Finance
ESCO project financing solutions: the bridge between energy efficiency projects and finance providers
11:00 – Opening remarks Adrien Bullier, Senior Project Adviser, CINEA, European Commission
11:05 – Overview of best practices and key trends in ESCO project financing Jean-François Marchand, Senior Partner, Energinvest
11:15 – Q&A: Standardising project documentation for ESCO projects: the online platform of the Sustainable Energy Finance Association Michael Pachlatko, European Director, Joule Assets
11:40 – Q&A: The Solas Sustainable Energy Fund: a specialized investment fund to provide project financing solutions to Energy-as-a-Service-Markets and ESCOs as aggregators of energy efficiency projects. Paul Kearney, CFA, Solas Capital AG
12:05 – Q&A: The Belfius Energy Efficiency Package: key learnings from indirect bank financing, channelled through ESCOs Joost Declerck, Promotor Energy Efficiency, Belfius Bank4
12:30 – Q&A: Energy efficiency as a service: the EaaS initiative Livia Miethke, Senior Sustainable Energy Finance Specialist, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy
12:55 – Closing remarks Adrien Bullier, Senior Project Adviser, CINEA, European Commission