Case study

Asian Development Bank Solar Loan Guarantee Facility

How the International Climate Fund (ICF) is helping unlock India’s huge solar energy potential.

• From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
• Published: 13 December 2012
• Last updated: 18 November 2015 — See all updates

Indian woman holding a solar panel. © Abbie Trayler-Smith / Panos Pictures / Department for International Development

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) contributed £6 million to this scheme, which aimed to offset part of the financing cost of using Asian Development Bank (ADB) guarantees on commercial loans for small-scale solar plants.

This project was discontinued in 2013. You can find a report by KPMG into the lessons learned from the project below.

• Business case for India Solar Power Generation Guarantee Facility
• IND solar power generation guarantee facility: annual review, January 2013
• Lessons learned report on the Asian Development Bank Solar Loan Power Generation Guarantee Facility Programme

Published 13 December 2012
Last updated 18 November 2015 + show all updates

1. 18 November 2015

   Lessons learned report published.

2. 13 December 2012

   First published.