ME-L1158 : Financial Program to Promote the Gas Market, Cogeneration and Renewable Energy

The objective of CCLIP ME-X1023 is to promote private and public-private investment in productive public infrastructure in Mexico in line with the objectives set forth in the National Infrastructure Program (PNI) for the energy, water, tourism, communications, and transportation sectors. Within this context, the objective of the first program is to boost private and public-private investment in public gas, cogeneration, and renewable energy infrastructure projects with a view to improving energy intensity and reducing the energy sector¿s contribution to climate change. Efforts will be made to support private and publicprivate undertakings in infrastructure works that are part of the PNI. To this end, the Bank will provide loans and guarantees to BANOBRAS to enable BANOBRAS to directly finance and leverage private-sector resources for productive infrastructure projects in the gas, cogeneration,(c) and renewable energy sectors.