Development of an Energy Efficiency Program for the Industrial Sector for Tunisia

The proposed project is expected to have three main components: (a) establishment of a financial intermediation mechanism to support private sector energy efficiency investments (through ESCO projects among others); (b) a sustainable partial guarantee fund; and (c) technical assistance to local financial institutions, other intermediaries on the development of bankable projects and the mechanisms to secure project financing and creation of ESCOs, and for energy end-user information dissemination and development of a limited number of demonstration projects. The project will focus in a first instance on the larger and medium-size industries, which present the bulk of potential for energy efficiency measures.