Economic and Financial Aspects

Least-cost planning

Least-cost planning (LCP) is a planning approach in the energy industry aimed at exploiting existing energy-saving potential. more >>

Financing energy efficiency projects with contracting

Contractors, who are neither customers nor suppliers, offer an ideal technological concept in combination with an ideal financing form. more >>

Business plan and project financing

The current trend across the utility sector is towards privatization and making use of private sourced investment capital. Whether or not this is the best way to invest in utility services is an issue in itself and was not discussed in any detail in this lecture. The fact is at the present there is a belief that using private capital is in someway more efficient and more effective than using traditional public sector borrowing routes. There are some aspects about the process of obtaining project finance that are clearly good business practice and of benefit. more >>