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Third-party financing: increasing investment in energy-efficient industrial projects

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6604163
Four considerations in structuring a third-party financing approach are discussed. These are financing advantages, risk management, tax implications, and operating arrangements. The four basic third-party financing approaches discussed are leasing, joint venture, shared-savings plan, and energy services contract. Each approah differs in terms of financing advantages, risk management, tax implications, and operating arrangements, and can be structured to provide benefits to all participants, it is found. A case study analysis of a major industrial firm considering an actual energy investment was conducted. (LEW)
Research Organization:
Alliance to Save Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG01-80CS24448
OSTI ID:
6604163
Report Number(s):
DOE/CS/24448-T1; ON: DE83003921
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English