FERNDALE,
WASHINGTON--(Marketwire - Dec. 1, 2009) - Sea 2 Sky Corporation, (OTCBB:SSKY) a
development-stage Renewable Bio-Energy Company is pleased to announce that it
will be attending the Bio-Power Technical Strategy Workshop sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The workshop takes place in Denver, CO on
December 2-3, 2009. The purpose of the workshop is to address issues such as
the benefits and opportunities related to Bio-Power production, techno-economic
hurdles, conversion technologies and processes, sustainability, and policies.
The Biomass Program will use the results of the workshop to inform strategic
planning and help map future research and development priorities in the area of
sustainable Bio-Power.
The workshop will bring
together industry and other experts in the Bio-Power field to discuss some of
the key issues for expanding the use of Bio-Power in the United States and the
potential role of the Federal government. The information gained will provide
guidance for future OBP Bio-Power program elements.
Technologies for discussion
include: gasification, pyrolysis, mass burn, torrefaction, co-firing, combined
heat and power (CHP), and re-purposed pulp and paper plants. Potential
feedstocks of interest include wood (woody crops, wood byproducts, wood
residues such as forestry thinnings, pulp mill wastes, wood pellets, wood from
sorted MSW, such as wood pallets); other suitable bioderived MSW streams; and
agricultural residues such as crop residues. Five tracks are proposed:
- Feedstocks for Bio-Power
- Large Scale Systems
- Smaller Scale Systems
- Pretreatment Technologies
- Market Transformation
For more information please
visit http://obpbiopower.govtools.us/
About Sea 2 Sky Corporation
Sea 2 Sky Corporation is
headquartered in a HUB zone in Ferndale, WA. Sea 2 Sky Corporation is a
development-stage Renewable Bio-Energy Company focused on delivering
alternative energy solutions to Fortune 1000 companies, governmental agencies
and countries around the globe. The Company intends to secure the largest
concentration of biomass material globally and is backed by a "Special Category
Minority Business" which will enable it to compete effectively in a
substantially growing market. Sea 2 Sky is positioning itself strategically
with alternative energy suppliers of renewable biomass energy products to
secure and develop long-term supply contracts. It is planning to create a
consistent specification that the target markets require to fulfill their
energy needs in environmentally sound manufacturing facilities. More
information about the Company may be found at www.sea2skyenergy.com
About Special Category
Businesses and HUB Zones
The US government has created
various incentive programs for certain demographic and minority based
businesses in the institutional marketplace to compete with mandates of up to
23% of the US Federal Procurement Budget of $425 Billion for a total market
window of $97 Billion. Within these mandates, requirements have been
established to provide a strategic plan to have 3% mandated purchase
requirements for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) from
the Federal US Budget. Businesses located on a HUB zone are eligible for
Federal contracting preferences with the government having a further 3% for
contract set-asides to HUB zone-certified companies. Furthermore, small
businesses are eligible for Federal contracting preferences with the government
having up to a further 13% for contract set-asides to small business companies.
Businesses owned and operated by Native Americans are eligible for Federal
contracting preferences with the government having a further 5% for contract
set-asides.
Notice regarding
forward-looking statements
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forward-looking statements that may be subject to various risks and
uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the
"safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and may include statements regarding our future financial
performance or results of operations, including expected revenue growth. Unless
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revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise after the date of this press release. Additional
information concerning risks and uncertainties that would cause actual results
to differ materially from those projected or suggested in the forward-looking
statements can be found in the reports that we have filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.