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20 February 2012

Agriculture energy industry calls for US government support for rural renewables

cow170 US industry body the Agriculture Energy Coalition has welcomed the recent hearing from the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry on the 2012 Farm Bill, which could potentially help promote renewable energy in rural America.

15 February 2012

Green agribusiness reveals desire to move to AIMp

A green chemicals company revealed to NewNet that it may look to carry out a listing on London’s AIM market to attract institutional investors.

15 November 2011

Archer Daniels Midland to build Canadian biodiesel facility

US agricultural business the Archer Daniels Midland Company is set to build a 265 million litre biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Canada, increasing the company's biofuel processing capacity in North America by 50 per cent.

13 October 2011

PE giant TPG Capital partners with M&G for biofuels project

US private equity heavyweight TPG Capital has partnered with the Italian engineering and chemicals group M&G in a breakthrough project which will turn agricultural waste into fuel for cars and jets.

22 September 2011

NewNet Investor Profile: Kevin Parker, Deutsche Bank Asset Managementp

Climate change is set to impact every aspect of the global economy, with investments on course to grow dramatically as opportunities arise in associated sectors such as energy efficiency, agriculture and renewable energy generation.

22 September 2011

Permira takes stake in green agri business Netafim

European buy-out firm Permira has acquired a 61 per cent stake in Israeli drip irrigation company Netafim.

1 September 2011

SDTC announces new funding round for emerging cleantechp

canadamaple_170sq1 State-backed technology accelerator Sustainable Development Technology Canada has announced its 20th round of funding.

30 August 2011

Industrial group Gaon Agro to launch $100m cleantech fundp

water_droplet_170_170 Israeli water group Gaon Agro is set to launch a new $100m cleantech fund, according to reports.

25 July 2011

RBS fund to commit minimum of £50m to agricultural renewable energy sectorp

UK investment bank RBS may raise the ceiling of a new agriculture renewable energy fund it has launched in partnership with NatWest if there is enough demand, a spokesperson told NewNet.

19 July 2011

Ex First Solar CEO launches True North venture capital firm

dollar170_170 Co-founder and former CEO of First Solar Mike Ahearn has launched a $300m venture capital company, True North Venture Partners, to invest in early-stage cleantech companies.

11 April 2011

Energy and grains producer CHS generates six-month earnings of $396.3m

US-based energy, grains, and foods company CHS generated $396.3m in income in the first half of fiscal year 2011. Its second quarter was particularly fruitful, with its earnings attributed to operations through the second quarter from September 2010 to late February 2011 increasing 96 per cent.

28 February 2011

Gates Foundation supports sustainable agriculture

Bill and wife Melinda Gates’s philanthropic foundation is to co-fund agricultural research projects designed to help small farmers increase yields and incomes in developing countries, alongside the UK government.

28 February 2011

New subsidies for US farmers as on-site renewable production grows

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced new subsidies for small farmers, on the same day as a survey showed that production of renewable energy on farms had reached record levels.

26 April 2010

Water investment fund Aqua Resources Fund’s net asset value increases year-on-year

Aqua Resources Fund, the closed-ended investment company managed by FourWinds Capital Management established to invest in global water opportunities, said its net asset value (NAV) per ordinary share was €1.02 at 31 December 2009, compared to €0.96 the previous year.

13 August 2009

NewNet Investor Profile: Gijsbert Nollen, Prime Energy Investmentsp

Gijsbert Nollen discusses the opportunities for clean energy investments in Southeast Asia, why he is turned off by biofuels, and what the future holds for the region. 'If the past two years is any precedent more and more Asian domestic companies will be established developing and refining their technologies in the bioenergy sector and ramping up development. The real success stories will be centered around locally adapted and developed technologies and research and local business entrepreneurs.'

16 June 2009

Forest Footprint Disclosure Project highlights financial risks of agricultural commoditiesp

Speaking at the official launch of the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project (FFD), Andrew Mitchell, chair of the FFD Project steering committee and an international expert on tropical forests, called for investors to better understand the financial risks that agricultural commodities from deforested land (beef, soy, palm oil, timber and biofuels) pose to their portfolios.

10 November 2008

China, UK strengthen partnership on sustainable agriculture

The UK and Chinese governments today signed a three year commitment to strengthen their growing partnership on agriculture.

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