25 Acres of Giant King Grass Shipped by VIASPACE and Growing in St. Croix
11 Febrero 2013 - 7:36AM
VIASPACE Inc. (OTCQB:VSPC) today announced that the company
harvested a large number of seedlings from its Giant KingTM Grass
nursery in California and had them transported in a 40 foot
refrigerated container to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands where they
have been planted in a 25 acre propagation nursery operated by
Tibbar Energy. Tibbar plans to propagate the Giant King Grass to
create a 1000+ acre plantation to fuel the 7 MW anaerobic digestion
power plant that Tibbar is building on St. Croix.
The Giant King Grass will be ready to propagate within six
months and Tibbar plans to have the power plant in operation in the
first quarter of 2014. The St. Croix Public Services Commission
approved Tibbar Energy's facility design for a 7 MW anaerobic
generator that uses VIASPACE's proprietary Giant King Grass energy
crop in December 2012.
Tibbar Energy's St. Croix project will be as close to organic
farming as possible using the digestate from the anaerobic
digestion process as a fertilizer to grow Giant King Grass. Tibbar
President and CEO Tania Tomyn reports, "Our farm will be a
conventional farming operation." Additionally, Tibbar will have a
small amount of compressed natural gas that will be produced from
the bio-gas to run the fleet of trucks that haul the Giant King
Grass. These will be the first compressed natural gas trucks
on St. Croix.
Tibbar Energy signed an exclusive agreement with VIASPACE in
September 2012, and received a small initial shipment of Giant King
Grass which was planted on September 29, 2012 as an initial test.
This Giant King Grass is four months old and is over 10 feet
tall.
Tomyn continued, "The Giant King Grass grows well in tropical
St. Croix. The test was very successful, and we decided to go
forward with the 25 acre propagation nursery. We are slated
to have the full plantation and power plant up and running by early
second quarter of 2014."
"The Giant King Grass has become an attraction on St. Croix. We
hosted a third grade class field trip in January, and tourists from
Syracuse, New York asked for a tour. Green energy is very
popular."
Below are pictures of the original Giant King Grass on St. Croix
with the third-grade class, and also a picture of the new site
where Giant King Grass was recently planted. If the photos are not
displayed, click on these links
http://pricetargetmedia.com/images/st_croix_growing_king_grass.jpg,
http://pricetargetmedia.com/images/st_croix_school_children.jpg
If the above image of our St Croix Giant King Grass nursery
isn't displayed, please click the following link:
http://pricetargetmedia.com/images/st_croix_giant_king_grass_nursery.jpg
"The 20 plus acre shipment to Tibbar was our largest from the
propagation nursery in California," reports VIASPACE CEO Dr. Carl
Kukkonen. "Late December and January was a very busy time for
VIASPACE. We shipped and planted Giant King Grass in South Africa,
Hawaii and Central America in addition to St. Croix. The
Department of Agriculture is working very closely with us to
inspect the shipments and issue the phytosanitary certificates that
show that the Giant King Grass is pest and disease free."
VIASPACE Chairman, Dr. Kevin Schewe, commented, "Having USDA
approval of Giant King Grass and our domestic propagation nursery
in California, have both significantly contributed to our ability
to respond to our customers and the ever increasing demand for GKG
as the world's highest yielding biomass platform. This is certainly
true in our partnership with Tibbar Energy in St. Croix and we are
so pleased with every aspect of our project there. We are receiving
more requests for proposals than ever before and believe that the
rapidly increasing global demand has made GKG the biomass platform
of choice because its high yield makes the economics of this green
energy business profitable.
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.
The VIASPACE Inc. logo is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=15154
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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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Giant King Grass on St Croix with the third-grade class |
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St Croix Giant King Grass nursery |
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