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CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO STRATEGY

E+Co's strategy is to invest start up and growth capital in small and growing energy businesses. Small and growing businesses fall in the "missing middle" -- the space between microfinance and traditional commercial lending. While these businesses play a pivotal role in the growth of developing country's economies generally and the clean energy sector more specifically, they often are unable to access the financing they need to sustain their operations. E+Co's strategy is to invest the capital needed to grow clean energy businesses and the business support needed to mitigate the risk of default.

CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO GROWTH THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

As a pioneer in clean energy investments in developing countries, E+Co’s activities were catalytic in stimulating clean energy markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Thus far, E+Co has made over 200 energy investments serving more than 4 million people. By 2012, E+Co will make an additional 300 investments serving more than 20 million people with access to clean energy and offsetting over 20 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.To do this, E+Co commits to invest US$190 million and leverage US$.9 billion between 2008 and 2012.

CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO GROWTH 2020

At the same time E+Co continues to push the boundaries of the energy enterprise investment space, both by adding new elements to its own business model, and by promoting the sector through partnerships and knowledge sharing. The aim is, by 2020, to reach 80-100 million additional people with access to cleaner energy. E+Co contends that surpassing this threshold will change business as usual in an unalterable way and pave the way for mainstream market actors to pick up the market.