Capacity Building

Key considerations for the enhancement of risk management skills include:

• Training on risk management for renewable energy projects
  
  
• Model contracts for loan programmes
  
  
• Enhancing the understanding of financial risk and mitigation solutions in RET projects

Online Training on Risk Management for Renewable Energy Projects (click on link to access the training page)

Model contracts

The following sample contracts can be readily adapted for small scale renewable energy equipment and projects:

• Qualification of vendors, Request for Proposals Loan Program for Solar Home Systems (PDF - 92 KB), Karnataka State, India
  
  
• Sample form vendor finance programme agreement (PDF - 48 KB)
  
  
• Vendor Participation Agreement (PDF - 130 KB),UNEP India Solar Loan Programme
  
  
• Business Finance Loan Guarantee Term Sheet (PDF - 10 KB)
  
  
• Loss Reserve Fund Term Sheet (PDF - 15 KB), Solar Home Systems Finance Program
  
  
• Loss Reserve Fund Escrow Agreement (PDF - 80 KB), Solar Home Systems Finance
  
  
• Master Loan Agreement Term Sheet (PDF - 15 KB) between a wholesale Bank and a micro-finance institution to support financing of solar home systems (SHS) program
  
  
• Guarantee Facility Agreement (PDF - 114 KB)
  

Enhancing the understanding of financial risk and adapted mitigation instruments in RET projects

UNEP Project Status Note October 2008 (PDF - 551KB)

UNEP Project Status Note March 2008 (PDF - 2,1 MB)

UNEP Project Status Note July 2007 (PDF - 710 KB)