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Green Banks Mobilize US $41 Billion for Clean Energy Ahead of 2019 Target

By District Energy posted 12-04-2018 00:00

  

Chloe Whitewater, SDG Knowledge HUB

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28 November 2018: At the Sixth Annual Green Bank Congress in Shanghai, the Green Bank Network announced that its members closed transactions that are expected to mobilize US$41 billion in financing for green infrastructure projects and low carbon development, thereby meeting its target of US$40 billion by 2019 ahead of schedule.

The Green Bank Network (GBN) brings together financial institutions dedicated to increase investment in clean energy in close collaboration with the private sector. The network allows member organizations to share practices and lessons learned through collaboration and exchanging knowledge. Members of the Green Bank Network are investing in technology such as solar, wind, combined heat and power, LED street lighting, geothermal, anaerobic digesters, and low-carbon transport. According to an analysis prepared by the network’s Secretariat, Green Bank Network members mobilize on average 10 dollars in private funds for every dollar of public investment. The investments mobilized to date have avoided 25 million tons of CO2eq.

Made at the eve of the Katowice Climate Change Conference, the announcement underlines the importance of investments in a clean energy transition. Reed Hundt, CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital, said “meeting climate goals will require an unprecedented and immediate mobilization of capital,” noting that Green Banks play a central role in providing capital in emerging economies to take on risk and leverage private capital for large-scale low-carbon investment.

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