The Retina<\/strong> project aims to transform an environmental criticality into a resource for the community. The system is based on anaerobic and aerobic digestion plants, powered by over 60% livestock biomass and the remainder by agricultural by-products not derived from dedicated crops. Retina also acts as an information infrastructure, capable of collecting, certifying and sharing strategic data on energy, the environment and the agricultural supply chain. A transparent knowledge base that enables systemic rather than fragmented interventions. The project is fully in line with the PNRR<\/strong> (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) and European decarbonisation policies. Promoted by the Actarus Investments<\/strong> group through its subsidiary Actarus Renewables<\/strong>, Retina has been operational since 2022. In 2025, a strategic partnership was formed with the French group EREN<\/strong>, which brought the available equity capital to approximately \u20ac100 million<\/strong>.
It was created to build an infrastructure platform in line with European and national strategies on energy transition and the reduction of climate-changing emissions, intervening in areas with high livestock density, where the concentration of cattle and buffalo farms generates both economic value and environmental pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plants will produce biomethane<\/strong> to be fed into the national grid, biogenic CO\u2082<\/strong> for food and pharmaceutical uses, and organic fertilisers<\/strong> to replace chemical fertilisers, while improving the physical quality of the soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA SHARED DATA AND KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The GSE<\/strong>, the implementing body, is responsible for verifying and certifying the sustainability of the plants and access to incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFINANCIAL STRUCTURE AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Actarus Renewables, as General Partner and Management Company of the Luxembourg-based European Retina SCA Fund<\/strong>, raised capital from Italian institutional investors and family offices for the design and development phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, Retina Holding S.r.l. finalised a \u20ac250 million project financing agreement with a pool of European banks (BNP Paribas, BPER, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale and UniCredit), assisted by SACE, which issued the Archimede Guarantee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n