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English translation: ability to get financing as a technical term in solar industry

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English term or phrase:	bankability
English translation:	ability to get financing as a technical term in solar industry
Entered by:	Stephanie Ezrol

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16:05 Nov 14, 2011

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English term or phrase: bankability

"XXX company delivers services and certificates proving your products' bankability."

Could you help me with the context here? what does bankability mean?

I have checked the dictionary. I think it is supposed to mean that the products are beneficial/profitable to those who use them. Is this the correct meaning?

Thank you

Gannush KudoZ activity Questions: 128 (7 open) (4 without valid answers) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 181
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reliability

Explanation:
There are common expressions like: you can bank on it, it's as good as money in the bank.

All of these expressions are ways of saying this product is rock solid, 100 percent reliable, as good as gold.

I belive that is how they are using the term.

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This term is used frequently in the solar energy industry with a similar meaning, but perhaps a bit more specific.

"Bankability", in lose terms, means that a financial institution is willing to finance a solar project that includes components of a supplier part of its white list.
http://brooshasolar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar...

I think you should find this website useful.

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Note added at 17 mins (2011-11-14 16:23:27 GMT)
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Here is one more:

"The opportunity we are going to unlock is a solar market not slowed down by the issue of bankability," according to Jenya Meydbray, the CEO of PV Evolution Labs.

"Bankability" is a fuzzy term but it roughly equates to the ten or twelve top solar panel manufacturers that developers and financiers are comfortable with. Although these firms have had product in the field for decades and have shipped millions of panels, bankability is less a quantitative and more a qualitative term
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/PVEL-Brings-Bank...

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Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 21:19

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3 +3

reliability

Stephanie Ezrol

ability to make money

oraki

3 +1

it is viable and deserving of financial support with low risk

Martin Riordan

Discussion entries: 5

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

it is viable and deserving of financial support with low risk

Explanation:
I understand it to mean that the product can be "banked", that is, given financial support. It is viable and the risk involved in giving it financial support is low.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 22:19
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

reliability

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 21:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you. You seem to be on the right track, since solar energy requires investment as an innovative technology.

10 days confidence:

ability to make money

Explanation:
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary: His bankability as a pop star decreased as he got older.

oraki
Local time: 05:49
Native speaker of:

Farsi (Persian)

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