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Green energy finance in Australia and New Zealand

Diaz-Rainey, Ivan; Sise, Greg - 2018

We explore the history and current status of green energy finance in Australia and New Zealand. Although both countries … contrasting contexts for energy finance. Currently, and largely for historical reasons, renewables make up over 80% of the … countries have employed most of the important policy tools available to incentivize renewables and green energy finance (e …

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Green finance in Pakistan : barriers and solutions

Malik, Sadia; Qasim, Maha; Saeed, Hasan - 2018

Pakistan had been mired in a crippling energy crisis for several years but is experiencing a rapid turnaround in the energy sector with several new projects coming online. However, the interventions undertaken by the government rely heavily on imported fuel such as oil, coal, and LNG. An...

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Green finance in Viet Nam : barriers and solutions

Trong Co Nguyen; Anh Tu Chuc; Le Ngoc Dang - 2018

Viet Nam's energy sector has made considerable strides in recent years in achieving high percentage of nationwide electrification and a relatively diversified energy mix that is dominated by hydropower, followed by gas and coal. However, sustaining those achievements including addressing...

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Managing credit risk and improving access to finance in green energy projects

Dhruba, Purkayastha - 2018

The cost of finance has a relatively high impact on the returns and viability of clean energy projects compared with … assessment and ratings, which have usually been an inappropriate measure of credit risk for clean energy finance, have a … significant influence on the cost of finance. Factors like inadequate credit information, a lack of historical data at the project …

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Financial barriers to development of renewable and green energy projects in Asia

Peimani, Hooman - 2018

finance them has been the major barrier to the expansion of green renewable energy in Asia. Addressing the financing challenge …

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Green energy finance in India : challenges and solutions

Sarangi, Gopal K. - 2018

. One of the major impediments in the process of such a transition is to secure the necessary finance to achieve the …

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Social funding of green financing : an application of distributed ledger technologies

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Schloesser, Tim; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018

To achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as well as the Paris Agreement major investments in renewable energy (RE) production are necessary worldwide. In particular, decentralized, small-scale projects offer copious potential to create energy access as well as to contribute to an...

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A model for utilizing spillover taxes and community-based funds to fill the green energy financing gap in Asia

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad - 2018

In 2016, 88.90% of Asia and the Pacific's primary energy consumption was from fossil fuel, and almost 40% of the global CO2 emissions were from Asia and the Pacific. In order to ensure the increasing energy needs of the region are in line with sustainable development goals, addressing the...

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Green bonds for financing renewable energy and energy efficiency in Southeast Asia : a review of policies

Azhgaliyeva, Dina; Kapoor, Anant; Liu, Yang - 2020

Mobilizing private finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency is critical for the Association of Southeast …. Two-thirds of green bonds issued in ASEAN countries were used to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency projects …

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Energy efficiency in ASEAN: trends and financing schemes

Liu, Yang; Noor, Riasat - 2020

ASEAN's unprecedented economic growth in recent years has required access to an uninterrupted energy supply across the region. As it plans to ensure a 20% energy intensity reduction by 2020 and 30% by 2025, ASEAN must realize and harness the benefits of energy efficiency and optimize its use for...

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