Energy Efficiency Loans from the Carbon Trust

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Energy Efficiency Loans from the Carbon Trust
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The Carbon Trust is about making business sense
of climate change
Set up by Government in 2001 as part of the UK
Climate Change Programme to deliver public policy
goals using private sector skills and drive. Our
mission is to accelerate the transition to a low
carbon economy by helping organisations reduce
their carbon emissions and develop commercial low
carbon technologies The Carbon Trust will take
the lead on low carbon technology and innovation
in this country and put Britain in the lead
internationally The
Prime Minister, October 2000
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Interest Free Loans from Carbon Trust

• Available to SMEs
• lt 250 employees
• lt 35m (50m Euros) turnover
• lt 30m (43m Euros) assets
• max 25 non-SME controlling interest
• Interest free loans of 5,000 to 100,000
  available for energy efficiency projects showing
  payback of less than 5 years
• Loan repayable over maximum of 4 years

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Interest Free Loans from Carbon Trust

• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in England
  Wales
• Providing they have
• been trading for at least 12 months
• an acceptable credit rating
• Explanation of current exemptions to the
  Energy-Efficiency Loans Scheme
• Agricultural sector any enterprise active in
  the primary production of agricultural products
  is generally excluded. However enterprises
  involved in the processing and marketing of
  agricultural produce are generally acceptable
  unless their business is preparing animal or
  plant produce for the first sale. Such
  enterprises would also be excluded if the benefit
  of the loan is passed on to primary producers.

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Interest Free Loans from Carbon Trust

• Export Related sector - if the loan will support
  export related activities and is directly linked
  to the quantities exported, to the establishment
  and operation of a distribution network, or to
  other current expenditure linked to the export
  activity.
• Transport sector we can not provide loans to
  enterprises, whose core business is road freight
  transport, for the acquisition of transport
  vehicles.
• Fisheries and Aquaculture sectors - we are
  generally unable to make loans to enterprises in
  these sectors.
• Coal sector - enterprises active in this sector
  are not eligible

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Interest Free Loans from Carbon Trust

• Any energy saving project may qualify.
• Full loan if payback lt5 years
• If payback gt5 years
• loan capped at 5 times the annual saving
• Plus carbon threshold
• The project must save gt0.7 tonnes per 1,000 of
  loan.
• Payback based on
• energy savings only
• all project costs can be included

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Interest Free Loans from Carbon Trust

• Contact Details
• Ewan Addison Supplier Account Manager North
• Tel [phone]
• Mark Brewin Supplier Account Manager Midlands
• Tel [phone]
• David Puttick Supplier Account Manager South
• Tel [phone]
• Will Fellows Loan Supplier Marketing Manager
• 020 7170 7180
• 077 252 484 39
• Will.fellows_at_carbontrust.co.uk