This initiative, officially launched in June 1997, aims to attract private capital to invest in renewable energy in industrialised and developing countries. It will work as a broker between solar investment proposals and investors, partly via organisation of Oxford Solar Investment Summits. Part of its brokerage fee will go to a Solar Century Global Community Fund, a revolving fund for investment assistance for those most in need, especially in the developing world.

'Green' Banks

Several 'green', or environmentally ethical, banks and investment institutions have funds to finance renewable energy, sometimes in cooperation with community financing institutes in developing countries.

For more information contact:

Solar Century Initiatives
32 St. Bernhard's Road
Oxford OX2 6EH, UK
E-mail: jl@solarcentury.co.uk
Internet: http://www.solarcentury.co.uk/