• Invest-NL published a geothermal financing analysis on July 29, 2026, flagging early-stage risk as the main barrier to private capital.
• High upfront development costs, uncertain heat output until drilling, and late-stage lender entry keep developer equity tied up, slowing project starts.
• The study highlights four bottlenecks: limited geological and flow-risk cover, heavy development-phase capital lock-up, uncertain heat offtake, slow permitting.
• It calls for public funding to de-risk projects to crowd in private finance earlier, citing France and Germany as reference models.
• Proposed toolkit centers on a revised RNES scheme, backed by partial CAPEX subsidies, guarantee/fund structures, risk-reduction measures, portfolio bundling.

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