Financing sustainable energy projects through other financial sources

The Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund are one of the major financial sources in the European Union but they are not the only ones.

Sustainable energy projects are often financed also through national and other grants, typical forms of financing such as bank loans credits and guarantees, innovative forms such as public-private partnership investments etc.

We recommend you to read the following documents summarising the financing opportunities for municipalities:

MODEL Interactive Financial Tool (European version, English)

Many different financial sources are already available - European grants, Structural Funds, special credit lines and funds managed by the financial institutions, innovative financing schemes such as Energy Services Companies etc.. However, one of the main barriers each municipality has to lift is a lack of knowledge of existing tools and innovative financing schemes tested in other European municipalities. This document aims to give local authorities an overview of such tools and case studies that could provide an inspiration or a starting point for their future projects. Brochure contains funds and programmes that are especially useful for the EU New Member States, Western Balkans and Ukraine and an overview of national financial sources.

MODEL Interactive Financial Tool (National versions)

Bulgaria (bg), Croatia (hr), Czech Republic (cs), Latvia (lv), Lithuania (lt), Poland (pl), Romania (ro), Slovenia (si)

New Forms of Financing Municipal Sustainable Energy Projects

The collection of 10 case studies from the ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Member States provides the overview of 10 different forms of financing that can be used in municipalities to finance sustainable energy projects.