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Energy Bonds Tim Helweg-Larsen Public Interest Research Centre

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Energy Bonds

Tim Helweg-Larsen Public 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-term Investment Fund for 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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