Learn more about how municipalities are financing the energy transition
Blog post by Panayiotis Michael, Aradippou municipality (Greek Cyprus)
Blog post by Jaroslav Klusak, Litoměřice municipality (Czech Republic)
Aradippou's soft loan scheme: https://municipalpower.org/articles/financial-innovation-smart-grids-and-one-stop-shops-aradippous-ambitious-journey-towards-net-carbon-neutrality/
Swindon Common Farm & Chapel Farm Engaging the local community in the UK’s first local authority solar bonds and Innovative Finance ISAs, https://issuers.abundanceinvestment.com/case-studies/swindon-common-farm-chapel-farm
Best practice lessons
Financing schemes and participation of citizens as shareholders section (pages 49-55) in the “REScoop: Best practices I” report, https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/73affa9b-e7d5-48a9-bcc8-d38b508eaa49/REScoop%20Best%20Practices%20Report%201.pdf
Solar on top: How does Lorient’s innovative financing model work, https://energy-cities.eu/solar-panel-rental-lorient-offers-an-innovative-financing-model/
Climate bond financing adaptation actions in Paris, http://energy-cities.eu/best-practice/climate-bond-financing-adaptation-actions/
Quick Reference Guide Financing Opportunities for Local Sustainable Energy 2014 - 2020, https://www.covenantofmayors.eu/IMG/pdf/Financing_Opportunities_Matrix.pdf
PROSPECT H2020 learning programme, Energy Cities, https://energy-cities.eu/innovating-financing-5-handbooks-to-improve-your-citys-energy-performance/
Mobilising European Citizens to Invest in Sustainable Energy: Clean Energy For All Europeans, https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/19728fb8-d345-4b14-9ff5-b64eb0026934/Moblising%20European%20Citizens%20to%20Invest%20in%20Sustainable%20Energy.pdf (page 93 onwards)
From energy funds to match-funding: innovative ways of financing the energy transition at the local level, https://energy-cities.eu/from-energy-funds-to-match-funding-innovative-ways-of-financing-the-energy-transition-at-the-local-level/
How cities can back renewable energy communities, https://energy-cities.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/EnergyCities_RNP_Guidebook_Web.pdf
Laura Sharman, Local Gov, 14 October 2020 "Council raises £1m through UK's first local government green bond," https://www.localgov.co.uk/Councils-raises-1m-through-UKs-first-local-government-green-bond/51235
Public Sector Social Impact Fund “PSSIF” - A Public Private Sector Partnership: https://sankara.platformlondon.org/pluginfile.php/45/mod_page/content/22/PSSIF%20Fact%20Sheet%20Q2%202020.pdf