Evergreen Energy to Establish Venture with WPG Resources to Develop and Commercialize K-Fuel in Australia
February 02 2011 - 3:15AM
Business Wire
Evergreen Energy Inc. (NYSE Arca:EEE) has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture with WPG Resources
(ASX:WPG) to jointly develop and commercialize K-Fuel®, Evergreen’s
coal upgrading technology, throughout Australia. In addition, WPG
Resources invested $2 million into the company’s previously
announced $16.0 million private placement transaction.
“We are very pleased to announce this mutually beneficial joint
venture agreement with WPG Resources,” stated Ilyas Khan, Executive
Chairman of Evergreen. “Not only will this partnership with WPG
enable us to dramatically accelerate the timeline to establish a
prominent foothold in this important market, but we have found in
WPG a partner who shares our objectives with respect to the
upgrading of coal in the Pacific Basin region. We look forward to
working in tandem with WPG who has both the underlying resources in
the form of extensive coal deposits, and the infrastructure to
further our efforts in developing K-Fuel into value for both our
companies. Our new venture establishes a focused presence on the
Asian markets where we believe the conditions for adopting the
K-Fuel technology are most attractive.”
Khan added, “The joint venture is expected to be a very valuable
company in its own right. The long-term buoyant nature of demand
for coal from India, China, Japan and Korea is an established
reality that our joint venture will serve. WPG is a growing and
ambitious company in the natural resource area and in them we have
found a top-class partner.”
Bob Duffin, Chairman of WPG Resources, stated, “We are excited
to be partnering with Evergreen Energy on implementing its K-Fuel
technology for the Asian markets. The value K-Fuel brings forth
will provide us with innovative coal upgrading applications to meet
stringent environmental standards and increase energy output. The
value of our coal resources will be enhanced very substantially
through the upgrading process and we look forward to working with
our existing partners and customers in and around the Pacific Basin
region. This has been in line with our long-term strategy,
previously articulated on a number of occasions, and I look forward
to working with Ilyas and his team.”
WPG Resources
WPG Resources (ASX: WPG), is an Australian ASX listed mineral
resources company with advanced iron ore and coal exploration
projects located in South Australia. Its flagship project, Peculiar
Knob, is almost fully permitted and development funding is in
place. For further information, visit www.wpgresources.com.au.
Evergreen Energy Inc.
Evergreen Energy Inc. (NYSE Arca: EEE) has developed two proven,
proprietary, patented, and transformative green technologies:
K-Fuel® and the GreenCert™ suite of software and services. K-Fuel
technology significantly improves the performance of low-rank
coals, yielding higher efficiency and lowering emissions.
GreenCert, which is owned exclusively by Evergreen, is a
science-based, scalable family of environmental intelligence
solutions that quantify process efficiency and greenhouse gas
emissions from energy, industrial and agricultural sources and may
be used to create verifiable emission reduction credits. Visit
www.evgenergy.com for more information.
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