Brazil: BNDES and KFW launch $142.7 million credit facility for solar, renewables

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German development bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the Brazilian development bank, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) have launched a joint $142.7 million credit facility that will support renewable energy and energy efficiency projects across Brazil.

The funds will support, among others, projects relying on the solar, wind, mini-hydro and biomass technology.

BNDES said this credit facility is planned to meet the increasing demand in the country for financing power projects based on clean energy technologies.

The facility will be part of the DKTI (German Climate Technology Initiative), an initiative managed by the KFW and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). No more details were provided on how the funds will be allocated.

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