HD VayuGrid Signs MOU for Biofuel Cluster in Ethiopia CR Distributed by Contify.com WC 393 words PD 19 November 2012 SN India Energy News SC ATENER LA English CY Copyright © 2012. Contify.com LP New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- VayuGrid, a biofuel supply chain company based in Bangalore, has signed a MOU to create a biofuel cluster around its VayuSap, an elite, high-yield Pongamia, in Ethiopia Africa. The cluster will create a $2.5M biofuel investment opportunity and is part of a larger government plan to develop a biofuel park in Ethiopia. This park is a critical step to reduce the country's commitment of 87% of free cash on imported crude while at the same time creating local job opportunities and an ecosystem of value added businesses. Phase 1 is a 2,000 plus acre footprint under a collaborative model involving the participation of a local partner bringing in land and labour, investors putting the capital and VayuGrid providing the IP and downstream contracts, thereby creating a sustainable and replicable business model. TD The long term goal is to create biofuel cluster and replicate a certain scale of footprint in 100,000 acres. During a recently concluded roadshow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Doctor Abera Deressa, former state minister for Agriculture, indicated that Pongamia tree products can be an important factor in community development and environmental protection. VayuGrid's IP in elite Pongamia combines high-yield plant technology along with customised practices to ensure economic returns that assure such biofuel parks are financially sustainable to governments and investors. Also, management of these plantations can be Page 1 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. carried out by local labour, as it does not call for highly skilled labour. And being extremely amenable to a hybrid model of people and mechanisation, it presents local entrepreneurs with an opportunity to establish an ecosystem around the biofuel plantation that is both sustainable and long term. "VayuGrid is bringing together local and global businesses that are dependent on crude and looking for ways to hedge against currency fluctuations while ensuring a predictable supply of green energy," said Doug Peterson, CEO, VayuGrid. "Our biofuel clusters ensure a sustainable biofuel supply for downstream markets and high returns for governments, land owners and investors." Ethiopia was chosen strategically based on the economics and agriculture. Its large land bank of arid and unproductive land lends itself perfectly to creating a green energy supply base for local and global markets over the next 60 years. Images, graphs or charts, if any, have been removed IN i1 : Energy NS genv : Environmental News | gcat : Political/General News RE ethpa : Ethiopia | africaz : Africa | dvpcoz : Developing Economies | eafrz : East Africa PUB Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd. AN Document ATENER0020121119e8bj000b5 Page 2 of 440 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. HD Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Herbal Formulation for Prevention and Treatment of Diastema and Process for Preparation Thereof' Filed by Manisha Naval Singh Jamara WC 186 words PD 19 November 2012 SN Indian Government News SC HTINGN LA English CY Copyright 2012. HT Media Limited. All rights reserved. LP MUMBAI, India, Nov. 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (991/DEL/2010 A) filed by Manisha Naval Singh Jamara, Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh, on April 26, 2010, for a 'herbal formulation for prevention and treatment of diastema and process for preparation thereof.' The application for the patent - which was invented by Manisha Naval Singh Jamara - was published on Oct. 19, under issue no. 42/2012. TD According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides a formulation for the prevention/curing/treatment of diastema in mammals and animals by administering an effective amount of a composition comprising of an extract from at least one plant selected from Jatropha spp., Azadirachta indica, Acacia nelotica, Achyranthus aspera, Commiphora myrrha and Pongamia pinnata and a combination thereof. The invention also provides a process for preparing the same." 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SE BUSINESS HD (Attn.editors: The following press release comes to you under WC 530 words PD 19 November 2012 SN Press Trust of India SC PRTRIN LA English CY Copyright 2012. The Press Trust of India Limited. LP an arrangement with PR Newswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) VayuGrid Signs MOU for Biofuel Cluster in Ethiopia BANGALORE, November 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Starting With a 2,000 Plus Acre, the Long Term Goal is to Create a Cluster of 1,00,000 Acres Under a Collaborative Model VayuGrid, a biofuel supply chain company based in Bangalore, has signed a MOU to create a biofuel cluster around its VayuSap(TM), an elite, high-yield Pongamia, in Ethiopia Africa. TD The cluster will create a $2.5M biofuel investment opportunity and is part of a larger government plan to develop a biofuel park in Ethiopia. This park is a critical step to reduce the country's commitment of 87% of free cash on imported crude while at the same time creating local job opportunities and an ecosystem of value added businesses. Phase 1 is a 2,000 plus acre footprint under a collaborative model involving the participation of a local partner bringing in land and labour, investors putting the capital and VayuGrid providing the IP and downstream contracts, thereby creating a sustainable and replicable business model. The long term goal is to create biofuel cluster and replicate a certain scale of footprint in 100,000 acres. During a recently concluded roadshow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Doctor Abera Deressa, former state minister for Agriculture, indicated that Pongamia tree products can be an important factor in community development and environmental protection. VayuGrid's IP in elite Pongamia combines high-yield plant technology along with customised Page 5 of 440 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. practices to ensure economic returns that assure such biofuel parks are financially sustainable to governments and investors. Also, management of these plantations can be carried out by local labour, as it does not call for highly skilled labour. And being extremely amenable to a hybrid model of people and mechanisation, it presents local entrepreneurs with an opportunity to establish an ecosystem around the biofuel plantation that is both sustainable and long term. "VayuGrid is bringing together local and global businesses that are dependent on crude and looking for ways to hedge against currency fluctuations while ensuring a predictable supply of green energy," said Doug Peterson, CEO, VayuGrid. "Our biofuel clusters ensure a sustainable biofuel supply for downstream markets and high returns for governments, land owners and investors." Ethiopia was chosen strategically based on the economics and agriculture. Its large land bank of arid and unproductive land lends itself perfectly to creating a green energy supply base for local and global markets over the next 60 years. About VayuGrid- VayuGrid Marketplace Services Pvt Ltd is a Bangalore based company focused on building biofuel supply chain around Elite Pongamia and has developed elite planting material branded VayuSap(TM), which are more superior to "ordinary" Pongamia in precocity, yield, disease resistance and specific biochemical products of industrial value. VayuGrid is focusing its efforts on supplying VayuSap(TM) for building BioEnergy Plantations in markets such as Asia, Africa and the Middle East. www.vayugrid.com [http://www.vayugrid.com] Primary Media Contact: Latha Chandradeep, [email protected], 91-80-42084016. Source: Vayugrid Marketplace Services Pvt Ltd. PRN VSS RE ethpa : Ethiopia | banga : Bangalore | karna : Karnataka | africaz : Africa | asiaz : Asia | bric : BRIC Countries | devgcoz : Emerging Market Countries | dvpcoz : Developing Economies | eafrz : East Africa | india : India | indsubz : Indian Subcontinent | sasiaz : Southern Asia PUB Press Trust Of India Limited AN Document PRTRIN0020121119e8bj003kg Page 6 of 440 © 2014 Factiva, Inc. All rights reserved. HD Indian VayuGrid, Ethiopia sign MOU on biofuel cluster creation WC 195 words PD 19 November 2012 SN SeeNews Renewables SC ADPREN LA English CY © 2012. SeeNews. All Rights Reserved. www.seenews.com LP (SeeNews) - Nov 19, 2012 - Indian biorefinery supply chain company VayuGrid today said it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the government of Ethiopia to create a biofuel cluster in the country. A local partner will provide land and labour, investors will supply the capital and VayuGrid