Project Details

Location: Calle 0, Avenidas 3 y 5, San José, Costa Rica
Duration:
Client: Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij Voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. FMO
Budget: 77,703 €
Financier: FMO

Info:

Costa Rica: FMO Assessment of Green Lending Potential in Costa Rica

FMO, the development bank of the Netherlands, offers green credit lines and provide support to FI clients in developing their own green credit products to foster Energy Efficiency and increase Renewable Energy generation.

Costa Rica has the highest electrification rate in Central America but also an above average of power consumption per capita compared to Latin America. The rapidly growing energy demand is one reason why the country is paying a lot of attention to green energy and Energy Efficiency measures options. President Arias set the goal of making Costa Rica a carbon neutral economy by 2021 through the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency strategies in 2006.
BAC San José is the largest private bank in Costa Rica and a partner in promoting EE projects through the Inter‐American Investment Corporation (IIC) GREENPYME program.

MACS support FMO in considering the launch of financial products to support “green technologies” in Costa Rica and provide an assessment of the loan portfolio of BAC San José to identify the possible potential in this respect.

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Dr. Thomas Schiller

Managing Director

+49 69 943188-10

thomas.schiller@macsonline.de

Dr. Thomas Schiller

Managing Director

+49 69 943188-10

thomas.schiller@macsonline.de

Management, Strategic Development

Based on his career as financial consultant and development banker, Thomas thought consulting and management services in the utility sectors should integrate economists and engineers as well as social scientists in a core team of permanent international staff for sustainable solutions. Thus MACS was born.

His experience in micro- and macro-economic policy analysis as well as detailed sector assessments in the fields of Finance, Water and Energy makes Thomas an expert in developing comprehensive finance strategies for network utilities including building the institutional and policy framework around it.

As one of the Partners and Managing Directors of MACS he is responsible for strategic development and controlling.