Investing in renewable energy in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) represents a massive investment opportunity from the triple perspective of impact, risk and return.

In 2022, OPSWF members converged to identify solutions to scale private sector finance in this crucial area, which are outlined in depth in the published Executive Brief  

Members of significant scale across the OPSWF Network collectively have the ambition to increase their investments in renewables in EMDEs if the right policies and incentives are in place. Successfully addressing the priority enablers would not only open up further opportunities for Network members, but crowd-in increasing flows of other private sector financing.

Four key enablers were identified: (1) countries issuing transparent, repeat tendering programs, (2) improving conditions for international investors to participate, (3) better structured public private partnerships to mitigate risk, and (4) for SWFs to increase their use of specialised investment teams to facilitate the agreement of deals.