IDEA SUBMISSION India Innovation Lab for Green Finance

How to Submit Your Idea The India Innovation Lab for Green Finance is looking for ideas to scale up investment in green infrastructure. Ideas will be evaluated on their potential to be transformative, innovative, catalytic, and actionable. Please fill out this form and Submission period: November 23, 2015 to January 8, Submissions must be received by 11:59 PM (IST) on January 8, Please review the Guidelines for Ideas at greenfinancelab.in/ideas before submitting an idea. The India Lab may request additional information subsequently. If you have trouble with, or have questions about this submission form, please contact

Background and Goals The India Lab is a private-public partnership aimed to identify, design, stress test and pilot implementation-ready financial solutions to channel private investment in green infrastructure. Key qualifying criteria Have potential for TRANSFORMATIVE impact on deployment of green infrastructure projects at scale Be INNOVATIVE, demonstrating ability to address risk, cost and liquidity gaps in new ways Be CATALYTIC in terms of private sector engagement and ability to mobilize private capital at scale Be ACTIONABLE, with feasibility and scalability potential

Overview Idea title and objective Current stage of development Early Concept; Late Concept; Pilot; Existing Instrument/Program; Other (specify) Type of idea Fund Concept; Enterprise; Platform; Tool/Service; Other (specify) Type of instrument Technical Assistance; Grant; Insurance; Hedge/Swap; Guarantee; Revenue Support; Subordinate Investment; Commercial Investment; Network; Other (specify) Type of private finance targeted Retail Investors; Consumers; SMEs; Corporations; Venture Capital/Private Equity; Commercial Banks; Institutional Investors; Other (specify). Also specify domestic vs. foreign. Focus area Renewable energy (Utility Scale, Distributed, and Off-grid); Energy Efficiency; Urbanization; Other (specify) Contact point #1 Name: Phone: Institution: Contact point #2 Name: Phone: Institution:

Description What is the problem the idea seeks to solve? How does the idea work? (Please describe in detail) Who are/would be the actors involved in making this idea happen?

Transformative If implemented at scale, based on the target sector, what is the potential to impact India’s green growth goals? (Optional) If implemented at scale, what is the potential for economic, development, and environmental impacts? (Optional) Can the idea be replicated in other countries, sectors etc.?

Innovative What are the existing/anticipated barriers to private finance in the focus area the idea operates in? How would the idea overcome these barriers and how it differs or improves on existing approaches?

Catalytic What is the market size (or private finance) that could be mobilized, both as a pilot and at scale? What is the achievable/target leverage for public finance?

Actionable What is the feasibility (regulatory, institutional, market, etc.) of implementing the idea? Does the idea require new legislation to be operational? (Please comment on feasibility/timeframes) What are others risks in implementing the idea? Describe the timeframe for implementing a pilot, along with required finance and implementing agencies. Milestones:Estimated amount of public/private finance required for a pilot: Implementing entity and stakeholders:

Please submit this completed form to by 11:59pm IST on January 8,