India

Support for a nascent ESCO in public buildings and infrastructure

EXPERTISE : , Energy Performance Contracting, Financing Mechanisms and Fund Management, Project Implementation
SECTOR : , Public, Utilities

Client

KfW Bankengruppe

 

projeCt Description

During the Indo-German intergovernmental consultations held in November 2010, both governments agreed to provide a loan of up to EUR 50M to support the startup of anproject is aimed at building and leveraging a cleantech financing ecosystem to spark improved access to finance for Asian Cleantech MSMEs in order to enhance sustainable consumption and production patterns in Asia. , and provide a credit line. They also agreed to a complementary grant of up to EUR 1.5M for accompanying measures.

Initially, EESL was still in an early development stage as a Public Service Undertaking (PSU). Politically, the company served as an implementation arm of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE). Shareholders of EESL are NTPC Limited (NTPC), PFC Limited (PFC), Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) and Rural Electrification Limited (REC).

Highlights

The main objective was not only to support EESL and KfW in preparing the project, but also assist EESL in reviewing and structuring their energy efficiency investment projects to be implemented.

More precisely, Econoler’s team of experts carried out the following tasks:

  • Reviewed current EESL investment projects. Econoler reviewed EESL’s investment projects.
  • Ensured capacity building for EESL as an ESCO.
  • Supported the preparation of KfW’s line of credit. The aim of this task was to help prepare the project appraisal and support both EESL and KfW to finalize critical aspects of project design.
  • Assessed EESL’s mid-term needs for accompanying measures to support its EE-investment activities.
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