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Project Finance
Bring long-term, innovative climate tech and infrastructure projects to life with a team of experts dedicated to crafting the right financing solutions that support positive environmental change.
Our ability to make a meaningful difference for people and the planet, and to address the systemic risk that climate change presents, is magnified by the outsized impact our innovative clients make. "
We support a broad spectrum of clients and innovation projects
Experience and industry knowledge across a wide range of sectors in the clean tech, climate tech and sustainability industry, including solar, wind, battery storage, fuel cell, utility storage and more.
A leader in project finance innovation
$3.2B+
Commitments to date¹
62%
Of community solar financings to date led or participated in by SVB²
10
Years of experience supporting project finance deals in climate tech
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Trusted partner with a proven track record
Sunrun Mars
195 MW residential solar portfolio
$265M term loan and LC facilities, SVB as coordinating lead arranger, admin agent and hedge provider.
$265M term loan and LC facilities, SVB as coordinating lead arranger, admin agent and hedge provider.
AES DE Holdings VII
215 MW community solar portfolio
$301M term loan and LC facilities, SVB as coordinating lead arranger, administrative agent and collateral agent.
$301M term loan and LC facilities, SVB as coordinating lead arranger, administrative agent and collateral agent.
RAD Energy Solutions
Financing a portfolio of 32.9MW fuel cell projects
$133.9M term loan and LC facility, SVB as sole coordinating lead arranger, sole book runner and admin agent.
$133.9M term loan and LC facility, SVB as sole coordinating lead arranger, sole book runner and admin agent.
Sun Stream II
Financing of 150MW utility scale solar located in AZ
$131.9M Term loan LC facility, SVB as coordinating lead arranger and admin agent.
$131.9M Term loan LC facility, SVB as coordinating lead arranger and admin agent.
Soltage Iris
Financing of 109MW community solar portfolio
$131.5M construction-to-term loan and LC facility, SVB as sole coordinating lead arranger and admin agent.
$131.5M construction-to-term loan and LC facility, SVB as sole coordinating lead arranger and admin agent.
Boralex Portfolio Solar Acquisition
Acquisition of 288MW utility scale solar projects
$177.7M term loan and LC facility, SVB as mandated lead arranger and hedge provider.
$177.7M term loan and LC facility, SVB as mandated lead arranger and hedge provider.
Galileo 3
166MW residential solar portfolio
$290M term loan and LC facilities, SVB as sole lead arranger, admin agent and hedge provider.
$290M term loan and LC facilities, SVB as sole lead arranger, admin agent and hedge provider.
Sunrun Luna
Warehouse financing of 13,000 residential solar and battery storage systems
$800M revolving loan facility, SVB as lender and hedge provider.
$800M revolving loan facility, SVB as lender and hedge provider.
Project finance innovators
SVB supports change-makers. While each may have different technologies, the one thing they have in common is creating solutions that influence positive change. Read their case studies to discover their unique innovations and how SVB has supported their growth.
RENEWABLE ENERGY, FUEL CELL
Daroga
Fuel cell project holds promise for reliable distributed electricity
- “SVB has been a trusted financial business partner. They understand the complexity of our industry, they come to the table with financial and risk management solutions to support large-scale, time-intensive projects and we look forward to working together on our upcoming deployments.”
Ory Moussaieff
Co-founder, Daroga
RENEWABLE ENERGY, SEMICONDUCTORS
Longroad
Renewable energy company works to save the planet one project at a time
- “The SVB Project Finance team has been an important financial partner and lead arranger for our large-scale energy initiatives. The team is very collaborative, has a wealth of knowledge in the industry and connections to get the funding needed for our next big project.”
Paul Gaynor
CEO, Longroad Energy
Residential solar, solar as a service
Sunrun
Advancing residential solar to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- “SVB understands our business and the energy industry in which we operate and has been an important partner in Sunrun’s success.”
Ed Fenster
Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Sunrun
Championing leading-edge projects
Access intelligent, flexible financing structures that support the delivery of large projects and mitigate risk.
Construction financing
Structure, fund and monitor the construction of projects.
Tax-equity bridge loans
Bridge financing to the commitment of tax equity investments.
Back-leverage debt financing
Creative term loans leveraging the sponsors' cash flows from the project.
Loan syndications and agency
Top-rated syndications desk to help distribute products to partner banks.
Unitranche financing
Connect with SVB Capital to create hybrid loan structures for a project's capital stack combining senior and subordinated tranches into a single structure.
Aggregation facilities
Short-term warehousing of projects prior to long-term refinancing.
RESOURCES
Explore SVB Climate Tech and Sustainability content
Stay up to date on the latest trends in climate tech. Access reports, blogs and information around SVB’s ESG commitment.
Report
ESG Reporting
SVB’s goal of ESG reporting is to enable our stakeholders to easily access info about our ESG policies and impacts in the context of our business strategy.
Report
Future of Climate Tech Report
Extreme weather patterns are now a formidable yet common occurrence around the globe — with impacts on people and governments alike. Read our new Future of Climate Tech Report, covering issues related to climate change and the investments and opportunities advancing sustainability.
News | January 10, 2022
Event
Climate Tech Report Webinar
Discover the webinar covering the Future of Climate Tech and gain visibility into trends.
Blog | Cleantech and Sustainability
ESG investment driving the future of Climate Tech
Read about how ESG Investment is Driving the Future of Climate Tech and get access to the SVB Climate Tech Report.
Blog | Cleantech and Sustainability
Space tech, climate tech’s north star
Read how Space Tech is contributing to Climate Tech and access the latest market analysis across these two sectors.
Report
The Great Climate Opportunity
In a new report from Space Capital and produced with support from SVB, they cover how space tech is playing a foundational role in identifying climate markers.