Deal #3850 Version 64240 Version 91746
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2010, current] 50000.0 ha
  • [2010, current] 50000 ha
Intention of investment
  • [current] Biomass for biofuels
  • [2010, current] Biomass for biofuels (50000 ha)
Negotiation status
  • [2018, current] Failed (Contract cancelled)
  • Concluded (Contract signed)
  • [2018, current] Failed (Contract cancelled)
Comment on negotiation status
"I would like to inform you that Senergie SA had the ambition to develop the production of biofuels by planting Jatropha curcas. The project did not work out and all the land was returned to the rural community" (by email 2021-03-15). The director adds on another email he sent me today (2021-03-25), that it was in 2015 that we stopped the activities and it was in 2018 that we returned the land. Emails received from Amady Madaga Diop, General Manager of the company
"I would like to inform you that Senergie SA had the ambition to develop the production of biofuels by planting Jatropha curcas. The project did not work out and all the land was returned to the rural community" (by email 2021-03-15). The director adds on another email he sent me today (2021-03-25), that it was in 2015 that we stopped the activities and it was in 2018 that we returned the land. Emails received from Amady Madaga Diop, General Manager of the company.
Implementation status
  • [2010] Startup phase (no production)
  • [2011] In operation (production)
  • [2015, current] Project abandoned
  • [2010] Startup phase (no production)
  • [2011] In operation (production)
  • [2015-05-21, current] Project abandoned
Fully updated
No
Yes

Data source #82X3fdRp

Url
Publication title
Italian investors biofuel project sparks Kenyan opposition
Organisation
Bloomberg
Comment on data source
Bloomberg- Italian investors biofuel project sparks Kenyan opposition
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-04/italian-biofuels-project-arouses-opposition-from-kenyan-environmentalists.html no longer working

Data source #iV-24jSU

Publication title
Land Grabbers: Italy’s involvement in the Great Land Grab. Re:Common.
Date
2012-06
Comment on data source
Land Grabbers: Italy’s involvement in the Great Land Grab. Re:Common. June 2012.

Data source #DAZnpnyE

Publication title
Green Report: Biocarburanti e land grabbing italiano: energia per l’Ue ma rischio fame per l’Africa
Comment on data source
Green Report: Biocarburanti e land grabbing italiano: energia per l’Ue ma rischio fame per l’Africa

Data source #Sp0L2Zf6

File
Type
Media report
Url
Keep PDF not public
No
Date
2011-10-15
Comment on data source
Swedish Manufacturing Giant Uses Italian Muscle In Displacing Aboriginal Peoples from Their Ancestral Homelands to Cut Down Rainforests for Biofuels Production

Data source #cpDfwbku

Url
Comment on data source
portalecreditori- 487/2015 Nuove Iniziative Industriali srl
portalecreditori- 487/2015 Nuove Iniziative Industriali srl URL no longer working: http://www.portalecreditori.it/procedura.php?id=137515

Data source #4uMK2w4r

Comment on data source
"I would like to inform you that Senergie SA had the ambition to develop the production of biofuels by planting Jatropha curcas. The project did not work out and all the land was returned to the rural community" (by email 2021-03-15). The director adds on another email he sent me today (2021-03-25), that it was in 2015 that we stopped the activities and it was in 2018 that we returned the land. Emails received from Amady Madaga Diop, General Manager of the company
"I would like to inform you that Senergie SA had the ambition to develop the production of biofuels by planting Jatropha curcas. The project did not work out and all the land was returned to the rural community" (by email 2021-03-15). The director adds on another email he sent me today (2021-03-25), that it was in 2015 that we stopped the activities and it was in 2018 that we returned the land. Emails received from Amady Madaga Diop, General Manager of the company.