FINANCING STEEL DECARBONIZATION INSTRUMENT ANALYSIS

The Financing Steel Decarbonization (FSD) mechanism is a proposed dual-entity structure consisting of the Steel Decarbonization Financing Facility (SDF), a blended debt fund, and the Steel Decarbonization Initiative (SDI), a service company. The SDF aims to invest nearly USD 1 billion over five years to support both commercially available technologies (CATs) and new and innovative technologies (NITs), with a goal of mobilizing an additional USD 3.4 billion in private investment. The SDI provides non-financial support, including technical assistance, impact monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), and deal brokerage to reduce investment risks. The mechanism targets the Indian steel sector, which contributes approximately 10% of the country's total emissions, aiming to reduce emission intensity by 25% and mitigate up to 250 MtCO2 against the baseline.

• The FSD mechanism consists of two separate entities: the Steel Decarbonization Financing Facility (SDF), a blended debt fund, and the Steel Decarbonization Initiative (SDI), a service company.
• The SDF intends to deploy nearly USD 1 billion over five years, with a target to mobilize an additional USD 3.4 billion in private investments to support steel decarbonization in India.
• The SDF's investment strategy is split equally between commercially available technologies (CATs) and commercial pilots of new and innovative technologies (NITs), with each receiving approximately USD 100 million per year.
• The SDI provides critical non-financial services to improve project bankability and risk profiles, including technical assistance, impact MRV, and the brokerage of long-term off-take agreements with built-in green premiums.
• The mechanism is estimated to reduce the emission intensity of steel production by 25%, potentially mitigating up to 250 MtCO2 in the Indian steel sector compared to the baseline.
• The SDF's catalytic potential is high; every USD 1 of blended and public capital invested is estimated to mobilize USD 3.4 in additional private investments, while every USD 1 of public capital alone could mobilize USD 7 in private capital.
• The funding gap to operationalize the mechanism includes USD 22.4 million for SDI (comprising USD 4 million in grants and USD 18.4 million in private equity) and USD 5 million for the pre-operational phase of SDF, plus USD 10 million in grants for the TA Facility.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2022). FINANCING STEEL DECARBONIZATION INSTRUMENT ANALYSIS. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FSD-report.pdf

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. FINANCING STEEL DECARBONIZATION INSTRUMENT ANALYSIS. 2022. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FSD-report.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2022financing, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{FINANCING STEEL DECARBONIZATION INSTRUMENT ANALYSIS}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/FSD-report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }