Event Summary: Infrastructure for the recovery – Innovation for de-risking greenfield investment

The recording is now available for the GI Hub and International Finance Corporation (IFC) webinar ‘Infrastructure for the recovery: Innovation for de-risking greenfield investment’, the third in the series New Deals: Funding solutions for the future of infrastructure.

The discussion explored approaches to de-risking greenfield infrastructure and discussed key enabling factors and ESG factors that contributed to the success of two specific projects:

The REWA Solar Project in India generated up to USD575 million in private investment in Madhya Pradesh, traditionally a low-income state, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1 million tonnes per year.
The Tina River Hydropower project assisted in transitioning the Solomon Islands away from a heavy reliance on imported diesel to renewable energy. This project was the first large-scale PPP in the Solomon Islands, and has helped to encourage further investment in the region while also reducing emissions and power costs.

Learn more about the projects

Case study of REWA Solar Project

Case study of Tina River Hydropower Project

The webinar session

The panel discussion was co-moderated by Maud de Vautibault, Director of Practical Tools and Knowledge, GI Hub and Isabel Chatterton, Director and Regional Head of Industry, International Finance Corporation.

Thank you to our panellists for this session:

Mr Manu Srivastava, Principal Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh, REWA Solar Project

Mr Sumit Sen, Director, Actis, Advisor on REWA Solar Project

Mr Fred Conning Tauvata, Deputy Project Manager, Tina River Hydropower Project

Mr Nick Merritt, Partner, Norton Rose Fullbright, Advisor on Tina River Hydropower Project.

Watch the session below, and learn more about webinars in the New Deals: Funding solutions for the future of infrastructure series.

About IFC

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