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Deal #1798 Version #55524

Sierra Leone
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2020-06-23
Last full update
2024-04-10

7. Data source #GtYoLdNQ

Type
Personal information
Date
2017-04-26
Name
Richard Bennett
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy
Email
rb@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
"Dear Angela, the record needs to be updated as follows: General Information > Implementation Status Please add: 2017] in Operation (production of ethanol and power) Investor Information > Primary Investor > Sunbird Bioenergy Africa Limited - Mauritius Secondary Investor > AOG Group - Switzerland Produce Info > Please add the following to the Crops: Napier Grass (biomass) Many thanks"

11. Data source #hZ-tcznF

Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Date
2014-07-20
Comment on data source
Käser, Fabian 2014. Ethnography of a Land-deal. A Village Perspective on the Addax Bioenergy Project. Master Thesis. Instiute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern.

14. Data source #cc2mez98

Type
Research Paper / Policy Report
Date
2016-01-21
Comment on data source
Marfurt, Franziska 2015. Ethnography of Land Deals. Local Perceptions of a Bioenergy Project in Sierra Leone – Expectations of Modernity, Gendered Impacts and Coping Strategies. Master Thesis. Instiute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern.

18. Data source #3ooR_TNF

Type
Personal information
Date
2017-04-26
Name
Richard Bennett
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy
Email
rb@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
"Legally today the name is Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone. However, we have recently filled to change the name to Sunbird Bioenergy Sierra Leone, and we expect this to take effect imminently. Sunbird Bioenergy Africa holds a 75.1% interest AOG holds a 24.9% interest (please note that AOG does not have any interest in Sunbird Bioenergy Africa - Mauritius). AOG chose to downscale their investment in 2014/5 and consequently not all fields were replanted in 2015/6. THE PROJECT WAS NEVER ABANDONED. Sunbird became the majority shareholder and project manager on the 8th of September in 2016 and has a business plan to resume full operations by 2019. The project is currently producing power for the Government of Sierra Leone and producing ethanol which is being traded in Europe. please see our website for further details. www.sunbirdbioenergy.com The project is very operational and currently employees 2,400 seasonal agricultural workers. The company is producing sugarcane, cassava and napier grass. We expect to add additional crops in 2018. We would classify the company as agriculture and renewable energy. "

19. Data source #FeU4nURX

Type
Personal information
Date
2018-01-08
Name
Richard Bennett
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy (SL) Limited
Email
rb@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Comment on data source
"Sunbird Bioenergy Africa is majority owned by African individuals, and the remaining shares are owned by the management team. There has been no change to the share structure of the company in Sierra Leone since our last update. However, we have implemented the name change, and the official name of the company is now Sunbird Bioenergy (SL) Limited. "

22. Data source #TbXBFegX

Type
Personal information
Date
2015-12-31
Name
Markus Giger
Organisation
CDE
Email
Markus.Giger@cde.unibe.ch
Comment on data source
Exact co-ordinates

24. Data source #KnRsTdp8

Type
Personal information
Date
2017-04-26
Name
Bheki Chatira
Organisation
Sunbird Bioenergy
Email
bheki.chatira@sunbirdbioenergy.com
Includes in-country-verified information
Yes
Comment on data source
"The correct figure is 23,500 ha. The rest was relinquished sometime back before the scale down"