Improving Finance for Clean Energy Access in India

Undertaken By: Intellecap Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.,    Recent Publication: 2017

Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) enterprises have immense potential to meet India’s energy needs, particularly in rural areas. Shakti facilitated the development of a multi-approach programme to enhance access to finance for DRE enterprises by : providing technical assistance services to DRE enterprises and financial institutions, designing alternate financing facilities, and designing a framework to monitor and the evaluate financial performance, operating performance and impact achieved by DRE enterprises.

• Alternate Financing Facility for Energy Access in India
• Monitoring and Evaluation Framework For Off-Grid Enterprises in India – DREEM Tool
• Shikhar MFI – Strategy to enable Green Micro-finance
• Grassroots and Rural Innovative Development – Product Launch Strategy for Solar Powered Water Filter Systems
• Eastern Envo – Last Mile Distribution Strategy for Solar Home Lighting Systems
• Gram Oorja – Impact Assessment and Reporting for DRE Enterprises
• Grameen India – Feasibility of Digitizing Payment for DRE Products
• Frontier Markets – Consumer Needs and Demand Assessment for Product Portfolio Expansion
• Rooftop Urja – Business Model Design for DRE Enterprises and Rooftop Installations