Renewable Energy

Sundrop Farms will be the second asset in the Centuria Agriculture Fund, joining a glasshouse estate previously owned by Roc Partners’ Flavorite.

The Shariah-complaint real assets and project finance vehicle will pursue biogas energy projects in the UK, in a similar strategy to the firm’s predecessors.

The energy transition-focused manager has closed its fourth fund on €670m, with the adaptation of agriculture to climate change part of its strategy.

Fitch Solutions study cites government policy, M&A activity and than 2,500MW worth of agrivoltaic projects in the planning or construction stages as tailwinds for the sector.

Co-founder Craig Reeves says the project finance biogas fund could end up raising 'significantly more' than it’s first-year target of $50m to $75m.

The Prime Alternative Finance fund has a pipeline of projects worth roughly £500m and the firm is close to launching a Sharia-compliant version follow-on.

The wine maker has agreed a 10-year PPA with Flow Energy for more than 9,000MWh of power each year at its New South Wales asset.

High energy prices are eating up increasing amounts of farmers' cash at a time when policy is in flux, warn two distinct pieces of research.

The fund will invest primarily in startups transforming renewable raw materials, one focus being the conversion of agricultural waste or C02 to renewable end-products.

The California Energy Commission will provide an additional $5 million in December 2017 for the execution phase of the project, but it will require a $5 million match from additional investors.