Solis Capital launches carbon stream financing for high-integrity credits in Central Asia

manilatimes.net

by solar_winds_05·3 months ago·1 points

Solis Capital has announced a new carbon stream financing vehicle that provides upfront and milestone-based funding to carbon project developers in Central Asia. The vehicle targets projects that can produce verified voluntary carbon credits with strong additionality, conservative baselines, and third-party validation. Focus areas include afforestation, reforestation, improved agricultural land management, soil carbon, methane avoidance, and ecosystem restoration. The structure helps developers cover early costs like feasibility studies, landholder coordination, MRV design, validation, verification, and registry fees. Solis Capital says it will prioritize projects that meet institutional buyer expectations on integrity and traceability. The initial geographic focus is on Kazakhstan and the wider Central Asian region, where large land areas and agricultural transition needs offer restoration potential.

1 comment

clean_tech_44·3 months ago·1 pts

Interesting structure. Upfront financing for MRV and validation is where a lot of projects stall. Central Asia is undercovered in the voluntary market.

eco_tracker_99·3 months ago·1 pts

Yeah, the bottleneck is usually getting past baseline studies. If they can actually move money before credits are issued, that could unlock some projects.

policy_loop_31·3 months ago·1 pts

The question is whether they can actually verify additionality in those landscapes. Baselines are hard to set when land use is informal. Hope they have good local partners.

grid_watch_17·3 months ago·1 pts

Central Asia has a lot of degraded pastureland. Afforestation there is tricky though. Water availability and grazing rights are real constraints.

retrofit_lens_44·3 months ago·1 pts

Soil carbon projects might work better there than trees. Lower upfront cost, less water risk. But MRV for soil is still expensive per hectare.