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CTI PFAN is now accepting proposals from the West African Region for the WAFCEF-2 Business Plan Competition

West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF-2) seeks to nurture entrepreneurs, start-up and existing companies, project teams and consortia with environmentally beneficial business proposals with the aim of linking them with investment and finance and making them happen.

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Global Infrastructure Basel Summit

Are you ready for a challenge? Recent estimates say that around 75% of the infrastructure that will be in use in 2050 doesn’t yet exist.

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ECOWAS RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT WEEK

The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), in partnership with the USAID Regional Clean Energy Investment Initiative (RCEII), the Climate Technology Initiative Private Financing Advisory Network, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and D

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OLD Country Indicator

Reductions in sales, energy, CO2, VAT, or other taxes. F03

A reduction in taxes which is applicable to the purchase (or production) of renewable energy technologies.

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Inflation

Rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (Wikipedia 2012)

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Capital subsidy, grant, or rebate. F01

This group of fiscal policy types is characterized by one-time payments by the government to cover a percentage of the capital cost of an investment.

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Tradable REC. R06

Certificates provide a tool for trading and meeting renewable energy obligations among consumers and/or producers, and also a means for voluntary green power purchases. They operate by offering 'green certificates' for every kWh or MWh generated by a renewable producer.

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Feed-in tariff/premium payment. R01

A policy that sets a price that is guaranteed over a certain period of time at which power producers can sell renewable energy generated electricity into the grid. Some policies provide a fixed tariff while others provide fixed premiums added to market- or cost-related tariffs.

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Public investment, loans, or grants. P01

Providing financial support can enable the development of infrastructure projects through the use of public benefits, funds, loans, as well as other financing options.

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Energy Intensity

Ratio of energy consumed to the GDP

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Energy production payment. F04

Direct payment of the government per unit of renewable energy produced.

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Type of tariff

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Investment and/or production tax credits. F02

Provide the investor or owner of qualifying property with an annual income tax credit based on the amount of money invested in that facility or the amount of electricity that it generates during the relevant year.

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Net metering. R03

Allows a two-way flow of electricity between the electricity distribution grid and customers with their own generation. Customers pay only for the net electricity used.

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