International
Climate Initiative (IKI)

This project aimed to provide participating partner banks with credit lines for renewable energies and energy efficiency. These loans could be used to finance small-scale renewable energy projects, such as biomass stoves, solar thermal heating, small hydropower plants and geothermal energy. Loans for energy efficiency focused on simple and cost-effective energy efficiency measures with the aim of achieving energy savings of 20% with each investment.

Project completed

• Long-term credit lines for measures related to renewable energies and energy efficiency were offered by KfW to local partner banks.
• Funding forwarded to companies and private households by the local banks.
• Loans were used primarily in the transport sector and for investments in agricultural, production and construction machinery.
• Targeted energy savings of at least 20 percent per investment were achieved.