10. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

Hydro Green Energy, LLC

Email: info@hgenergy.com
Phone: 877-556-6566
Fax: 713-339-9537

Mailing Address:
5090 Richmond Avenue, #390
Houston , TX 77056

Physical Address:
3013 Fountain View Drive, Ste. 140
Houston , TX 77057

About

Hydro Green Energy, LLC is a for profit renewable energy project developer and integrator that designs, builds, and operates kinetic hydro power projects that generate electricity exclusively from moving water (river currents, tidal currents, and ocean currents) without having to construct dams, impoundments, conduits, or other infrastructure projects.

Hydro Green Energy sells the power generated by the patented hydro power turbine arrays (HTA) via long term power purchase agreements to project equity partners or power marketing firms at wholesale rates. Operating as an Independent Power Producer (IPP), kinetic hydro power offers the lowest cost renewable energy source since water current resources are predictable, available 24 hours a day unlike solar, and have an energy density 850 times greater than wind.

Hydro Green Energy has been awarded a U.S. Patent and has International Patents pending on the Company’s core technology. Additional U.S. Patents are pending. Additional International Patents are pending on technologies surrounding the Company’s core patent. Renewable energy production is extremely attractive due to the fact there are no raw material costs associated with the power generation or deleterious unwanted side effects such as the generation of greenhouse gasses or nuclear waste. Although many different schema have been tried in various renewable energy markets, most suffer the debilitating issue that the produced energy costs more than competitive fossil fuel based power generation methods.

The motivating concept behind the Hydro Green Energy is to reduce the cost of non emitting renewable energy production so that it is less expensive that fossil fuel generated power.

Products

Hydro⁺™

Advantages:
• Use non capacity amendment
• licence mod - $45K and 6 - 8 months
• Qualifies for Section 45 Incremental Production Tax Credit
• Install in tail race
• No effect on net head
• Marine life safe (fish survivability > 97%)
• Existing infrastructure reduces overall project cost
• Transmission line typically less then 350 feet of 480 volts
• Individual unit capacities up to 350 KW
• Assemble multiple units into HTA
• Install while conventional units online
• No opportunity cost
• Suspended from surface - no USALE Section 404
• Increase site output from 2 - 10% + that qualifies for Section 45 Incremental Hydropower Production Tax Credit of 1.0 kwh
• No effect on water chemistry
• No effect on dissolved oxygen
• No effect on turbidity or clarity
• Easily repositionable to find”sweet spot” if flow significantly changes
• Easily decomissionable and removable
• No divers required for installation
• Extractable runner for installation and safety of maintenance & inspection operations
• Surface platform provides highest degree of safety maintenance& inspection operations
• Surface platform provides stable operational surface for maintenance & inspection operations
High degree of safety results in lower insurance rates
• No shut down cost associated with installation & startup
• Ultra competitive on cost/kw basis
• Start to finish turn key project in less than 12 months

Current⁺™

Advantages:
• Hydrokinetic pilot license process
• Marine life safe (fish survivability > 97%)
• Transmission line typically less then 350 feet of 480 volts
• Individual unit capacities up to 350 KW
• Assemble multiple units into HTA
• No opportunity cost
• Suspended from surface - no USACE Section 404
• No effect on water chemistry
• No effect on dissolved oxygen
• No effect on turbidity or clarity
• Easily repositionable to find”sweet spot” if flow significantly changes
• Easily decomissionable and removable
• No divers required for installation
• Extractable runner for installation and safety of maintenance & inspection operations
• Surface platform provides highest degree of safety maintenance & inspection operations
• Surface platform provides stable operational surface for maintenance & inspection operations
• High degree of safety results in lower insurance rates
• No shut down cost associated with installation & startup
• Ultra competitive on cost/kw basis
• Start to finish turn key project in less than 12 months
• Install in remote locations
• Can be used for off grid generation
• Can be used for distributed generation
• Scalable for towns or villages
• Quick and easy to deploy in developing world
• Projects create local jobs
• Projects provide local technical training

Tidal⁺™

Advantages:
• Hydrokinetic pilot license process
• Marine life safe (fish survivability > 97%)
• Transmission line typically less then 350 feet of 480 volts
• Individual unit capacities up to 350 KW
• Assemble multiple units into HTA
• No opportunity cost
• Suspended from surface - no USACE Section 404
• No effect on water chemistry
• No effect on dissolved oxygen
• No effect on turbidity or clarity
• Easily repositionable to find”sweet spot” if flow significantly changes
• Easily decomissionable and removable
• No divers required for installation
• Extractable runner for installation and safety of maintenance & inspection operations
• Surface platform provides highest degree of safety maintenance & inspection operations
• Surface platform provides stable operational surface for maintenance & inspection operations
• High degree of safety results in lower insurance rates
• No shut down cost associated with installation & startup
• Ultra competitive on cost/kw basis
• Start to finish turn key project in less than 12 months
• Install in remote locations
• Can be used for off grid generation
• Can be used for distributed generation
• Scalable for towns or villages
• Quick and easy to deploy in developing world
• Projects create local jobs
• Projects provide local technical training

Ocean⁺™

Advantages:
• Hydrokinetic pilot license process
• Marine life safe (fish survivability > 97%)
• Assemble multiple units into HTA
• Suspended from surface - no USACE Section 404
• No effect on water chemistry
• No effect on dissolved oxygen
• No effect on turbidity or clarity
• Easily repositionable to find”sweet spot” if flow significantly changes
• Easily decomissionable and removable
• Extractable runner for installation and safety of maintenance & inspection operations
• Surface platform provides highest degree of safety maintenance & inspection operations
• Surface platform provides stable operational surface for maintenance & inspection operations
• High degree of safety results in lower insurance rates
• Ultra competitive on cost/kw basis

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10. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

While people all over the world are wondering how future energy resources can keep up with dramatically increasing energy consumption and the resulting explosion in CO2 emissions, Vestas has based their strategy on making wind energy the preferred supplement to conventional energy sources. Not only for their own business reasons, but to a great extent for the sake of the environment and society.

Modern energy

With a 23 per cent market share, Vestas is the world’s leading supplier of modern energy solutions. They have installed more than 35,000 wind turbines in 63 countries on five continents. And they install an average of one wind turbine every four hours, twenty-four hours a day. In fact, their wind turbines generate more than 60 million MWh of energy a year – or enough electricity to supply millions of households. Over the past 25 years they have succeeded in improving the generator effect of our wind turbines by a factor of 100 – and they are still striving to do even better.

That is one of the reasons many say that Vestas is No. 1 in modern energy.

The Will to Win

No. 1 in Modern Energy is much more than a payoff. It is about new ways of thinking. It is about self-perception and the need and ability to create a strong culture that is moving in the right direction. A culture with committed and dynamic people who all have a burning desire to implement their strategy and achieve their goals, and who are prepared to compete on equal terms with the big multinational producers of conventional forms of energy. They have followed The Will to Win strategy since 2005 – and it will take them to the end of 2008.

Vision

As the market leader, Vestas has a responsibility to maintain and expand wind power and modern energy as a real supplement to oil and gas.

They know that wind cannot replace oil and gas. Vestas has always said: wind must go hand in hand with oil and gas to ensure the world’s rising energy consumption is also met in the future – without increasing the greenhouse gas emissions. The solution is not to generate energy at the expense of future generations. On the contrary, it is about covering demand without creating more pollution and waste.

The world has a choice, but time is running out.
Many people view nuclear energy and clean coal technology as sustainable alternatives because, like wind power, they do not emit greenhouse gases. But there are downsides to these resources too: Radioactive waste, high production cost and an enormous consumption of pure water – something already in short supply in many parts of the world. Wind power is a clean, stable and renewable source of energy. That is why Vestas would like wind power to be viewed on par with oil and gas. Wind power is the right choice.

Mission

As the market leader, Vestas has a big responsibility for initiating a new and sustainable agenda. It calls for quick and accurate decisions twenty-four hours a day, using our hearts and our minds.

At Vestas they always try to predict what might go wrong before it does. If a potential risk is already factored into a decision process, it will be manageable. By thinking in terms of risks, Vestas avoids making mistakes by thinking things through. One in three of the world’s wind turbines – or 35,000 in total – has been installed by Vestas. So that is a responsibility Vestas as a company needs to live up to.

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10. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

First Solar, Inc

First Solar has made the Promise of Thin Film a Reality and has become one of the fastest growing manufacturers of solar modules in the world.

Major Milestones

• First Solar was formed in 1999 and launched production of commercial products in 2002

• First Solar’s IPO took place on November 17, 2006; Common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol FSLR

• First Solar has achieved the lowest manufacturing cost per watt in the industry

• First Solar has long term module supply contracts in place with leading solar project developers for more than 3.4 gigawatts of PV modules through 2012

• First Solar has expanded manufacturing capacity to 277 MW in 2007; additional plants under construction will bring total capacity to 910 MW in 2009

• Average module conversion efficiency is 10.5% as of September 2007

• First Solar developed the first pre-funded module collection and recycling program in the PV industry

Products

First Solar FS Series PV Modules are designed for large scale, grid-connected solar power plants and are sold to leading solar project developers for use in commercial PV projects. First Solar application engineers provide full technical support and industry leading, comprehensive product documentation to our partners to ensure that systems are optimized for high performance and long term reliability.

FS Series Product Features

• Advanced thin film design produces high energy across a wide range of climatic conditions with excellent low light response and temperature coefficient
• Proven to perform as predicted with a high Performance Ratio (PR)
• Frameless laminate is robust, cost effective and recyclable
• Manufactured in highly automated state-of-the-art facilities certified to ISO9001:2000 quality and ISO14001:2004 environmental management standards
• Tested by leading US and European institutes and certified for reliability and safety:
  • Safety Class II Certified
  • Certified to IEC 61646
  • CE Mark
  • UL 1703

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10. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

REAL Housing Ltd.

In the United States:

2525 Arapahoe Ave Suite E-4
Boulder CO 80302
Contact: Hy Brown
+1 303 594 0775
E-mail: hy@realhousing.net

In Israel:

20/6 Aharon Boxer St.
Nes Ziyyona 74057
Contact: Shaul Amir
+972 52 802 2646
E-mail: shaul@realhousing.net
About the Company

REAL Housing Ltd. is an Israeli company committed to the development of affordable housing using renewable energy to power a sustainable future. Formed in 2007, REAL Housing combines advanced energy technology with innovative construction techniques to bring a fresh solution to the global community.

Their solutions are based on decades of experience in both the construction industry and the building energy research community. Two of the founders are affiliated with the University of Colorado. Many of the innovations grew from their experiences with the Solar Decathlon, an international competition to design and build small solar-powered homes. REAL Housing delivers these innovations to the global housing marketplace.

REAL Housing seeks to redefine affordability. Traditionally, affordable housing has been defined by low first cost to the homeowner. With growing environmental awareness and uncertainty in our energy future, low first cost is not enough. What good is an inexpensive house if the owner can’t afford its future? Their vision marries affordable construction and operating costs, using factory-built and energy-efficient designs, together with the environmental stewardship and energy security of solar energy systems. They build dreams that will be as affordable in the future as they are today.

The development of housing that is affordable and environmentally conscious is at the center of the company concept. However, the vision of REAL Housing does not end at the design and construction of leading-edge housing units. Starting with a base in Israel, REAL Housing is meeting the needs of a country that requires innovative housing solutions in a challenging physical environment. From this base, REAL Housing is putting in place partnerships that will expand its operations to meet the needs of communities around the world.

Designs

Their house design are based on modular and prefabricated construction. The spine, formed by conventional shipping containers, provides structure and life support. In each design, the spine comprises the kitchen, laundry, bathrooms, and equipment spaces. Behind the scene, it also includes the building electrical service and all plumbing and HVAC systems. You will notice that there is no plumbing, piping, or ductwork outside the spine. While their smallest homes use a single shipping container for the spine, the larger home designs combine two containers to allow larger kitchens and more bathrooms.

Living and bedroom spaces are attached to the spine. The layouts provide natural separate between the public spaces and the more private bedroom areas. The smallest home designs have two bedrooms and two bathrooms, with larger spaces and more rooms in the larger home designs.

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10. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

ZeaChem, Inc.

1490 O’Brien Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025

tel: (650) 543-8120
email: businessdevelopment@zeachem.com
ZeaChem, Inc. is developing a cellulose-based biorefinery platform producing either ethanol or a broad portfolio of other chemicals. ZeaChem’s indirect approach leap frogs the yield, capital and CO2 problems associated with traditional ethanol production practices and other potential cellulosic based ethanol processes. ZeaChem currently operates a pilot plant at its Menlo Park, CA laboratory.

Process Advantages

ZeaChem’s process combines biochemical and thermochemical platforms producing either ethanol or a broad portfolio of other chemicals. Utilizing a naturally occurring acetogen, found for example in termites, ZeaChem’s process fully utilizes all of carbon. Thus, the energy of all fractions of the biomass ends up in the product.

For every bone dry ton (BDT) of biomass, ZeaChem’s process will produce a theoretical maximum of 160 gallons of ethanol. Accounting for yield per acre, this is 3x more than corn based ethanol processes and ~1.5x more than either biological (enzymatic) processes or thermochemical (gasification) processes.

Technology Overview

ZeaChem’s innovative process was designed for high yield. The company is pioneering biorefinery technology using combinations of biochemical and thermochemical processing steps.

The biochemical processing step converts fermentable sugars in the cellulosic biomass into acetate, which is then recovered from the broth as an ester. The thermochemical processing step converts lignin and other non-fermentable materials in the cellulosic biomass into hydrogen. By combining these two streams in a hydrogenolysis reaction, ZeaChem produces ethanol. Unlike other processes, the Zeachem process uses all fractions of the plant - cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, giving it much higher yield.

Our approach allows both fermentable and non-fermentable fractions of the feedstock to contribute chemical energy to the ethanol product. Other approaches have theoretical restrictions that limit ethanol production to 60-100 gallons per dry ton of biomass. The ZeaChem technology will produce fifty percent more ethanol per ton of feed than the current best-in-class technology. Our higher yield dramatically improves process economics, allowing farmers to get more ethanol out of each acre of biomass crop.

Because the yield is so much higher and because energy integration is tighter, the ZeaChem process is friendlier to the environment. Ethanol produced by corn dry milling in the US has a net energy ratio of under 1.6, meaning that fewer than 1.6 units of renewable energy are produced for each unit of fossil energy used in the production the crops and conversion of the crops into fuel ethanol. In contrast, the ZeaChem technology enables a net energy ratio of 10-12. Such high values fundamentally change the nature of any policy debate on the environmental aspects of ethanol as a liquid transportation fuel.

The biochemical processing step can ferment any fermentable sugar, including simple sugars like those found in sugar cane juice, more complex sugars found in corn starch, and the mixed sugars commonly found in cellulosic hydrolyzates. Any material that isn’t readily fermented, such as lignin, can be processed via thermochemical means to produce hydrogen. The result is that the ZeaChem technology is highly flexibile and can be implemented anywhere in the world.

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