EBF RESPONSE

EBF submits recommendations for the upcoming Clean Energy Investment Strategy

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Brussels, 4 April 2025 – The European Banking Federation (EBF) has submitted its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the Clean Energy Investment Strategy. Key messages:

• Stimulating demand: Raising consumer awareness, simplifying regulatory requirements, and providing guarantees and financial incentives are key to boosting both origination and demand for energy efficiency-related financial products.


• Bankable projects: Aggregators, technical assistance, and capacity‑building are essential to structure the market, standardise projects, and create bankable pipelines that attract large-scale private investment.


• De-risking instruments: Guarantee schemes must de-risk projects across the full lifecycle – especially for SMEs and building renovations – to unlock private capital and accelerate market development.


• Removing fragmentation barriers: Regulatory fragmentation, low awareness, and insufficient standardisation across Member States prevent ESCOs from scaling and operating effectively across the EU.


• Improving EU-level support: InvestEU is a valuable EU-level model but requires simplified access – especially for SMEs – to fully support the scaling of energy‑efficiency investments.

Read the full response here

For more information, please contact:

Denisa Avermaete, Head of Sustainable Finance, D.Avermaete@ebf.eu

Jānis Priekulis, Policy Adviser – Sustainable Finance, j.priekulis@ebf.eu

 About the EBF:

The European Banking Federation is the voice of the European banking sector, bringing together national banking associations from across Europe. The EBF is committed to a thriving European economy that is underpinned by a stable, secure and inclusive financial ecosystem, and to a flourishing society where financing is available to fund the dreams of citizens, businesses and innovators everywhere.