New financing models for energy efficiency for SMEs
Publicado por Admoneuropa2020
miércoles, 12 de diciembre de 2018 a las 10:23
Horizon 2020 project EPC+ has pioneered the use of energy performance contracts (EPC) in the SME sector, which allows investments to be financed by a private energy service company and repaid through the energy savings.
The project set up 18 SME Partnership for Innovative Energy Services (SPIN), which are consortiums of local SMEs with all the required skills to implement EPCs, in the 11 targeted countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain and Portugal). The SPINs were trained to provide energy efficiency services to SMEs. The project also developed highly standardised energy service packages, easily usable by the SPINs, with simple contract templates developed in the form of a toolbox.
EPC+ supported the signature of 27 energy performance contracts between a SPIN and a client SME. These contracts represent EUR 3.5 million of investments in energy efficiency and 13.37 GWh of primary energy savings.
The project also created the Energy Efficiency Network Europe platform, which aims to bring together energy supply actors, private companies and ESCOs in one international platform on energy performance contracting.
Fuente original del contenido:
European Commission
https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/easme-executive-agency-smes/new-financing-models-energy-efficiency-smes
12/12/2018 10:23 | Admoneuropa2020