Energy Bonds
Tim Helweg-Larsen Public Interest Research Centre
Decarbonising electricity Requires finance
How do we unlock capital to invest in clean energy? Energy Bonds
LIFE
Long-term Investment Fund for Energy
Benefits • Safe, secure investment with healthy returns
• Brings down cost of renewables
• Investors hedged against high prices
• Fosters national support for renewable energy
• Creates jobs
• Front-loads investment for climate safety
How much carbon could they save?
Last year…
£8.5bn Premium Bonds £14bn ISAs £80bn Private Pensions
Savings are at an all time high.
If we assume just £3bn per year: UK Year 1 = 3 mtCO2 UK Year 10 > 30 mtCO2
But…
Energy Bonds could go global
These concepts are tried & tested
Bonds + Renewables
An idea whose time has come…
Energy Bonds
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