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IGC Invest Geothermal – Exciting panel on structure of financing & program support

Alexander Richter 15 Mar 2019

Two weeks to go - 2nd IGC Invest Geothermal Finance & Investment Forum taking place 28 March 2019 in Frankfur/ Germany. Among the speakers the following entities are represented: KfW, SENER - Mexico (formerly), OPIC and the Inter-American Development Bank.

IGC Invest Geothermal – the Geothermal Finance & Investment Forum will take place 28 March 2019 in Frankfurt/ Germany.

Organised by ThinkGeoEnergy and Enerchange, the event is held for the second time bringing together

Session II – Structure of Geothermal Financing & Program Support

Over the past years, geothermal development financing has seen various models being developed. Within this session some of these models  re introduced and the role of funding programs and incentives discussed by Investors, Donors and Developers.

Chair: Thomas Garabetian, EGEC

  • De-Risking Geothermal Development – The Case for Latin America KfW Development Bank, Germany
    Arndt Wierheim, Project Manager, GDF Program, Latin America
  • The reasons behind the Mexican Geothermal Financing Program, current status and perspective.
    Michelle Ramirez Bueno, SENER, Mexico (formerly)
  • OPIC, Geothermal, and the New Development Finance Corporation
    Stephen Morel, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), U.S.
  • Overview of the financing of geothermal projects in Latin-America. Christiaan Gischler, Lead Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

We are looking forward to a great session. Further details to be shared.

For the full program, see: https://www.investgeothermal.com/en/igc-invest-program-2019

To register click here.

We thank our sponsors, Watson Farley & Williams (MW Sponsor) and Storengy (Web Sponsor), as well our key partner in the event Rödl & Partner and EGEC.