Lenders

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Low rate finance for energy efficient projects. 

Please contact The Efficiency Group if you are a Queensland licensed and listed on the ASIC professional register who offers green loans and wishes to be added to this list. 

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For example: 

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• Macquarie Leasing 

A $100 million asset finance program through Macquarie Leasing where eligible assets are financed at a 0.7 per cent p.a. discount to the standard asset finance rate.

• Electric vehicles

• Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

• Range of eligible energy efficient and renewable energy equipment.

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• ANZ 

The $150 million ANZ Energy Efficient Asset Finance program  where eligible assets are financed at a 0.7 per cent p.a. discount to the standard asset finance rate.

• Eligible technologies include: 

• Electric and other low carbon vehicles including farm equipment that meets energy-efficiency thresholds

• Energy-efficient refrigeration, heating and cooling equipment, variable speed drives, lighting and irrigation equipment

• Solar (rooftop and ground mounted)

• Batteries that are charged by renewables or waste-to-energy technologies

• Process equipment upgrades where new equipment meets an energy-efficiency threshold

 

• NAB

A $120 million NAB-CEFC finance program provides an incentive for Australian businesses, particularly those in rural and regional Australia, to invest in new plant and equipment to cut their energy and operating costs.

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• Westpac 

The  $200 million finance commitment from CEFC, provides customers with a 0.7 per cent discount on finance 

Eligible projects include:

• Rootop and off-grid solar PV

• Battery storage and solar thermal

• Energy efficiency equipment

• Low emissions vehicles

• Projects that upgrade the energy efficiency of buildings

• Energy-from-waste projects

• Projects registered for Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under the Emissions Reduction Fund.

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• Commonwealth Bank 

The $300 million Energy Efficient Equipment Finance program, offered through the Commonwealth Bank, provides Australian businesses and not-for-profits lower cost finance for a wide range of energy efficient assets.

Eligible projects include

• Cars with low CO₂ tailpipe emissions

• Trucks, buses and machinery powered by electric, hybrid or regenerative drive/engine

• Energy efficient lighting

• Industrial refrigeration units and chillers

• Solar PV panels

• Energy efficient electric motors, pumps and fans

• Compressed air, variable speed drives

• Cogeneration and trigeneration plants

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• Eclipx 

Fleet vehicle finance for eligible low emissions passenger and light commercial vehicles. 

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• Rate Setter 

Innovative online lending platform to finance eligible clean energy assets for both businesses and consumers.  

 

• Metro Finance’s 

Major commercial auto and equipment lender Metro Finance’s Metro Green initiative is working to increase the uptake of low emissions passenger and light commercial vehicles. It offers a 0.7 per cent discount on the standard rates offered to customers who purchase lower emissions passenger and light commercial vehicles that meet predetermined standards.

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• Community First Credit Union

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