ADVISORY SERVICES
IFC complements its investment activity through the RSEFP, which provides a wide range of advisory services to financial institutions, their clients, and other market players to support investments in energy efficiency. These services are provided on a cost-sharing basis, whereby clients cover a substantial part of the cost of the advisory services provided.
• Financial Institutions
IFC provides its FI clients with assistance in developing expertise in energy efficiency based lending through training, joint promotional activities, resource materials, and advice on transactions. This support often includes help in identifying market opportunities, working with energy auditors, building partnerships with vendors, evaluating technical risk, and properly calculating cash flows from energy savings.
• Enterprises
Analysis of energy efficiency projects under consideration by the company, assistance in identifying opportunities to save energy, information on a wide range of possible partners to supply equipment and engineering services, advice on business proposals for attracting finance for energy efficiency projects.
• Vendors/Project Developers
Building relationships with potential clients in need of products and services, as well as with financial institutions willing to finance your clients’ energy efficiency projects, including through vendor finance programs.
INVESTMENT
IFC works with Russian financial institutions that are committed to building an energy efficiency finance business, and are ready to finance such transactions. In addition to IFC assistance in developing and energy efficiency business line, some of these partners receive 5-year credit lines from IFC for financing energy efficiency projects. Enterprises can apply to any of these partner financial institutions for assistance in financing of their energy efficiency project.
