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CAP Knowledge Library

The CAP Knowledge Library aims to be a one-stop-shop for key publications on innovative financing mechanisms for small-scale clean energy. This includes publications on financial aggregation, securitization, clean energy finance, climate finance, green bonds, investment data, market data, toolkits, RECS / DRECs / PRECs, and PAYGO.

CAP Publications

Linking Global Finance to Small Scale Clean Energy

This report analyses potential links between global finance to small-scale clean energy projects in developing countries.

Financial Aggregation & Securization

Climate Bonds Initiative

Green Securitisation: unlocking finance for small-scale low carbon projects

The article published by CBI in 2017, discusses the current environment challenges facing green securitisation.

Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance & CPI

Financial Aggregation for Cities

A brief published in 2022 about urban climate finance through financial aggregation

Climate Bonds Initiative

Green Securitisation: unlocking finance for small-scale low carbon projects

The article published by CBI in 2018, discusses different types of asset-backed securities related to low-carbon assets.

CGAP

PayGo Perform - Financial, Operational, and Portfolio Quality KPIs for the PayGo Solar Industry

Joint report by CGAP, GOGLA and World Bank published in 2021, offers the PAYGo solar industry a standardized set of key performance indicators (KPIs).

Green Bank Network

Green Bank Insight: Aggregation and Securitization

This paper discusses several examples of Green Banks working to facilitate private investment in projects through strategies of aggregation and securitization.

IIED

Turning up the volume financial aggregation for off-grid energy.

This paper gives an overview of innovation in financial aggregation and how it tackles barriers as well as insights into the implications of design choices.

IIED

Moving More Money: Can aggregation catalyze off-grid financing?

"This paper discusses challenges and lessons learned from projects done by AEPC in Nepal, IDCOL in Bangladesh, and
SunFunder in East Africa"

IIED

Accelerating energy access with aggregation.

Insights into financial aggregation in decentralized energy by talking about the market, the aggregators, the investors and measurement of the decentralized system's impact

MILKEN INSTITUTE

Accelerating Securitization in Africa to Finance the SDGs: Future Flow Securitizations

This paper discusses the importance and benefits of Future Flow Securitizations (FFS) in accelerating ESG investing in emerging markets

Persistent

Securitization: Unnecessary Complexity or Key to Financing the DESCO Sector.

This article assesses securitization in the DESCO sector

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance

Green Receivables Fund (Green FIDC)

Introducing the concept and potentials of Green Receivables Fund

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance

Solar Securitization for Rwanda, Lab Instrument Analysis

Explaining the design and impact of solar securitization in Rwanda

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance

Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) Aggregation Fund

The Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC) Aggregation Fund provides developers with an additional revenue stream, enabling access to term finance

The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance

GreenStreet Africa Development Company

GreenStreet Africa develops and aggregates portfolios of distributed solar projects at public health and education facilities for implementation by private IPPs or ESCOs, financed with local capital markets solutions

USAID

FINANCIAL MODELING TOOL FOR PAYGO ENERGY ACCESS COMPANIES

An open source for access to financial modeling tool for pay-as-you-go energy companies

Clean Energy Finance

Africa Energy Portal

Report: Exploring the Role of Guarantee Products in Supporting Local Currency Financing of Sustainable Off-Grid Energy Projects in Africa

This report published by African Development Bank in 2020, explores how guarantee can help local currency finance for off-grid clean energy projects in Africa.

D-REC Initiative

The D-REC Initiative Overview

Mobilizing corporate leadership to accelerate a just energy transition in emerging markets

Endev

Improving Sustainability in Uganda’s Solar Market -Linking Off-Grid Solar Energy Companies to a Credit Reference System

This paper sheds light on the opportunities and risks that could arise for customers, energy firms and others from linking energy companies to a formal Credit Reference System (CRS).

ESMAP

Funding the Sun: New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies.

This report elucidates the role of financial innovation in the off-grid solar sector and provides a roadmap for practitioners, financiers, and entrepreneurs navigating capital raises for companies active in the sector.

IRENA

RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE INSTITUTIONAL CAPITAL

This brief discusses challenges and opportunities of engaging institutional investors in renewable energy finance

Climate Finance

Climate Bonds Initiative

Green Securitisation: unlocking finance for small-scale low carbon projects

The article published by CBI in 2017, discusses the current environment challenges facing green securitisation.

Climate Bonds Initiative

Green Securitisation: unlocking finance for small-scale low carbon projects.

The article published by CBI in 2018, discusses different types of asset-backed securities related to low-carbon assets.

Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance & CPI

Financial Aggregation for Cities

A brief published in 2022 about urban climate finance through financial aggregation

The Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV)

Aggregation Interventions to Increase Urban Climate Finance.

This report aimed at providing an overall scene-setting framework to illuminate actionable aggregation interventions that significantly increase finance for small and medium-sized climate projects and reduce carbon emissions in urban areas worldwide.

Green Bonds

IRENA

RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCE: GREEN BONDS

This brief from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) highlights enormous growth potential for sustainable energy offerings through the green bond market

Other

Bloomberg

How can pay-as-you-go solar be financed?

This white paper by Bloomberg, published in 2016, outlines solutions to scale-up financing for pay-as-you-go solar.