16. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

Metabolix, Inc.

21 Erie Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-583-1700
617-583-1768 fax

About
Metabolix is a public company, well through its transition from development stage to commercialization stage. Their vision is a sustainable future through biotechnology for bioplastics, fuels, and energy.

“We are creating a compelling, sustainable alternative to petrochemical materials, and have established a technology platform that will enable the widespread adoption of Mirel Bioplastics in the marketplace.”

They are meeting this new future using a business model that:

1. Focuses now on commercializing a broad and versatile range of Mirel bioplastics through the conversion of agricultural products such as sugars and oils using microbial biofactories; and

2. Is developing the ability to produce bioplastics directly in non-food crop plants, with economics that will enable bioplastics to serve as viable, sustainable alternatives to very large volume, general purpose plastics such as polystyrene, polyethylene, PET, and polypropylene, and to a variety of currently important industrial chemicals.

Metabolix Plant Team headed by
Dr. Kristi Snell

Commercializing Metabolix bioplastics products now via fermentation

The manufacture of Metabolix bioplastics using microorganisms to convert agricultural products such as sugars and vegetable oils, provides a very broad range of compositions with an equally broad range of properties. In November 2004, we announced formation of a strategic partnership with Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), one of the world’s largest agricultural products processors and industrial fermentors, to produce these bioplastics through fermentation.

Metabolix is taking several different approaches to commercializing its bioplastics, depending on the structure of the specific market. In cases where these materials are used directly and the market is highly concentrated, Metabolix intends to market its bioplastics directly and is building the organizational capability to do so. Where they are used in formulated products, where there is substantial art in their conversion to final form, where the market is highly fragmented, or where intimate familiarity with the technical needs of the marketplace and significant technical support are required, Metabolix will serve the market through specialist distributors or through partnerships with market leaders and specialist formulators/converters. In general, these partners are eager to offer products that provide differentiation from their competitors.

Bioplastics Made Directly in Plants

Global plastics consumption is enormous, with over 350 billion pounds consumed in 2003, and forecast to grow at over 5% annually to reach over 500 billion pounds in 2010. This means that global plastics consumption is growing by over 15 billion pounds per year today! Metabolix bioplastics made directly in plants offer the promise of a naturally produced, cost competitive, sustainable alternative to much of this material. Metabolix is targeting the production of these bioplastics in crops that can also provide energy based on the residual biomass. In this way, bioplastics gain benefit from the economies of scale associated with energy production, and biomass based energy is made economic by the high value bioplastics produced. This concept is the basis of the “Biomass Biorefinery” program, a $15 million program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, now in its fourth year, and Metabolix has also received support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Recently, Metabolix and British Petroleum announced a collaborative agreement to further progress this technology.

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16. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

United States EnviroFuels, LLC

10027 Water Works Lane
Riverview, FL 33569
(813) 425-5478

Email : info@usenvirofuels.com

About

U.S. EnviroFuels, LLC is a new, innovative alternative fuel corporation dedicated to providing Florida and the entire southeastern United States with the highest quality ethanol products available. The company is the founder and managing corporation for each subsidiary fuel ethanol plant established in Florida and throughtout southeastern U.S. Through our due diligent efforts, detailed plant site selection process, and superior project management, U.S. EnviroFuels, LLC will achieve their vision and help to improve the economy and the ecology of their region.

U.S. Envirofuels, LLC also hold an operational management services agreement for each subsidiary fuel ethanol plant. The goal of U.S. EnviroFuels, LLC is to ensure ethanol plant quality control, optimize process efficiency, and realize maximal yields of ethanol. The current members of U.S. EnviroFuels, LLC will act as directors in business management, commodity sourcing and marketing, engineering, and production technology.

U.S. EnviroFuels, LLC is comprised of a management team with diverse and highly complementary expertise, qualifications, and experience in the ethanol industry, investment strategy, commodity economics, ethanol fermentation and processing technology, mechanical engineering, WTE power plant systems, engineering of biological systems, and urban yard waste origination and processing. The Management Team includes: Bradley Krohn, President, Kevin Endres, Chief Operating Officer, Paul Hauck, Development Manager, Jeffrey Krohn, Risk Manager and Treasurer, and Thomas Kendall, Commodities Manager

United States EnviroFuels, LLC is an ethanol technology intellectual property company that is executing project development management, comprehensive permitting, total project financing, raw material sourcing, product marketing, and design, engineering and construction for planned, multiple fuel ethanol plants in Florida.

The company vision is threefold:

• Build zero effluent, environmentally-friendly, “green” ethanol plants which comply with all state and local emissions requirements in Florida.
• Help Florida reduce its heavy dependence on imported gasoline by building a Florida-based renewable fuel industry.
• Enhance the Florida economy through utilization of a variety of local, Florida feedstocks, including sugar-based streams, citrus pulp waste, green tomato discards, beverage waste, and urban yard waste, thereby minimizing commodity risk exposure.

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16. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

HelioVolt

HelioVolt Corporation
8201 E. Riverside Dr. Suite 600
Austin, Texas 78744-1604

Telephone: 512-767-6000

Overview

Solar power isn’t new. What’s new is commercializing solar products to the point of mass-market adoption. HelioVolt’s innovation is at the very core of this turning point for energy production. A high-speed and exceptionally flexible solution, HelioVolt’s FASST™ technology is the breakthrough to a new generation of customized photovoltaic products – high in quality, low in cost, seamlessly integrated into the buildings we live and work in every day.

Technology - Thin Film CIGS

Sidestepping a dependence on costly silicon, Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) is inherently nature’s best solar-absorbing material. Leading the way for cost- and performance-efficient solar power-generation, CIGS offers a number of key benefits:

• Thinner is better: Calling for a layer 100 times thinner than conventional silicon solar systems, CIGS material efficiencies drive down costs. In fact, a few dollars’ worth of CIGS raw ingredients can deliver the same power as a hundred dollars’ worth of silicon wafers. Manufactured with HelioVolt’s FASST™ technology, our products deliver a comparable performance to multi-crystalline silicon. They also bypass the costly assembly of cells made of silicon, and certain other thin films, into modules.

• Best performance: CIGS is the most durable and efficient thin-film material to replace silicon for solar systems.

• Long life: Weather-resistant and robust, with lifespan and warranties equivalent to silicon.

• Seamless: Our thin-film CIGS can be printed directly onto a variety of construction materials, creating energy-generating building products. Think of it as one-step solar.

Technology - FASST

What sets HelioVolt apart is their award-winning manufacturing process, FASST™. Like its name implies, they’ve developed the fastest and most cost-effective technology for printing thin-film CIGS on the market today. 10 to 100 times faster than current processes, HelioVolt’s FASST™ method manufactures a photovoltaic thin film that is 100 times thinner than traditional silicon. The potential: new landscapes wrapped in solar skin. Customizable to architectural design. Aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

• Rapid and revolutionary: Their patented solar “printing” process is a high-speed, large-area method for manufacturing silicon-free thin-film photovoltaics for commercial-scale production. Many times faster than other thin-film technologies, the real advantage of FASST™ is its unique ability to nano-engineer solar thin films.

• Flexible and customizable: HelioVolt can print directly onto multiple construction materials – glass, steel, metal, composites and some polymers. Mindful of architectural aesthetics, our method enables customization in a range of shapes and sizes. The market opportunity: a new breed of seamlessly solarized building materials, architectural modules and building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products – what we call PV “power buildings.”

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16. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

Windsave Ltd.

10 LambhillQuadrant
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1SB

Tel: +44(0) 141 420 7400
Fax: +44(0) 141 4207401

Email:info@windsave.com

About

Windsave Ltd., established in 2002, is a dynamic Scottish company within the Renewable Energy sector. They are focused on developing micro generation solutions for domestic and commercial properties. The Windsave System is a small wind turbine generator system, which uses low wind speeds to create electricity.

The Windsave System uses our unique technology, which generates electricity supplementary to the national grid supply, reducing reliance on traditional energy sources; benefiting the environment, and helping to lower domestic electricity bills and CO2 emissions.

Many people have the desire to protect the environment; the challenge for Windsave from the beginning has been to turn that desire into action. Their aim is to enable householders, commercial enterprises and local authorities to move from being mere consumers of energy to becoming important contributors to overall energy requirements.

Their technology has been fully and independently tested by the National Engineering Laboratory and is fully accredited by the DTI under the Low Carbon Building Programme (formerly known as The Clear Skies Programme).

Windsave Technology

The Windsave WS1200 is a revolutionary micro-wind turbine system, designed to supplement the supply of electricity drawn from the National Grid.

The WS1200 is a grid-connected system.  Its unique design allows the system to connect directly into the ring main of the property via a fused spur outlet.  This enables less electricity to be drawn from the National Grid when the WS1200 is generating power, which can result in reduced electricity bills from your utility supplier.

The WS1200 is a wall-mounted micro-wind turbine system which uses specifically designed anti-vibration bracketry, and is professionally installed by our Windsave trained, nominated and Government accredited installers.

The WS1200 system is suitable for domestic and commercial premises and can be utilized in both rural and urban settings.

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16. May 2008 by Mykel Pereira.

Reva Electric Car Company

REVA REVAlation Point
# 38, Maini Sadan, 7th cross, Lavelle Road, Bangalore-560001
Phones: +91 - 080 - 22271146, 22271151

REVA Electric Car Company
122 E Bommasandra Industrial Area, Hosur Road,
Bangalore-562158
Phones: +91-080-27831996/9
Fax : +91-080-27834436

About REVA Electric Car Company Private Ltd (RECC)

The vision of RECC is to establish a tradition of excellence and leadership in environment friendly urban transportation by offering the best value and highest quality electric vehicles for city mobility.

About the REVA
The REVA is India’s first electric vehicle and was launched on May 11, 2001 after seven years of R&D and hailed as the most innovative and high technology product of the year. Over 1000 parts were designed using Pro/Engineer and the entire development was digitally executed in-house making the REVA 95% indigenous. RECC received ISO 9001:2000 Certification by the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in August 2002.

REVA requires extremely low maintenance because of the minimum number of moving parts and the latest on-board diagnostic tools that store three years data and enable prompt service. This enhances efficiency, performance and high degree of reliability. Two on-board computers are provided for Energy Management and Data Acquisition for quick diagnostics and extend range by 15 % and battery life by 25%. RECC incorporates the latest in EV technology and cost effective manufacturing processes making REVA commercially viable at an offer price significantly less than that of EVs globally. REVA’s current models offer a top speed of 65 kmph and a range of 80 Km, thus ideally suited for today’s city mobility. REVA is easy to drive and most ideal for “stop-start” traffic conditions without a clutch and gear. It has a small turning radius making it easy to maneuver and park. 

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