors without public funding have financed these bundles i.e. banks, private investors ?
00:37:25 Case study presentation by Andrew Hunt on PV project financing for public buildings by citizens (COALESCCE)
00:47:15 Q&A: Who started the process? Was it the Council or some motivated citizens?
00:48:40 Q&A: Did you undertake any capacity-building activities for Local Authority staff as part of this project?
00:51:03 Case study presentation by Daniel Encinas on PV project bundling for schools and health centres (FIRESPOL)
01:00:24 Q&A: Do you know if other regions in Spain use this instrument or are you a frontrunner?
01:01:17 Is it difficult to access the ELENA facility and would you recommend it to other regions?
Panel discussion
01:04:30 Q&A: How important is bundling to bring down costs? And how important is building to create critical mass that attracts institutional investors?
01:10:17 Q&A: The key to third party financing is a viable business model. What is the key to making them attractive for investors just the same?
01:18:29 Q&A: What is your take-away lesson and what is your recommendation for public bodies that want to start bundling to get access to third party financing?
