Lebanon: Derisking Renewable Energy Investment 2025 by UNDP provides a strategic roadmap to unlock private sector investment in renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro) by addressing key financial and policy risks. The report shows how targeted public derisking measures can reduce financing costs, make clean energy more competitive, and attract significant private capital for Lebanon’s energy transition.
Key Insights
Unlocking Private Investment: The report identifies specific public interventions that reduce investment risk, making renewable projects more attractive to private investors.
Cost‑Effective Derisking Measures: Modelling in the report demonstrates that public derisking tools — such as policy support and financial guarantees — lower financing costs and electricity generation prices compared with business‑as‑usual scenarios.
Economic Competitiveness: Lebanon’s renewable resources are shown to be economically viable when investment risks are properly addressed, which can help reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports and support energy affordability.
Strategic Roadmap for 2030: The analysis aligns with Lebanon’s renewable energy goals and provides a framework for scaling up wind, solar, and hydro capacity by lowering barriers to investment.
