Private equity and clean energy:how to boost investments in emerging markets?

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Private Sector Development

Proparco’s magazine

Issue 6

May 2010

Private equity and clean energy: how to boost investments in emerging markets? How can private equity funds be a part of the answer to the climate challenge? What is the role of private equity funds in financing clean energy in emerging markets? Can they trigger additional private investment? What barriers do they face? This issue compares experts’ views on these questions.

Contents Renewable energies and energy Scaling up private efficiency: Beauty and the equity investments in Beast renewable energy in developing countries Éric J.F. Francoz,

Investing in clean energy in developing countries: can it pay off?

Agence Française de Développement

Kirsty Hamilton, Chatham House

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The challenges of triggering private investment into the energy efficiency sector

Can Venture capital funds be a source of investment for clean energy SMEs?

Philippine de T’Serclaes, Cédric Philibert, International Energy Agency Page 6

Susana Garcia-Robles, Rogerio G. Ramos, Tatiana Chkourenko, Multilateral Investment Fund Page 12

Key data Private equity and clean energy in figures Page 15

Jean-Pascal Tranié, Vivek Tandon, Aloe Private Equity

Barriers to private sector investment in the clean energy sector of developing countries Duncan Ritchie, Aequero Page 20

Clean energy investment funds: moving beyond magic formulas to sound risk analysis Adeline Lemaire, Christophe Scalbert, Proparco Page 24


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