This tool provides an introductory guideline to support off-takers, solar developers, EPCs and investors involved in the commercial and industrial business sector to understand the various financing options for captive solar PV electricity generation projects available in the market and to support them in choosing the optimum solution for their needs.

This tool provides introductory guidelines on metrics and considerations for analysing the attractiveness of individual renewable energy projects such as solar PV captive systems. It is intended also to assist stakeholders such as investors, policy makers and analysts by providing them with analytical considerations that are commonly required for a complete assessment of renewable energy investments, considering environmental and social impacts.

The aim of this Tool 3 is to describe how to use a sample financial model that has been created under Component 2. This document also provides information that needs to be considered in order to develop an “ownership-based” solar PV model. The financial model can be availed upon request.

Tool 4 provides guidelines for the technical development of the PV captive solar installations, based on the best practices currently adopted by the industry and developed by international organizations such as IFC (International Finance Corporation), IEA (International Energy Agency), the German cooperation agency GIZ and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s CEDRO 4 programme.

This is the first part of our 2-day Webinar on Clean Captive Installation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Session 1 was successfully broadcasted on 15th September 2020 on the topic of introducing the CCI project and Open Call for Proposal for pilot projects eligible for grants support. Presentation of session 1 can be downloaded here.