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Barriers and Enablers to Renewable Energy Financing and Investment for Gridconnected Wind and Solar

20 June 2019
Wind and solar are undergoing a global revolution with rapidly increasing installations driven by a range of technical, economic, regulatory, and institutional drivers. Recent work under the USAID, US-APEC Technical Assistance to Advance Regional Integration (US-ATAARI) project, found that…

Liability Risks to Clean Energy Projects

20 June 2019
Liability risk is a key climate risk affecting financial stability. Litigation trends reveal that liability risk arises in three broad ways: (i) rights-based action, (ii) compensation claims, and (iii) increased regulatory action. Within Asia, litigants use their legal rights to object to…

Developing a Direct Power Purchase Agreement Mechanism in Viet Nam

20 June 2019
Corporate entities with facilities in Asia are increasingly interested in procuring renewable power to meet sustainability targets, hedge against power price volatility, and add resiliency to their power supply. However, restrictions within the transitional power markets found in many Asian…

Extending Innovative Finance to MSMEs for Large Scale Solar Rooftop Distributed Generation

20 June 2019
While it is easy for large developers to access finance, Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) face huge challenges due to their balance sheet and creditworthiness issues. Ernst & Young (EY) is working on large scale solar rooftop deployment project in 17 states in India. Innovative…

Navigating the Valley of Death Some Thoughts from an Investor Perspective

20 June 2019
Renewables will dominate new investments in power for the next 25 years. An estimated $2 trillion is expected to be infused in equity in wind & solar by 2050. This presentation gives an investor's perspective on mapping the opportunities in sustainable energy, current risks in the energy…

NEPRA Rising from the Ashes

20 June 2019
Within three months of raising its seed round of capital, cleantech startup Nepra encountered the 'cliff of death' following a fire that reduced its facilities to ashes. What followed was a story of resilience and determination by their promoter team and investors as they rebuilt the enterprise…

Crossing the Valley of Death Key Factors to Attract Impact and Venture Capital in Early Stage Clean Energy Businesses

20 June 2019
Using real-life examples in the solar and energy efficiency space in South East Asia, this presentation highlighted key factors which make business attractive to impact and venture capital investors.

Developing Partnerships for Sustainable Cleantech Financing in Southeast Asia

20 June 2019
The ‘missing middle’ or ‘valley of death’ is a common cause of cleantech startup stall, needing to access debt and equity in the $20,000 to $500,000 range while typically lacking mature internal capacity, skills, financial literacy and access to traditional investment. This presentation will…

Plastics to Power™ Conversion of Marine Debris and NonRecyclable Waste to Power and Clean Water the PtP Energy System

20 June 2019
PtPtm Energy Systems LLC is a Plastics to Power™ Conversion Technology, a barge-mounted or shore-based system to provide wide regional elimination of marine debris, coastal plastic thrash, biomass, municipal non-recyclables, and semi-hazardous waste while producing up to 5 MW power, clean…

Rice Straw to Biogas R2B Project Reflections and Lessons Learned

20 June 2019
Rice is the world's number one food crop and Asia accounts for 91% of global production. For every kilogram of rice, a kilo or more of straw is produced as a by-product. There are currently few commercial uses for rice straw, so around 300 million tonnes of it are simply burned in the field each…