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= Overview =

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Grants can be provided for demonstrations, pilot projects, to develop the market or to buy down the cost of the technology. Grants for finance have often been used to develop “revolving funds” for renewable energy finance. Unfortunately their long term success rate has been low.
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Grants often originate from private foundations, but can also be provided by international development organizations like the World Bank (WB), the ADB, the GEF, U.N agencies, bilateral funding organizations and governments<ref name="Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.">Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.</ref>.

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*<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; '">The money received is not expected to be paid back.</span><br/>
*<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Experimental and unproven technologies can be used with lowered financial risk </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">to implementers.</span></span>
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*<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'">Usually a complicated process must be followed to access grant funding that may take years to complete.</span><br/>
*<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">There often is a loss of flexibility in purchasing, administration, project location and system designs since donor agencies place many requirements on the implementation process.</span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span>A large administrative cost to meet donor requirements is common.</span>
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| colspan="3" | ''<span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 20.39583396911621px;">Source:</span><span style="font-size: 14.545454025268555px;"></span><span style="font-size: 10.909090995788574px; line-height: 20.39583396911621px;">Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.<ref name="Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.">Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.</ref></span>''<br/>
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 = Overview =
-Grants can be provided for demonstrations, pilot projects, to develop the market or to buy down the cost of the technology. Grants for finance have often been used to develop “[[Revolving_Funds|revolving funds]]” for renewable energy finance. <br/>
+Grants can be provided for demonstrations, pilot projects, to develop the market or to buy down the cost of the technology. Grants for finance have often been used to develop “[[Revolving Funds|revolving funds]]” for renewable energy finance.<br/>
 Unfortunately their long term success rate has been low. Grants often originate from private foundations, but can also be provided by international development organizations like the World Bank (WB), the ADB, the GEF, U.N agencies, bilateral funding organizations and governments<ref name="Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.">Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.</ref>.
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 *<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt; '">The money received is not expected to be paid back.</span><br/>
 *<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Experimental and unproven technologies can be used with lowered financial risk </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">to implementers.</span></span>
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 *<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'">Usually a complicated process must be followed to access grant funding that may take years to complete.</span><br/>
-*If grants are made in return for equity, then the public sector is involved in the control of projects, which may lead to poorer perfomance and the crowding out of private financing.
+*<span style="line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 11pt;">There often is a loss of flexibility in purchasing, administration, project location and system designs since donor agencies place many requirements on the implementation process.</span>
-*<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">There often is a loss of flexibility in purchasing, administration, project location and system designs since donor agencies place many requirements on the implementation process.</span></span><br/>
+*<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 1.5em;">A large administrative cost to meet donor requirements is common.</span>
-*Low levels of leverage as it directly replaces possible private financing.
-*<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span>A large administrative cost to meet donor requirements is common.</span>
-*No return on capital that could have been used to finance further projects.
-*High risk in terms of avhieving objectives as they dont
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+Grants can be provided for demonstrations, pilot projects, to develop the market or to buy down the cost of the technology. Grants for finance have often been used to develop “[[Revolving_Funds|revolving funds]]” for renewable energy finance. <br/>
-Grants can be provided for demonstrations, pilot projects, to develop the market or to buy down the cost of the technology. Grants for finance have often been used to develop “revolving funds” for renewable energy finance. Unfortunately their long term success rate has been low.
+Unfortunately their long term success rate has been low. Grants often originate from private foundations, but can also be provided by international development organizations like the World Bank (WB), the ADB, the GEF, U.N agencies, bilateral funding organizations and governments<ref name="Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.">Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.</ref>.
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 Grants often originate from private foundations, but can also be provided by international development organizations like the World Bank (WB), the ADB, the GEF, U.N agencies, bilateral funding organizations and governments<ref name="Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.">Wade, H. (2005). Financing Mechanisms for Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Islands.</ref>.
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 *If grants are made in return for equity, then the public sector is involved in the control of projects, which may lead to poorer perfomance and the crowding out of private financing.
 *<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">There often is a loss of flexibility in purchasing, administration, project location and system designs since donor agencies place many requirements on the implementation process.</span></span><br/>
 *Low levels of leverage as it directly replaces possible private financing.
 *<span style="font-size: 11.000000pt;'"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span>A large administrative cost to meet donor requirements is common.</span>
 *No return on capital that could have been used to finance further projects.
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 Capital grants fund part of the investment costs of an renewable energy technology (RET) project, generally in an effort to reduce its ultimate financial cost in order to increase its competitiveness or, where off-takers are obliged to purchase its output, to reduce ultimate customer prices (the use of grants as part of a results-based financing mechanism is discussed separately) . Within the category of grants, we include capital contributions made in return for a shareholding in the project company (i.e., long-term equity investments).
-A particular form of grant is the viability gap funding mechanism which is widely deployed in India, in particular. Under viability gap funding, the government can provide capital grants for a share of project costs, where the project would otherwise not be viable due to the constraints on user fees that can be charged. In India, the viability gap fund administered by central government will pay up to 20% of a project’s costs and sponsoring ministries and agencies can contribute a further 20%, requiring the developer to pay at least 60% of the costs.<br/><br/>
+A particular form of grant is the viability gap funding mechanism which is widely deployed in India, in particular. Under viability gap funding, the government can provide capital grants for a share of project costs, where the project would otherwise not be viable due to the constraints on user fees that can be charged. In India, the viability gap fund administered by central government will pay up to 20% of a project’s costs and sponsoring ministries and agencies can contribute a further 20%, requiring the developer to pay at least 60% of the costs<ref name="Renewable Energy Financial Instrument Tool (REFINe). Available at: http://www-esd.worldbank.org/refine/index.cfm">Renewable Energy Financial Instrument Tool (REFINe). Available at: http://www-esd.worldbank.org/refine/index.cfm</ref>.<br/><br/>
 = Contingent Project Development Grants =
-Contingent project development grants - Public agencies can provide funding to help defray high development costs of renewable energy technologies providing funding as a loan, which then converts to a grant if the project is successfully implemented. This creates incentives for the developer to pursue rapid implementation of the project. However, there are obvious concerns as to how the developer would repay a loan if the project didn’t succeed as well as questions whether further incentives to reach implementation are required. An alternative mechanism is actually the reverse, a contingent grant that transforms to a loan if the project is successful.
+Contingent project development grants - Public agencies can provide funding to help defray high development costs of renewable energy technologies providing funding as a loan, which then converts to a grant if the project is successfully implemented. This creates incentives for the developer to pursue rapid implementation of the project. However, there are obvious concerns as to how the developer would repay a loan if the project didn’t succeed as well as questions whether further incentives to reach implementation are required. An alternative mechanism is actually the reverse, a contingent grant that transforms to a loan if the project is successful<ref name="Renewable Energy Financial Instrument Tool (REFINe). Available at: http://www-esd.worldbank.org/refine/index.cfm">Renewable Energy Financial Instrument Tool (REFINe). Available at: http://www-esd.worldbank.org/refine/index.cfm</ref>.
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 = Capital Grants =
-Capital grants fund part of the investment costs of an RET project, generally in an effort to reduce its ultimate financial cost in order to increase its competitiveness or, where off-takers are obliged to purchase its output, to reduce ultimate customer prices (the use of grants as part of a results-based financing mechanism is discussed separately). Working capital grants fund pre-investment costs.<br/>
+Capital grants fund part of the investment costs of an RET project, generally in an effort to reduce its ultimate financial cost in order to increase its competitiveness or, where off-takers are obliged to purchase its output, to reduce ultimate customer prices (the use of grants as part of a results-based financing mechanism is discussed separately). Working capital grants fund pre-investment costs<ref name="Renewable Energy Financial Instrument Tool (REFINe). Available at: http://www-esd.worldbank.org/refine/index.cfm">Renewable Energy Financial Instrument Tool (REFINe). Available at: http://www-esd.worldbank.org/refine/index.cfm</ref>.<br/>
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