In early 2015, KaXu Solar One Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in South Africa, financed by IFC and CTF, became the first operational private sector utility-scale CSP plant in the developing world. This 100MW plant supplies enough base-load energy to power 80,000 households and mitigate roughly 300,000 tCO2/year.

The EBRD and CTF jointly supported the rehabilitation and modernisation of the privately-operated district heating networks in the cities of Pavlodar and Petropavlovsk in north-eastern Kazakhstan, in one of the first CTF-financed infrastructure projects to be implemented. The project addressed the urgent need to modernize district heating infrastructure, resulting in operational cost savings, improved quality and stability of service, reduced hot water and heat losses, and improvements in environmental standards, leading overall to substantial CO2 emissions savings.

This program is financing the purchase of a pilot fleet of clean technology buses for Bogota’s Integrated Public Transport System (SITP). With technical cooperation resources from the IDB, the program has identified benefits, generated trust, and demonstrated the performance of clean technologies. By working with bus operators, technology providers, financiers, and other value chain stakeholders, the program has created a new local market, with lower

prices. As of December 2015, 287 clean  technology buses had been incorporated into the SITP fleet, including 180 buses directly financed with CTF resources. and other value chain stakeholders, the program has created a new local market, with lower prices. As of December 2015, 287 clean technology buses had been incorporated into the SITP fleet, including 180 buses directly financed with CTF resources.