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Unlocking the power of finance to accelerate Asia's transition to 100% renewable energy

We provide capital market-driven solutions to retire a target of 1 GW of fossil fuel-fired plants and replace them with renewables
each year in South and Southeast Asia.

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WHAT WE DO

Climate Smart Ventures is a transition and transaction advisory firm with a track record for bringing together the region’s leading power asset owners, debt and equity providers, ESG investors and experts in accelerating South and Southeast Asia’s energy transition in a just, orderly, and competitive manner. To date, CSV has supported multilateral development banks, investors and corporates on developing robust and value creating transition strategies with the goal of delivering a just and managed energy transition suited to power hungry emerging market contexts.

Transition Advisory

Robust technical and strategic advice to integrate transition as a value-creating platform for growth

Transition Finance Readiness | ESG Advisory and Transformation

Transaction Advisory

Best-in-class financial advice and deal execution focused on transition goals and strategies

Transaction Execution | Buy-Side & Sell-Side M&A and Valuation | Fundraising & Financial Advisory

WHO WE ARE

With a combined experience of 40+ years at the intersection of energy and finance, Climate Smart Ventures brings together a sophisticated team of experts with strategic, operational and technical knowledge, on effectively delivering successful transactions, deal platforms, and know-how to advance Asia's energy transition

OUR INSIGHTS & NEWS

CATA’s coal transition journey

November 16, 2022

To limit global temperature rises to 1.5˚C, coal generation must be reduced by 80% of 2010 levels by 2030 and phased out by 2040. This can only happen with large-scale collaboration, new tools and methodologies, recognition of the social elements of the transition, and innovative financing mechanisms. At COP26 we announced the Coal Asset Transition Accelerator, or CATA, a philanthropically funded initiative designed to help meet these needs with a particular focus on the role of finance. […]

Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute and Climate Smart Ventures launch “Transition-Southeast Asia (T-SEA) Partnership” to accelerate coal asset transitions with financing

November 14, 2022

The Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII), a research organization that empowers fixed income investors to drive the climate transition, and Climate Smart Ventures (CSV), an advisory firm based in Singapore focused on corporate energy transition plans that shift coal assets to renewables, are excited to announce their Transition-Southeast Asia (T-SEA) partnership. […]

Climate Smart Ventures launches report showing that Battery Energy Storage Systems can already lower electricity costs while further mainstreaming RE in the Philippines

November 14, 2022

A new study by Climate Smart Ventures Pte. Ltd. (CSV) entitled “Mainstreaming Renewables Through Storage in the Philippines: Scenarios to Accelerate the Energy Transition” has found that the Philippines is already ready to “firm-up” variable output from renewable energy (RE) with use of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for all-day (baseload) or majority of working hours in a day (mid-merit). […]

A private coal retirement pilot in the Philippines just reached financial close: What this means for “transition finance” in emerging markets

August 29, 2022

Back in May, CSV released an article outlining the case for coal retirement pilots at the asset level. We argued that pilots offer a practical way of generating live, real-world experience for how such transactions can actually be designed and executed to fit emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). We shared three principles that would be essential to get “coal retirement going”: […]

Climate Smart Ventures kicks off landmark storage study to leapfrog Philippine power sector

June 14, 2022

Climate Smart Ventures (CSV), a transaction advisory firm specializing in catalyzing capital for Asia’s energy transition, has commenced a comprehensive study to uncover technical, commercial and regulatory pathways for the mainstream adoption of storage and its accelerated deployment in the Philippines. […]

The Case for Coal Retirement Pilots: Insights from Asset Owners and Investors

May 2, 2022

Since COP26, interest in coal retirement has grown tremendously with various reports, feasibility studies, and commentary now under circulation. The latest IPCC report makes it clear that this decade is the “now or never” timeline to establish a resilient future that safeguards the 1.5 Centigrade temperature threshold set by the Paris Agreement. […]