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$ECTH began as a family of private companies in British Columbia, Canada, which have been developing since 1991. Through private transactions, common (voting) shares have been sold to raise operating capital. However, the Company’s four primary founders, who are also the Company’s Directors and officers, represent majority ownership.
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$ECTH , The U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) projects that Grid-connected renewable generating capacity will continue to grow over the next 25 years. The EIA further projects that over the next 25 years (by 2035), the role of fossil fuel in providing energy will fall from 84% to 78%, and renewable energy sources will supply in excess of 14% of the nation’s total consumption.
$ECTH Factors contributing to a global shift towards renewable energy sources include:
The cost of fossil fuel has been generally rising and is likely to continue to rise in the future.
Many countries, including the U.S., depend on foreign resources for a majority of their domestic energy needs. Concerns over political and economic instability in some of the leading energy producing regions of the world are encouraging consuming countries to diversify their sources of energy.
Environmental concerns regarding the by-products of fossil fuels have led many countries and several US states to agree to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases associated with the use of fossil fuels and to adopt policies promoting the development of cleaner technologies.
Many countries have adopted policies to provide government incentives for the development and use of renewable energy sources, such as subsidies to encourage the commercialization of renewable energy power generation.
In many parts of the world, the existing electricity infrastructure is insufficient to meet projected, and in some places, existing demand.
ECTH - 80 BILLION!! Thats HUGE 'Pastor Phil'
$ECTH Studies show that fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are used to generate over 60% of the world’s electricity (over 84% in the U.S.). However, a variety of factors are contributing to the increasing development of renewable energy systems that capture energy from replenishable natural resources such as wind, sunlight, water, and especially biomass.
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$ECTH Several governments have enacted subsidies and incentives designed to encourage the development of renewable energy resources. Government subsidies and incentives generally focus on grid-connected systems and take several forms, including tariff subsidies, renewable portfolio standards, rebates, tax incentives and low interest loans.
Under a tariff subsidy, the government sets price subsidies to be paid to electricity producers for renewable electricity generated.
Several governments facilitate low interest loans for renewable energy systems.
The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 enables owners of biomass facilities in the US to receive federal tax credits; and authorizes $800 million of new clean renewable energy bonds to finance facilities that generate electricity from renewable energy sources.
Oregon enacted the Business Energy Tax Credit Program which provides companies that invest in renewable-energy capital projects in the state an income tax credit of up to 50% of the first $20.0 million of capital costs.
The adoption by governments of limits on carbon dioxide emissions and targets for renewable energy production has spurred a market for trading of surplus carbon credits and renewable energy certificates.
Many countries and other local jurisdictions have established limits on carbon dioxide emissions (i.e., the Kyoto Protocol). The country, locality or companies within the jurisdiction are given carbon emission allowances, or “carbon credits”, which represent the right to emit a specific amount of carbon dioxide. If these limits are exceeded, that entity must purchase unused carbon credits from another entity. Thus, this adoption has spurred a market for trading of surplus carbon credits – a profitable scenario for those entities with reduced emissions due to renewable energy utilization.
ECTH - Next few days this board will come alive as traders and Investors become aware of how big the news is! Very rear to see that kind of contract 55 Million $$$ WOW!!
$ECTH The U.S. Department of Energy is issuing over $200 million in requests from industry for small biomass projects, and another $80 Billion for larger federal institutional procurement.
Governments across this continent and around the world are enacting legislation to increase the consumption of electricity that is generated from today’s renewable energy resources, such as:
wind (wind turbines),
flowing water (hydro-electricity),
tidal & water current (ocean-flow), and
thermal consumption of biomass, which includes forestry and agricultural wastes, residues and refuse-derived fuel (RDF).
$ECTH During February 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“AARA”) was signed into law, providing significant new Federal funding, loan guarantees, and tax credits to stimulate investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
During 2009, President Barack Obama endorsed an energy bill which, if passed, would federally mandate utilities to increase their use of renewable energies. A renewable energy standard would be created in the New Energy for America Plan, requiring 10 percent of the country’s electricity to be derived from renewable sources by 2012 and 25 percent by 2025.
Many states within the US have already established their own benchmark requirements to diversify their energy sources and offset carbon emissions. As of April 2010, 36 U.S. states representing more than 50% of the country’s electricity sales established Renewable Portfolio Standards (“RPS”) requiring utilities to adhere to a specific percentage renewable energy sources by a specified date.
ECTH Recent Quartly report
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$ECTH Global demand for electric power is expected to grow at a an average rate of approximately 3% per year, which means that the current demand will double during the next 20 years to approximately 237 billion Megawatts, according to the EIA’s high growth forecast.
$$ECTH: Financial Projections:
Five Plant Scenario
ecoTECH intends to break ground during 2011 and have its first Power Station and torrefied briquette production
facility completed at full capacity by 2013, with four (4) more similar plants completed by 2015. Combined, these
facilities could produce in excess of 1.5 million Megawatts electricity and 1 million tons green-fuel annually. The
estimated capital requirements, assumptions used, and 6 year financial projections are summarized below:
Capital Requirements: Five(5) combined plants, each including one 36MW Power Station and one 200,000 ton
torrefied briquette plant.
P&L Projection (5 Combined Plants fully operating - 2015)
Revenue - Electricity $ 214,555,000
Revenue - Briquettes 178,956,000
Gross Revenue 393,511,000
Cost of Goods: Raw mat’l 128,822,000
MFG OH 20,388,000
Gross Profit 244,301,000 62%
Operating Expenses 44,208,000 11%
EBITDA 200,093,000 51%
EBIT 172,376,000 44%
EBT 129,442,000 33%
Net Inc ome* $ 8 4 , 1 3 7 , 0 0 0 21%
*assumes 35% tax rate
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$ECTH The EU and other countries now legally mandate the use of biomass sources of energy for domestic and industrial use. Wood pellet / briquette biomass (green-fuel) is the most accepted and feasible source of this energy and demand for wood briquettes in Europe is forecast to increase up to ten-fold from the current 7.5 million tons to as much as 75 million tons by 2020 - a current dollar market increase from $1.725 billion to $17.25 billion. ecoTECH’s torrefied briquettes (Green Fuel) eliminate the problems inherent in standard wood pellets and are compatible with most coal handling and processing systems. ecoTECH is strategically positioned to take advantage of this growing market niche with substantial long term wood fiber biomass supply MOUs and contracts in place as well as more being developed.
$ECTH Coal is under particular scrutiny as power plants utilizing this type of fuel emit twice as much CO2 than gas, threatening to worsen climate change. As well, coal is an abundant and reliable source of energy for many countries and currently represents one-third of total electricity production in Europe (Poland is 92% dependent on coal for electricity and Germany around 50%, according to the Commission). Coal is therefore likely to remain an important component of the EU’s energy mix for the foreseeable future, with efforts also being made outside Europe to “clean up” the fuel, especially in China and the US, which are home to the world’s largest reserves. Now coal-fuelled power producers are turning to “green-fuel” biofuel to meet their targeted emissions reduction.
The ECTH Interview can be listened to here :
AUSTIN, Texas, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with ecoTECH Energy Group Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ECTH), headquartered in Seattle, WA, is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/6-13-12-smallcapvoice-interview-with-ecotech-energy-group-inc-otcbb-ecth
$$ECTH: Key Investment Considerations:
ecoTECH’s projects are designed to fulfill corporate, investor and earth friendly requirements and we are deploying
our various technologies, large manufacturing equipment, and abundant feed-stock resources to achieve these
objectives through the following means:
Technology: During the past 30 years, the Company has developed and refined its proprietary thermal gasification
technology to create clean-burning waste-to-energy cogeneration Power Stations which would provide optimal
revenue performance, correct volumetric fuel flow systems and minimum environmental impact. This combined
heat and power (CHP) technology produces electricity, which can be channelled to utilities and end-users via the
Grid, and heat which can be used to fuel torrefied biomass briquette manufacturing facilities, allowing for a “greenfuel”
offering and related revenue stream. Additionally, ecoTECH has acquired the licensing rights to adjunct
technologies (hydroponic harvesting, aquaculture, cold storage, etc.) which, when requested, can be coupled with
the power stations to provide cost-effective solutions for rural community needs.
Equipment: The Company’s technology has been developed and fine-tuned via initial prototypes created through
private funding and tested in ecoTECH’s lab facilities in Langley, BC. ecoTECH is currently in discussions with
external engineering firms for independent testing and feasibility studies. Commercial scale manufacturing
equipment will be constructed upon obtaining additional capital funding through debt and equity financing. Third
party technologies/applications identified for use by the Company have been tested and currently exist in
commercial environments.
Bio-mass Resources: The Company is establishing itself in the supply chain marketplace by establishing long-term
agreements for sources of woody biomass with land owners; tree farm license (“TFL”) holders; First Nations bands
in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada; and Native Americans in Montana, U.S. Currently, contracts and/or letters
of intent have been secured from two North American sources which account for multiple-year fiber supply in
excess of 1.5 million tons biomass feedstock per year.
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ECTH
Many countries and other local jurisdictions have established limits on carbon dioxide emissions (i.e., the Kyoto Protocol). The country, locality or companies within the jurisdiction are given carbon emission allowances, or “carbon credits”, which represent the right to emit a specific amount of carbon dioxide. If these limits are exceeded, that entity must purchase unused carbon credits from another entity. Thus, this adoption has spurred a market for trading of surplus carbon credits – a profitable scenario for those entities with reduced emissions due to renewable energy utilization.
$ECTH The current coal power industry remains the top power producer in the world due to the abundance of supply and low cost of production. As environmental concerns regarding emissions from coal burning power plants move towards more stringent requirements, the coal industry faces challenges in adapting their operations to meet these requirements.
With proven technology, project development and management, $ECTH is positioned to grow exponentially to meet this unprecedented market opportunity.
ECTH - In the interview, Mr. Ferguson went over the business model and market for the company. He also went over the news for the company including the multimillion dollar contract from one of Canada's largest supermarket chains announced Today via the PR this morning
ECTH - A New Audio Interview with Terry J. Ferguson Executive VP of Business Development and Director of ecoTECH Energy Group, Inc., is now at SmallCapVoice.com
PR Newswire
AUSTIN, Texas, June 14, 2012
AUSTIN, Texas, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with ecoTECH Energy Group Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ECTH), headquartered in Seattle, WA, is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/6-13-12-smallcapvoice-interview-with-ecotech-energy-group-inc-otcbb-ecth
ECTH - ecoTECH Will Provide "Beyond Organic" Vegetables and Fish With Power Generated With a "Net Zero Carbon Emissions" Combined Heat and Power Station
$ECTH Qualifying renewable sources are wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, marine and hydrokinetic energy, biogas and biofuels derived exclusively from eligible biomass, landfill gas, wastewater-treatment gas, coal-mine methane, hydropower projects built after 1992, and waste-to-energy projects including municipal solid waste (MSW).
ECTH - With the Importance of Renewable energy these days, they do have the ability to capitulate many renewable energy markets.
$ECTH ecoTECH’s CHP Bio-Energy division is poised to take advantage of the growing demand and infrastructure for renewable energy sources. In the US, the Climate Bill currently being pushed would create a Renewable Energy Standard (“RES”) that would require large utilities in each state to produce an increasing percentage of their electricity from renewable sources.
$ECTH In “An Energy Policy for Europe”, published by the Commission of the European Communities, it is said that “for 2050 and beyond, the switch to low carbon in the European energy system should be completed, with an overall European energy mix that could include large shares for renewables, sustainable coal and gas”.
ECTH - Has sooo many good things going on for them! They are on the verge of much much Higher highs going forward here. This mornins news is HUGE! I like this part of your post here
The ability to manufacture and transport biomass products introduces a new source of energy for industry, institutions, and isolated communities. With the advent of global warming and accompanying government mandated environmental initiatives, there is also an opportunity for ecoTECH Energy Group to obtain carbon credits for developing biomass processing facilities. These renewable energy incentives encourage sustainable, environmentally-friendly and naturally occurring fuel alternatives from biomass.
$ECTH In the U.S., it is projected that 250 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity will be required between 2009 and 2035; of this capacity, 37 percent will come from renewable energy sources. Nonhydro-electric renewable generation will account for 41 percent of the growth in total electricity generation from 2008 to 2035. Power generated from biomass is expected to grow from 0.9 percent in 2008 to 5.5 percent in 2035. A large portion of this increase comes from increased co-firing – a process in which biomass is mixed with coal in coal-firing plants.
$ECTH World-wide growth in the renewable energy industry is set to reach more than USD $250 billion by the year 2017. In 2007, the biofuels market reached $25.4 billion globally, 40 percent of which came from the U.S. Hence, there is approximately $225 billion of market opportunity over the next seven years.
Worldwide initiatives are pushing the energy sector towards renewable sources of energy and fuel. This industry is still in its infancy and is expected to enjoy a very long period of exponential growth before any market shakedown or consolidation will occur.
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People have not cought on to it yet... once it soaks in this will fly!! Will deff. be on peoples radars tonight
THIS IS HUGE!
$ECTH Bulk Biomass Opportunity - Torrefied Wood Pellets
When sawing wood into building products, shavings or waste wood is produced as a byproduct (i.e., saw dust). Left alone it degrades, releasing some of the stored carbon and methane into the atmosphere as greenhouse gases, and eventually it returns to soil. While degrading, it also is easily ignites and burns becoming a contributor to air pollution. In the 1970’s, an idea was born to harness the energy in this wood waste in a controlled manner to produce heat as well as electricity. Machinery was developed to densify sawdust into a form (pellets) which burned cleaner and was more easily transported; thus reducing pollution and providing a more cost-effective transportation.
The ability to manufacture and transport biomass products introduces a new source of energy for industry, institutions, and isolated communities. With the advent of global warming and accompanying government mandated environmental initiatives, there is also an opportunity for ecoTECH Energy Group to obtain carbon credits for developing biomass processing facilities. These renewable energy incentives encourage sustainable, environmentally-friendly and naturally occurring fuel alternatives from biomass.
China is relatively rich in biomass energy resources. Five billion tons of biomass could be produced in the country annually (700 million tons of it is from the agricultural sector alone). In rural China, biomass energy consumption represents about 70% of production.
Biomass energy is the only source that has both the property and characteristics of fossil fuel, which means that it can be stored, renewed and transferred. It is less limited by natural conditions. According to where it is found, biomass energy can be correlated to forest biomass, agricultural biomass and aquatic biomass. It can be divided into one-time energy resource and two-times energy resource in the forming process. The former refers to various forest, agricultural crops, grass and aquatic plants that are from photosynthesis. The later refers to biomass energy that is produced indirectly, including animal manure, multiple organic waste, organic waste water, effluent sludge as well as other organic wastes formed in industry and agriculture processing. All this matter contains abundant energy.
The biomass energy resource has many advantages such as greater resource capacity, lower price, less sulphur composition, less ash content and the feature of renewability. However, it also has some unfavorable aspects such as higher water content, lower unit thermal output, large volume, decentralized resource and unsuitable for collection, storage and transportation. These disadvantages can be overcome with proper planning and application of technology. Biomass resources can be used efficiently.
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$ECTH Bio-Char: A remarkable ability of bio-char (also torrefied biomass) is it's performance as an agricultural growth catalyst. In this application, often called “terra preta,” the biocarbon is neither a nutrient nor a fertilizer yet it enhances plant growth by 30% to 300%. Even more remarkable, the carbon is not consumed, and thus has to be applied only once. The growth promotion takes place from the absorbent carbon acting as a slow-release agent for nutrients and fertilizers and/or host for soil microbes. The end result is more food production The biocarbon placed in the ground is sequestered and becomes carbon negative.
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$ECTH Activated Carbon: Another application of biocarbon is the conversion of the biocarbon to activated biocarbon(i.e., activated carbon from biomass) through torrefication. Activated carbon is a traditional technology for air and water treatment. However, the “new science” of activated biocarbon is an exciting opportunity to produce renewable environmental products that are in many ways superior to their current fossil fuel based competitor products . The resulting beneficial property of activated carbon is its unique ability to trap trace contaminants is its porous structure and huge surface area.
$$ECTH: Introduction to Bioenergy
Bioenergy is energy contained in living or recently living biological organisms, a definition which specifically excludes fossil fuels. Plants get bioenergy through photosynthesis, and animals get it by consuming plants. Organic material containing bioenergy is known as biomass. Humans can use this biomass in many different ways, through something as simple as burning wood for heat, or as complex as genetically modifying bacteria to create cellulosic ethanol. Since almost all bioenergy can be traced back to energy from sunlight, bioenergy has the major advantage of being a renewable energy source. However, it is important that bioenergy be harnessed in a sustainable fashion.
A specific plant or substance used for bioenergy is called a feedstock. Feedstocks are usually converted into a more easily usable form, usually a liquid fuel.
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$ECTH Bioenergy: A study published today in Science concludes that, on average, using biomass to produce electricity is 80 percent more efficient than transforming the biomass into biofuel. In addition, the electricity option would be twice as effective at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
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$ECTH Biomass: About 120 billion tons of biomass, the energy capacity of which is five times the total present energy consumption in the world, is formed each year by means of photosynthesis. But, only 1% of the total energy capacity has been used as energy domesticated for humans. It is estimated that biomass can supply about 14% of total energy consumption in the world.
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$$ECTH Corporate Fact Sheet: http://www.ecotechenergygroup.com/uploads/Ecotech_Fact_Sheet_3-7-12.pdf
$ECTH Biomass History
Biomass is solar energy stored in plant material such as wood through photosynthesis. Although biomass comes in many forms, wood is the best form of biomass to create energy.
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, woody biomass (firewood & charcoal) satisfied nearly all of mankind’s energy needs.
Declining oil reserves, growing environmental awareness and political issues surrounding fossil fuels have renewed the interest in and demand for our original source of energy, biomass.
New technology can maximize the energy output of biomass, particularly through torrefication and densification(pelleting). This neutralizes carbon emissions, making it one of the most desirable sources of energy benefiting our environment and reducing the "green-house" affect.
Historically, open burning of biomass is neither healthy for our environment or makes economic sense. The transportation of unprocessed biomass to the populated centers was often too expensive, and the high moisture content of firewood and inefficient conversion of wood to energy in traditional wood stoves contributed unacceptable pollution. The solution to both problems is biomass products(like pellets), because of the energy density and efficiency of the product. Wood pellets burn at a very high heat with minimal emissions in modern biomass boilers and furnaces.
One seventh of total energy consumption is from biomass which is the main energy resource for over 1.5 billion people in the world. Biomass energy is the only one which has both the property and characteristics (which mean that it can be stored, renewed and transferred) of fossil fuel. It is less restricted by natural conditions. Biomass energy can be transferred to useful thermal energy(hot water, steam), electrical energy and fuel as power by means of direct combustion, gasification, and bio-liquids. High-grade combustible gas like CO, H2 and methane can be formed by the gasification of biomass. Biogas can be produced by anaerobic digestion of biomass and liquid fuel using, for example, thermalization, biochemistry, machinery and chemistry. Biomass energy is the most renewable energy resource in the world. Like a great solar chemical industry plant, it spreads in plants all over land and water throughout the world which transfer continuously solar energy into chemical energy which is stored in the inner part of plants in the form of organic matter.
ECTH - Financial Projections:
Five Plant Scenario
ecoTECH intends to break ground during 2011 and have its first Power Station and torrefied briquette production
facility completed at full capacity by 2013, with four (4) more similar plants completed by 2015. Combined, these
facilities could produce in excess of 1.5 million Megawatts electricity and 1 million tons green-fuel annually. The
estimated capital requirements, assumptions used, and 6 year financial projections are summarized below:
Capital Requirements: Five(5) combined plants, each including one 36MW Power Station and one 200,000 ton
torrefied briquette plant.
P&L Projection (5 Combined Plants fully operating - 2015)
Revenue - Electricity $ 214,555,000
Revenue - Briquettes $ 178,956,000
Gross Revenue $393,511,000
Cost of Goods: Raw mat’l 128,822,000
MFG OH 20,388,000
Gross Profit $ 244,301,000 62%
Operating Expenses $ 44,208,000 11%
EBITDA $ 200,093,000 51%
EBIT $ 172,376,000 44%
EBT $ 129,442,000 33%
Net Income*
$ 84,137,000 21%
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