Purpose
To convert Kenyan agricultural co-products, suitable oilseeds and recovered waste oils into traceable renewable-oil value chains that create rural, industrial and climate value.
About Crostar Energy
A Kenyan renewable-energy company with a European market connection.
Crostar Energy LTD combines local operating capability, regenerative feedstock development, circular resource recovery and transparent systems for low-carbon markets.
Corporate identity
Established to make dispersed feedstocks commercially reliable.
Crostar Energy LTD was registered in Kenya on 1 September 2024 under registration number PVT-MKU926M6 and KRA PIN P052358605F. The company is a subsidiary of Forest Energy B.V.
Its primary operating site is the five-acre Crostar Energy Hub in Mavueni, Kilifi County. Minimal mobilisation begins in October 2026, with substantive operations from January 2027.
Crostar’s role is not simply to buy crops or install equipment. It is to create the contracts, quality systems, working capital, processing evidence and market confidence that turn resources into dependable supply.
Our direction
Purpose, vision and mission.
Vision
To be a trusted African platform for regenerative feedstocks, renewable oils and transparent low-carbon supply chains serving domestic, regional and European markets.
Mission
To organise suppliers, validate feedstocks, operate disciplined processing systems and connect qualified products to buyers while protecting farmers, food systems and the environment.
Partnership architecture
Distinct roles, one integrated platform.
Forest Energy B.V.
Parent company connection, European market orientation, strategic relationships and support for investment and technical development.
Labl Farms
Farmer mobilisation, agronomy, crop planning, regenerative practices, cotton production and the cottonseed co-product pathway.
AfriEuro Links
Programme framework through which the Crostar Energy Operating System will be specified, developed, deployed and continuously improved.
Farmer pathway
Shared scale through Labl Farms.
The active-farmer pathway is 4,000 in 2027, 8,000 in 2028, 16,000 in 2029 and 32,000 in 2030, subject to annual evidence, performance and responsible expansion.
Crostar’s supplier base will include a subset of this wider network, determined by volumes, location, feedstock quality, contracts and realistic Crostar demand. No farmer is automatically a Crostar supplier.
Core values
Commercial discipline with social and environmental integrity.
- Evidence before scale: investment follows verified agronomy, product quality, demand and economics.
- Traceability by design: transactions and sustainability evidence are recorded at origin.
- Farmer fairness: clear terms, transparent grading, timely payments and grievance channels.
- Food and land safeguards: no land grabbing, no misleading “marginal land” claims and no careless displacement of food production.
- Quality accountability: products are released against specifications and documented controls.
- Adaptive learning: field and commercial data continuously improve decisions.
Implementation sequence
From mobilisation to a scalable platform.
Oct–Dec 2026
Controlled mobilisation
Finalise designs and permits, establish supplier and buyer engagement, procure critical pilot equipment, recruit the core team and prepare the Crostar Energy Operating System.
2027
Validate and launch
Commission the Mavueni nucleus, register suppliers, operate controlled feedstock and UCO trials, release approved batches and begin structured customer qualification.
2028
Stabilise and expand
Improve utilisation, repeat off-take, strengthen logistics and establish approved collection and aggregation pilots.
2029–2030
Scale systems and markets
Optimise Mavueni, widen credible markets and advance regional facilities only through approved investment gates.