Renewable Giant King Grass is Growing in St. Croix; VIASPACE Now on Facebook and Twitter
13 Noviembre 2012 - 7:37AM
VIASPACE Inc. (OTCQB:VSPC) today announced that Giant KingTM Grass
is now growing in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. The initial small
shipment of Giant King Grass was received and planted by Tibbar
Energy USVI LLC which is developing a 6 MW biomass energy project
fueled by a 1,000 acre Giant King Grass plantation. The Giant King
Grass was sent by VIASPACE from its California growing site.
On Sunday, November 12, 2012, Tibbar Energy placed a full-page
advertisement in the St. Croix Avis which is the main newspaper on
the island as part of its public education campaign. The headline
in the ad reads "Tibbar Energy USVI Introduces Giant King Grass to
St. Croix."
The text of the ad includes the following:
"How does GKG Help St. Croix?
Tibbar Energy USVI is developing a biomass renewable energy
project on St. Croix. The Giant King Grass will be used as a
feedstock for anaerobic digestion, generating biogas which will be
used to produce electricity. No grass is burned in this
process. Anaerobic digestion is a biological process.
The benefits of this project to the island are not only in the
energy production. Additional benefits include:
- The branding of St. Croix as a renewable energy producer
- Helping to meet the Virgin Islands renewable energy goal of 22%
by 2025
- Provides organic fertilizer for local farmers, agricultural
scholarships and new agricultural activity
- Developing co-operative growing agreements with local
famers
- Creates high quality permanent jobs.
- Converts 800 acres of underutilized land to agricultural
use
- Invests millions of dollars into the island"
The advertisement also includes this picture of the sign posted
on the South Shore of St. Croix announcing that "Giant King™ Grass
is coming". If the photo is not displayed, click on this link
http://pricetargetmedia.com/images/tibbarenergy_king_grass_sign.jpg.
The 20 year Tibbar project is slated to be underway in 2013,
fully on-line by the first quarter 2014 and will generate over 20
full time jobs with a total projected economic benefit of $150
million (over the life of the project) to the community through its
agricultural and power generation components. Tibbar has entered
into an exclusive partnership with VIASPACE to grow Giant King
Grass on St. Croix.
For more information on Tibbar Energy, go to
www.tibbarenergy.com. A copy of the advertisement is on the
VIASPACE website www.VIASPACE.com.
VIASPACE Chairman, Dr. Kevin Schewe, commented: "The
VIASPACE project with Tibbar Energy on St. Croix is now moving
forward with all due speed as evidenced by this public relations
campaign to educate the people of St. Croix regarding the multiple,
significant benefits of continuously renewable, green
bioenergy using Giant King Grass to produce local
electricity. Our partnership with Tibbar Energy on St. Croix
will be a model green energy project that can be readily duplicated
elsewhere.
VIASPACE also announced that it has established a Facebook page,
www.facebook.com/viaspaceinc, and a Twitter account,
www.twitter.com/viaspace. Through Social Media, VIASPACE will bring
together investors and industry experts to bring awareness to
VIASPACE, renewable energy and other industry news.
We encourage the formation of our new online communities for
users to collaborate, interact and network to share experiences and
facilitate improvements. Follow VIASPACE around the globe through
pictures and real-time updates. Through Facebook and Twitter,
VIASPACE is eager to reach out to new audiences that are interested
in clean, renewable green energy.
About VIASPACE Inc.
VIASPACE grows renewable Giant KingTM Grass as a low-carbon fuel
for clean electricity generation; for environmentally friendly
energy pellets; and as a feedstock for bio-methane production and
for green cellulosic biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials. Giant
King Grass is a proprietary, high yield, dedicated biomass clean
energy crop that does not compete with or displace food
production.
Safe Harbor
Statement
Information in this news release includes forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements relate to future
events or future performance and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, without limitation, risks
outlined in our periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, including Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2011, and other factors over which VIASPACE
has little or no control.
For more information, please go to www.VIASPACE.com or
contact Dr. Jan Vandersande, Director of Communications, at
800-517-8050 or IR@VIASPACE.com.
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