Renewable Energy

Private investment into nature hit $14bn in 2025 after increased diversification within the natural capital asset class.

The Global Landscape Opportunities fund will invest in forestry, agriculture, infrastructure and processing assets, while also exploring carbon and biodiversity opportunities.

The Australian government plans to introduce a ‘demand measure’ for domestic low-carbon liquid fuel production – but details on any potential mandates remain unclear.

The Taiwanese family office is looking to allocate up to $4bn in the next five to eight years.

Natural capital and agricultural assets could make up a maximum allocation of 20% within Australian Ethical’s ‘infrastructure-plus’ fund.

The FarmCarbon vehicle finances modular biogas digesters for smallholder farmers and has also been backed by Shell.

With gas prices normalized, private capital is repositioning biomethane as part of the agricultural value chain – not simply a complement to the gas grid.

The deal, which lands amid a push to increase Australia’s low-carbon fuel production, sees fund managers positioning bioenergy as a new infrastructure subsector.

The agrivoltaics specialist has been bolted onto EOS portfolio company Lexham Power.

The listed private markets firm expects to finish fundraising for Rise Climate Fund II and TRC TI, and reach a first close for Rise Fund IV, says CFO Jack Weingart.