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Financing energy efficiency: Barriers, instruments, and pathways to scale Cover

Financing energy efficiency: Barriers, instruments, and pathways to scale

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|Aug 2026

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Table 1

Mapping of financing instruments to primary market barriers. • = primary effect; (•) = secondary/partial effect; – = not primarily addressed. Barriers correspond to those identified in Section 3.

INSTRUMENTUPFRONT CAPITALSPLIT INCENTIVESINFORMATION ASYMMETRYLENDER RISK AVERSIONSMALL PROJECT/TRANSACTION COSTSDEMAND-SIDE ECONOMICS
Grants & Subsidies(•)
Concessional Loans(•)(•)
Carbon Taxes/ETS Revenues
ESCO/EPC(•)
PAYS/On-Bill Financing(•)(•)
PACE Financing(•)
Green Mortgages
White Certificates
Energy Savings FiTs
Pay-for-Performance programmes
De-Risking Instruments(•)(•)
Project Aggregation/OSSs
Secondary Markets/Securitisation(•)(•)
Language: English
Page range: 47 - 47
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2026
Accepted on: May 20, 2026
Published on: Aug 17, 2026
Published by: European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Paolo Bertoldi, published by European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
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