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

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