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Energy Bonds
Tim Helweg-LarsenPublic Interest Research Centre
Decarbonising electricity
Requires finance
How do we unlock capital to invest in clean energy?
Energy Bonds
How would they work?
LIFE
Long-termInvestment Fundfor 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
Thank you.energybonds.org.uk
