SOURCE: Green Energy Resources
June 19, 2007 06:51 ET
Green Energy Resources (GRGR) Positions for 30 New Biomass Plants Planned for the Northeast Biomass by 2010
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - June 19, 2007) - Green Energy Resources (PINKSHEETS: GRGR)
predicts $50 per ton biomass woodchip prices within the next twelve months.
The current US price level is between $25-32 per ton. Demand caused by the
25-30 new power plants planned in New England by 2010 does not include
industry, institutions, universities, hospitals or conversions from natural
gas, or cellulostic ethanol .Procurement of woodchips will be based on the
delivery capacity of suppliers not local prices for the first time in
history. Green Energy has been positioning in New England with rail and
port locations to meet the anticipated sector expansion.
Green Energy Resources mitigated risk management approach offers power
plants guarenteed supplies regardless of market or weather conditions.
Green Energy Resources recently obtained rights for over 1 million tons of
standing timber in the southeast US and has options on wood generated from
future hurricanes as well as its Urban Tree Certification System (UTCS).
Additionally Green Energy Resources is the only biomass supply company to
offer carbon offset credits through its own platform and has submitted an
application to trade and register the credits on the Chicago Climate
Exchange.
New power plants have mandatory requirements for supply contracts prior
to obtaining financing and permitting. The current situation is similar to
California in the 1970s. Then consultants indicated an abundance of supply
but failed to realize the number of competing regional plants would
exhaust supplies in a short period of time.This led to many plant
closures throughout California within a few years of their opening. A
nearly identical situation is developing throughout New England unless
woodchips are transported from beyond traditional limits.
The rush to build alternative power plants has been driven by the need to
create local energy reliability performance as a result of the 2004
blackout and the Northeast Regional Renewable Portfolio Standards(RPS)
enacted in 2006. Nine (9) New England states including Maryland and
Delaware comprise the regional greenhouse gas initiative that became
effective in 2007. The plan includes mandatory reliability standards in
eighty three categories now enforeceable by the North American Electric
reliability Corporation (NERC) under federal law with fines upto $1 million
for non performance.
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this
release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that may cause the companies' actual results in future
periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market conditions,
competitive factors, the ability to successfully complete additional
financings and other risks.