Success stories

Discover the impact of financial instruments and how they meet the financing needs of businesses around Europe.

MEEF helps black cabs convert to electric

Thanks to the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund (‘MEEF‘), which uses European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) financial instruments (FIs), Colts Cabs Limited (‘Colts’), London’s largest independent licensed taxi rental company, has benefitted from a multi-million Euro loan to fund 30 electric black cabs through an innovative and flexible pay-per-mile mechanism.

ERDF financial instruments help Italian social cooperative cut bills

Support from an ERDF financial instrument has helped an Italian social cooperative in Emilia-Romagna cut its heating bills by 25% in a year, allowing it to spend more energy on people.

Green energy courtesy of your bio-waste

According to the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), perishable waste represents a third of residual household waste in France. A Toulouse start-up named Hector le collector had the good idea of collecting unused urban food waste at offices and restaurants in order to transform it into bio-energy.

Comfort and savings for low-income households in Greece

The Greek Ministry of Development and Investments is supporting the restoration of thousands of individual houses and flats in the country, thanks to the 2014-2020 Energy Savings in Existing Housing Programme co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Energy-saving renovation: good for the planet…and for the wallet

Thanks to the Lithuanian Government’s ambitious Energy Efficiency (EE) renovation programme, which uses ERDF financial instruments, more than 3 000 multi-apartment buildings have been renovated so far in the country, while more than 1 000 projects are in various stages of preparation.

IFRRU 2020: where there is a will, there is a way

Casa dos Reclamos is a modern digital design and production business operating from state of the art premises in Vila das Aves, Santa Tirso in the northern region of Portugal.

Energy transition in The Hague

“Just do it”, is Ton Overmeire of The City of The Hague’s response when asked if he has any advice to cities and managing authorities thinking about using financial instruments to invest European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF).

ERDF renewable energy loans in Pomorskie, Poland

This fi-compass case study describes the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Loan Fund, launched in 2019 under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Regional Operational Programme 2014-2020 in Pomorskie, Poland.

Financial instruments and grants combination for energy efficiency of multi-apartment buildings in Latvia

This case study highlights Latvia’s Energy Efficiency Programme for Multi-apartment Buildings (EEPMB) which used 2014-2020 ERDF resources and combined two financial instruments (a guarantee and a loan) with grants to support energy renovations in residential multi-apartment buildings.

Residential energy efficiency financial instruments in Lithuania

Financial instruments, in combination with grants, have been used by Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Environment to fund loans to support investment in energy efficiency in apartment block buildings in Lithuania.