Renewable Energy
Access to renewable energy helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions by decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, particularly coal plants and diesel generators. While the renewable energy sector offers an attractive investment opportunity, there are barriers to investment.
Through our offices in India and Indonesia, we have significantly influenced government policy related to renewable energy. Our team in India works with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the Ministry of Finance, and other policymaker to increase investment to India’s renewable energy targets. We do this through a three-pillar approach: first, understand potential investors and the barriers they face; second, explore policy solutions to these barriers; and third, develop financial instrument solutions to these barriers.
Featured work
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Deforestation Cuts the Lights: Itaipu, Belo Monte, and the Cost of Forest Loss
CPI/PUC-RIO and Amazon 2030 analyze the impact of changes in rainfall patterns, caused by deforestation, on electricity generation and revenue from the two largest hydroelectric plants in Brazil: Itaipu and Belo Monte.
Latest work
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Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2024
The most comprehensive overview of global climate-related primary investment.
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Cutting Down the (Hydropower) Plants: How the Amazon Deforestation is Jeopardizing Electricity Generation in Brazil
CPI/PUC-Rio and Amazônia 2030 analyze the impact of changes in rainfall patterns caused by deforestation on national electricity generation.
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Clean Utilities for Affordable Housing
Clean Utilities for Affordable Housing expands access to renewable energy for low-income households by partnering with landlords and using credit enhancement strategies to attract large-scale commercial capital.
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Resilient Municipal Market Fund (ReMark)
ReMark’s blended finance facility supports municipal markets across Africa to build urban infrastructure resilience, reduce food waste, improve food security, safeguard vulnerable livelihoods, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Data Visualization
Indonesia Power Sector Finance Dashboard
The Indonesia Power Sector Finance Dashboard showcases recent trend analysis of investments in the country’s renewable energy vs fossil fuel power plants. It also includes a deep dive into investments that flow through state-owned electricity firm PLN to show how those investments particularly impact Indonesia’s energy market and energy transition journey.
Blog
Electrifying the Last Mile: Community-based Renewable Energy for Eastern Indonesia
Our assessment of four case studies of renewable energy projects in Eastern Indonesia suggests that successful implementations, even in the absence of private sector involvement, have one common denominator — a community-driven approach characterized by full ownership and consensus on various financing and management aspects.
