Energy – It is the world's largest industry and the global demand for energy continues to rise, while a strong momentum for change is happening.

The road ahead is clear: alternative energy solutions and energy efficiency measures are needed to secure that the world’s energy needs will continue to be covered – now and in the future. Meeting the demands of all stakeholders will require significant investments on the energy supply side, the distribution and storage of energy, as well as in the tools and technologies that enable the efficient use of that (renewable) energy. They will have a lasting impact on our energy mix and the way we use this crucial resource.

A strong momentum for change has been created by

Concerns about dependency on foreign resources for energy
The potential of global warming
Increasing and highly volatile prices of the finite amounts of fuels
Technology breakthroughs in materials and computing power.

Governments encourage the drive for renewable energy and "good behaviour" through emission targets, taxes and incentive schemes. Companies set objectives concerning sustainability and modify their product portfolios. Consumers demand insight into and control over their own energy consumption.

The financial Markets are becoming more selective in funding Eco Power Projects!

Selective Financial Services seeks to finance your green renewable energy projects including developments of wind, solar, biodiesel, ethanol plants, municipal solid waste to energy, geothermal, hydroelectric and more. More and more funders became reluctant in financing renewable energy projects, due to consolidations, tariff reductions and market uncertainty. Selective Financial Services has know-how and experience in capital placement for green fuels and power developments. We are environmentally responsible and provide financing and funding renewable green energy developments projects for a cleaner, sustainable future. Wind, solar, biodiesel / ethanol plants, geothermal and hydroelectric are economically viable today and well qualified developers are able to obtain capital if properly packaged and presented to the lending and capital sources. Our goal is to ensure a successful renewable energy project development capitalization around the world.

What makes an attractive green energy project?

Aspects to consider in green Energy Project Finance for alternative power like wind, solar and biodiesel / ethanol plants and MSW is dependent on many factors. The closer to "shovel ready" the better as far as the lender / investor sources are concerned. Land secured with permits is optimal. Power purchase agreements or Off Take Agreements should be at least in the formulation stage if not already negotiated. Long term agreements will be required with language that provides assurance for adequate debt service coverage ratios. Minimum capacity assurances are commonly required to assure the debt lenders of ongoing ability to meet the monthly or annual debt payments. Off Takers and Power Purchasers are usually required to have a credit rating of BBB (triple b) or better by Moody's or Standard and Poor's. With many lenders, these contracts are the main underwriting criteria. Some lenders don't even lien the assets of the company while others do. The lender must be assured that the development will be delivered on time and on budget. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction company should be investment grade also. That means a credit rating of BBB or better as rated by Moody's or Standard and Poor's. Some other rating options are possible. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction company (EPC) must guarantee or bond against failure to deliver on time or budget. Time is money and a non producing investment cost lots of it. The Operations and Management (O&M) is critical because the lender / investor must be assured that the investment will produce the fuels or power necessary to meet the financial projections and obligations on an ongoing day to day basis for the life of the debt. Again, the Operations and Management must be investment grade with the ability to guarantee against production shortfalls. If you don't have investment grade Operations and Management or Operations and Management, we have access to them for you. Insurance such as Business Interruption Protection can also play an important role in this.

Key Findings of Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2013

This report on renewable energy projects deals with biomass and waste-to-energy, geothermal, and wind generation projects, hydropower, wave and tidal energy projects, bio fuel, and solar projects. The 2013 report “Key Findings of in Renewable Energy Investment and Global Trends” concentrates on renewable power and fuels and large hydro. We at Selective Financial Services finds this report a very important contribution to a cleaner world energy maket and this is also why our Research Team highly recommends this reading.Annual investment in small-scale and residential projects such as rooftop solar is covered and estimated. The report reveals information that has been obtained by continuously monitoring investment in renewable energy. It is a dynamic process. As the sector's visibility grows, information flow improves. New deals come to light and existing data is refined. Historic figures are constantly updated. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R5 here

Funding of ECO Power Projects

report will help you to establish a realistic base for your funding efforts. And if your project has the potential for above average return on investment and you need finance for growth, his report provides inside information on a workable financial solution for your environment friendly ECO power project and reveals alternative options usually not widely known to the public. The Relationship Managers have developed close contacts with major players in international finance who work with us to structure that perfect solution for your Green Energy ECO power project funding and guarantee requirements. As an international financial organisation, Selective Financial Services with its Relationship Managers in major Financial World Markets are backed by the Financial Strategies Team. Clients of Selective Financial Services benefit of global research, geographic variety, superior market knowledge, and professional consultation and advice in a wide range of Leveraged financial products that can enhance project finance and leverage your liquidity. The report provides information of how to structure and arrange guarantee products for projects world-wide. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R11 here.

The Energy Report - 100% Renewable Energy by 2050

This energy report provides a provocative scenario which is set in 2050. The idea and the vision is a world run entirely on renewable energy. The report spells-out the challenges to a one hundred percent vision. It seeks to generate a discussion around the exhaustive scenario presented in the report. The scenario emphasises prime policy and investment areas that need to be tackled. This way we can embark on a most efficient, clean and economically viable energy future. Electrification must bring forward most energy usage activities. The world wide building stock must come close to zero-energy house standards. The best available and most efficient technologies must be the standard for all consumer and industrial products and devices. Electricity, smart grid extension is a precondition for the economic integration and reliable supply of clean renewable to customers. Affordable, reliable and clean energies must be provided to the estimated 2,5 billion people on earth who have no access to electricity. They depend upon inefficient and often polluting solid fuels for cooking and heating. Bio energies must be sourced carefully. It will require certification and should not compromise food security. It may also not impact nature conservation and other essential human needs. A policy framework must be resolved to reward investments into clean and efficient energy use. Technology alone will not deliver the clean energy future. Also major shifts in transport and mobility and behaviours will also be necessary. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R6 here.

The Review of the International Energy Policies and Action

This is a review of international energy policies, actions and latest practice in environmental evaluation as well as strategic environmental assessment. The study includes the review of the latest energy policies and actions, the latest practice of EE, environmental scrutiny, SEA for both Policy, Programme and Plan / PPP as well as proposals in general and the energy policy, specifically, with actual examples, in countries and development co-operations as designed by EPD. The Final Report was prepared by EDMS to the best of our knowledge, based on the information published on websites and publications available at the time of preparation. The information obtained was edited and compiled into this Report based on previous relevant experience with reasonable professional skills and judgment. Selective Financial Services has researched into this and fund that the publisher was commissioned to be the prime consultant to be responsible and accountable for undertaking the Review and Study and for preparing the final report. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R13 here.

World Economic Outlook 2013

Until now it was a two-speed recovery, strong in emerging market and developing economies but weaker in advanced economies, is becoming a three-speed recovery. Growth in emerging market and developing economies is forecast to reach 5.7 percent in 2014. Growth in the US is forecast to be 3.0 percent in 2014. In contrast, growth in the euro area is forecast to be 1.1 percent in 2014. Emerging market and developing economies are going strong. In advanced economies, there appears to be a growing bifurcation between the US and the euro area. It will be achieved in the face of a very strong, indeed overly strong, fiscal consolidation. Private demand is strong. The Selective Financial Services Research Team established when researching into this subject that the forecast for negative growth in the euro area reflects weakness in the periphery. Germany's growth is strengthening. It is forecast to be less than 1 percent in 2013. France's growth is forecast to be negative in 2013, reflecting a combination of fiscal consolidation, poor export performance, and low confidence. The process of internal devaluation is slowly taking place. Most of these countries are slowly becoming more competitive. External demand is just not strong enough to compensate for weak internal demand. After many years of deflation, and little or no growth, the new government has announced a new policy, based on aggressive quantitative easing, a positive inflation target, fiscal stimulus, and structural reforms. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R14 here.

Innovative Climate Finance

There are specific examples of innovative instruments described in this report. Blending facilities where BFIs provide 'zero cost' grant finance into a finance package involving Executive summary Innovative Climate Finance with the overall effect of helping to lower the total cost of capital down. Support for policy development. Selective Financial Services retrieves from this paper that, where grants or loans are provided to help countries develop and implement policies that help establish a policy environment attractive for needed private sector investment; Green Credit Lines, where finance is provided to local financial institutions to on-lend to 'green' projects and programs that otherwise would struggle to get finance. Risk sharing instruments, where a range of finance tools are available that help take on and share some of the risks that otherwise would prevent projects and programs to be 'bankable'. Support for carbon markets, where BFIs have provided some unique assistance to support the access of project investments. Financing forest protection . Support for small and medium size projects and programs. In addition to the big picture policy point about risk and the cost of capital, other criteria that are used to elaborate these examples of innovative instruments. The attention of the international climate finance community in 2011-12 is on the development of the institutional settings. The ability of BFIs to quickly package and target climate finance interventions suggests they should have an important and growing role in multilateral finance affairs. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R15 here.

Investing in a Climate for a Change

The Green Economy Report shows how investing in green sectors would deliver long-term stability in the global economy. Achieving such a low carbon, resource efficient economy will require the scaling-up of private sector investment in clean technology applications, globally. Sustainable development is a priority for the UN with 2012 being the International Year of Sustainable Energy. Selective Financial Services finds in this report that green economy and poverty eradication are key issues in these discussions. Clearly clean technologies are essential for reaching these development goals. Deploying clean technologies requires investment. It also requires policy-makers urgently to build lasting links with private investors in order to attract the scale of finance. The climate change negotiations have yielded a joint commitment from the world's governments to a green climate fund aimed at mobilising US$100 billion a year by 2020. To be effective, potential financiers must be able to understand. One has to assess a level of risk and the potential returns associated with such green investments. The report highlights ongoing or recently completed energy finance programmes that show how clean technologies can be made affordable to end-users and attractive to investors. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R16 here.

Financial Mechanisms &Investment Frameworks for Renewables in Developing Countries

Global finance for renewable energy projects in developing countries grew to US Dollar 89billion in2011. This is more than double the level of investment in only 4 years and accounting for a 1/3 of new total global investment. Renewable energy has made significant strides on the world stage in past years and developing countries have been at the forefront. Despite this positive overall picture, the sector has not yet reached its full potential. In developing countries, renewable energy finance faces a number of barriers. Heightened market risks due to macroeconomic instability give rise to stringent lending conditions, both perceived and real. High upfront costs for renewable energy technologies further excel the problem. Failure to account for externalities coupled with fossil fuels subsidies distorts the market to the detriment of renewable energy. This includes health or the environment. As Selective Financial Services found in an own study, knowledge and capacity among potential renewable energy financiers is often limited. The result is an in increased risks and elevated costs. Drawing on the latest research and experience in the field of renewable energy finance, and on data and analyses for some developing countries this report shows how good policy design can overcome these barriers. The report concludes that mobilising finance for renewable energy requires a holistic approach. It is keeping in mind that each renewable energy market is a unique system, and it is highly complex. Policy must be tailored to the local context. It has to combine a supportive and transparent regulatory framework. It has to be targeted to government interventions. The recommendations contained in this report will enable policy makers to design more effective renewable energy finance policies and programmes. It will be unleashing the great benefits renewable energy offers to developing countries. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R17 here.

Report about Smart Climate Finance

In the report Smart Climate Finance it is described how public finance strategies help to improve private investments in most of the developing countries of the world. In developing countries, public finance instruments can be used to leverage substantial private investment into low-carbon sectors. PFIs address a key challenge in the effort to combat climate change. A financing mechanism by itself will be nuanced to meet the needs of low-carbon development in a meaningful way. Since low-carbon markets are highly complex arenas requiring multiple finance instruments to address the distinct demands of a variety of subsectors and technologies. The research team of Selective Financial Services knows that a financing mechanism is a complex living system. It is unique. This means that financing approaches must be tailored to individual countries. As broader country and regulatory contexts evolve, the required combination of financing instruments will change over time as the technologies and sectors mature. Public finance instrument programmes can have the most far-reaching impact. Especially, when they are designed in partnership with the countries considered in this study. Financing will be most effective. When delivered under a programmatic framework dedicated to low-carbon development holistically – as opposed to targeting only specific sub-sectors without maintaining a broader perspective on the complete overarching picture of a country's carbon intensity path. Guarantees can leverage private finance per unit of public money spent. This is better than either grants or direct loans. Guarantees are most appropriate where borrowing costs are reasonably low and where a good number of Commercial Financial Institutions are interested in the targeted market segment. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R18 here.

Global Status Report about Renewables in 2013

The Renewables 2013 Global Status Report provides useful insight into the global renewable energy market. It will serve as an inspiration for work towards a rapid worldwide transition to a renewable energy future. Access to modern energy enables people to live better lives. It provides clean heat for cooking, lighting for streets and homes, cooling and refrigeration, water pumping, as well as basic processing and communications. Over 1 billion people lack access to modern energy services today. Considering that the world recently passed 400 parts per million of atmospheric CO2 meeting growing energy needs in a climate-constrained world requires a fundamental shift in how those energy services are delivered. This is enough to trigger a warming of 2 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels. Renewable energy, coupled with energy efficiency measures, is required to achieve this objective. Already today, renewables play a major role in the energy mix in many countries and on all continents. In this report Selective Financial Services finds why policies have begun to emerge to address changing conditions. Integrated policy approaches that conjoin energy efficiency measures, this with the implementation of renewable energy technologies are becoming more common. Investment in renewable energy decreased in 2012. Investments expanded significantly in developing countries. Global investment decreased in response to economic and policy-related uncertainties in some traditional markets. The emergence of shale gas brings a new dynamic to the energy market. It remains to be seen how it will affect renewable energy deployment globally. Renewables are bringing modern energy services to millions of people despite fiscal and policy uncertainties. It is increasingly meeting the growing demands for energy in many countries. Widespread deployment of renewable energy technologies is changing the energy-access dynamic in a number of developing countries. It is turning rural villages into thriving centres of commerce. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R19 here.

Professionals working for a common goal!

This report provides information on opportunities within the Selective Financial Services organisation. It reveals how a members of Selective Financial Services work for the common goal – to find that perfect solution to any financial challenge. A Broker can advance to be Relationship Manager. People with passion for research look into financial markets in their own way and publish findings to an influential international financial audience. The Financial Strategies team uses this basic research in their day to day work. Investors interested in project funding play an important role in the organisation as well as providers of new financial concepts. The Research Team of Selective Financial Services sends you the free copy of the original report if you select R8 here.