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Hi Jaxon,
Been riding this since r/s. Glad didn't sell any of my shares.
Glad your still here.
Gl and cheers!
T.
Happy medium....football brings all of us together. When is the next CC? Been awhile since I posted here and wanted say hi to all longs here. Good luck to all.
T
This needs news, update, and communication from the ceo. Confidence diminished by all...
$FBEC should move soon here. Oh yeah...that $300 trading is all me...
I'll be back in tomorrow. Good to see you back in Insidious.
I hear you...we will see when the numbers come out in few weeks if VGPR is making the right moves. Also waiting patiently next Q
Yes he did. He will share when his ready. Don't know all the details but in due time he will.
Yes sir, will do my best to post them right away.
T.
She wants to run....
Media day starts in 1 hr at the new plant! This could be huge!
Finally, market is responding well to the news! (knock on wood)
I agree with you RL, and I have been following this development for some time now. Originally, Thermogen asked for 30 million dollars last year but they were approved for 25 million dollars early this year. The latest development that I heard was that Thermogen only got 9 million. I think the money will flow in when people see the building go up and the machine running. I think next few month will be crucial for Vega, there are many other developing "Biocoal Companies" and the last thing Molen wants to do is compete for start-up money/funds/grants.
GL to all,
T.
RL, I also agree with your findings. According to EPA, South-Eastern regions are flooded with toxic coal ash dumping plants. It is also interesting to note that, “On January 29, 2014, after years of delay, EPA agreed to finalize first-ever U.S. coal ash regulations by December 19, 2014”. I think we will see massive clean-up efforts to start soon and Joe James will be actively involved in the efforts also benefiting Vega Biofuels.
Rudy, all I can say is I hope they did. But what is more important is that pilot plant is being constructed. In my opinion, after this plant is constructed, subsequent plants should fall like domino's. Tremendous value here and the odds here are better than Vegas. Aimo.
T.
I'm not dogging on you but I realize now that we will have peeps doubting all the way to its production of biocoal. But it's cool with me....I know I and others will smile all the way to the bank.
Gl to you,
T.
Good question.... And I suspect they cannot validate their claims.
It's pretty obvious who lost their money by selling for loss and is Grumpy. And he can't fathom anyone else making money here. Don't you know? God's "Will" is done....go claim your victory brother because some of us already claimed victory here... $VGPR
Why Biomass? why UK’s biggest power station is investing in biomass.
Watch here ->
Positive Horizons for US Pellets Around the Globe
September 15, 2014
Look across the horizon for the industrial-grade wood pellet market, and you will see many positive developments for the industry. Not only is the industry achieving policy certainty and government support for biomass across the European Union, but also new markets are beginning to emerge in Asia. There are also opportunities opening up here at home in the U.S., and within the robust residential heat market in Europe.
The southeastern U.S. has spent the past decade developing the necessary infrastructure and supply chain to bring wood pellets to the world. Over the past several years, the U.S. has become the No. 1 exporter of wood pellets to Europe, exporting over 2.7 million tons of wood pellets in 2013 alone.
Industrial-grade wood pellets in the U.S. are harvested from forest products residues, such as sawdust, tree tops and limbs, and other fiber unusable for saw logs. Providing a market for this low-value fiber keeps the forest healthy by removing debris that would otherwise be left to rot or burn, and by allowing more space for replanting.
This industry also gives a small financial boost to the forest products market overall, which encourages private landowners to keep their land well-managed and forested, rather than converting to other uses such as agriculture or commercial development.
All this results in a product that is good for the forest, good for the economy and good for the environment. Biomass is currently the only renewable energy than can provide low-carbon, low-cost power that can balance the energy grid.
The European Union is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change, and the wood pellet industry is poised and ready to play a large role in these efforts. As EU member states analyze their current energy portfolios, many are seeing the benefits of using woody biomass to reach their renewable energy goals.
The demand for industrial wood pellets for biomass conversions has been growing steadily in the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark. There are dozens of projects in the supply chain, each of which will require a continuous and ever-increasing wood pellet supply.
The market in Asia is also promising. South Korea will need to rely heavily on imports for wood pellet supply because of the lack of domestic forest resources. It is estimated that 75 to 80 percent of its supply will need to be imported by 2020. Japan also has made commitments to reducing the use of fossil fuels and has ramped up both importation and domestic production of wood pellets.
The residential heat market in Western Europe will also offer some trading opportunities for producers, as Europe has predicted that its domestic supply will not be able to meet demand in the coming years.
Additionally, with the recent commitment from President Obama to reduce carbon emissions 30 percent by 2030, we expect to see growth in the biomass market domestically as well.
As we look out across the market place, we see industrial wood pellets playing a large role in mitigating climate change both here at home and around the world, and the U.S. stands ready to continue to provide a steady, sustainable supply to meet this growing demand.
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Seth Ginther
Executive Director
U.S. Industrial Pellet Association
Original article found here - http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/10919/positive-horizons-for-us-pellets-around-the-globe
Wood Pellet Exports from Virginia Reach $22 Million in First Half of 2014
Governor McAuliffe Announces New Agricultural Exports to United Kingdom and European Union
Animal Feed, Specialty Foods Deals Enhance Virginia’s Position in Growing European Marketplace; Trade, Marketing Mission Also Continues Work To Expand Forest Product Exports
16 Jul 2014
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced as part of his United Kingdom trade and marketing mission new export sales for Virginia agricultural and foodstuff products into the European market. Over the last several months, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ (VDACS) international marketing staff and Virginia’s agricultural trade representative in Europe, Andrew Brown and Associates (ABA), based in Surry just outside of London, worked with several Virginia specialty food producers and an animal feed additive exporter to achieve new international sales from the Commonwealth. While sales figures are confidential, the trade deals represent new revenue streams for the exporting companies into the growing United Kingdom and European markets.
Speaking about the new exports as he finishes the United Kingdom portion of an eight-day trade and marketing mission that also included several stops in China, Governor McAuliffe said, “One of my top job economic development priorities is to work with Virginia businesses, foreign purchasers, and government leaders from around the world to find new trade opportunities that grow Virginia’s economy. Finding new international sales provides more revenue and job creating opportunities for our producers and agribusinesses. The new exports also move us closer to my goal of making Virginia the East Coast capital for agricultural and forestry product exports.”
Over the four-day mission and in addition to meetings conducted by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) and Virginia Tourism Corporation, Governor McAuliffe, along with First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe, Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore, and VDACS and ABA staff, met with European agribusinesses and various specialty food and beverage importers to encourage more investment in Virginia and promote Virginia agricultural products. Meetings focused on thanking businesses and importers for recently completed deals and discussing ways to expand those relationships. Other meetings started dialogue on potential new export deals.
“Virginia’s work in global agricultural and forestry product trade development and expansion has not been focused singularly on large-scale commodity exports, such as soybeans, corn, and other small grains,” said Secretary Haymore. “Export sales are also important to smaller agribusinesses and family-owned operations, which are the backbone of Virginia’s economy and create the majority of jobs in the Commonwealth. Assisting those smaller-scale businesses has been a priority for the Governor and our international marketing and development teams in both Virginia and Europe.”
Micron Bio-Systems is a smaller-scale agribusiness that has benefited from Virginia’s marketing push in Europe. The Buena Vista-based company produces feed additives for dairy cattle, poultry, swine, and other animal feed. The company focuses on additives, which preserve feed and diminish mold problems, benefiting the health of livestock and poultry. Working with Micron Bio-Systems, Virginia’s European trade representatives helped secure a trade deal with Bio4Globe, a major farm supplies distributor covering France, Spain, and Portugal.
Following a VDACS-organized reverse trade mission promoting speciality food products, FERIDIES, a Courtland-based producer of award-winning, extra large gourmet Virginia peanuts and peanut products, reached a deal with Cotswold Fayre to have a variety of products featured in the company’s 2014 Christmas catalogue. Cotswold Fayre is a fine foods wholesaler supplying independent and high-end retailers in the United Kingdom with quality food and drink products sources from across the globe. Cotswold Fayre works in close partnership with its suppliers, most of whom are small producers not currently distributing through major United Kingdom supermarkets.
Virginia’s European trade representatives worked with Dr. Lucy’s, a Norfolk-based gluten- and allergen-free cookie manufacturer, to secure a new trade relationship with natural food distributor Tree of Life. The two companies reached an agreement regarding exclusive distribution in the United Kingdom. The deal marks Tree of Life’s first-ever food product import from North America. Dr. Lucy’s also received assistance from VEDP’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program, which helped the company research new markets to focus on and provided introductions to international consumer products experts, banks, and legal consultants.
Tree of Life was established almost 20 years ago originally as Natures Store. The company is now the largest wholesaler in the United Kingdom’s ‘Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyle’ sector. Tree of Life distributes over 14,000 premium products including organic foods, general health food products, vitamins, minerals, sports nutrition supplements, body care, and household products.
In additional to the new feed and specialty food export deals, Governor McAuliffe continued efforts related to the ongoing growth of Virginia’s wood fuel pellet exports to the United Kingdom. Over the past year, Virginia has worked with Virginia exporters and British policy makers and electric utilities promoting Virginia’s sustainably-managed wood resources as a renewable fuel for power plants that previously utilized coal as an energy source. In the first five months of 2014, Virginia’s wood pellet exports to the United Kingdom reached $22 million, an increase of 275% from the same period last year. Wood pellets have been one of Virginia’s fastest growing agricultural commodity exports, on a percentage basis, over the last two years.
During meetings in London, Governor McAuliffe, Secretary Haymore, and VDACS and ABA staff met with representatives of electric utilities purchasing Virginia wood pellets as well as smaller importers in hopes of growing existing export deals and establishing new trade relationships. They also met with British Members of Parliament and other senior government leaders who are responsible for establishing standards for renewable fuels utilized in power generation.
Agricultural and forestry exports from Virginia reached a record high of $2.85 billion in 2013. Europe is a significant market for Virginia’s agriculture and forestry products. Last year, more than $320 million worth of product were exported to the United Kingdom and other European Union countries. That figure is expected to rise in 2014.
According to a 2013 economic impact study conducted by Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia, agriculture is Virginia’s largest industry, generating more than $52 billion per annum. The industry also provides more than 310,000 jobs in the Commonwealth.
Original release found here - https://governor.virginia.gov/news/newsarticle?articleId=5538
News out
Vega Biofuels Schedules Shareholder Conference Call
NORCROSS, GA -- (Marketwired) -- 09/26/14 -- Vega Biofuels, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: VGPR) announced today that the Company will hold its second shareholder conference call to update its shareholders on the progress of the Company's announced projects.
The call was originally scheduled for Sunday, September 28 but the platform the Company uses was not available at that time. The call has been scheduled for the first available time, Sunday, October 19. Details on how to participate will be posted on the Company's Twitter account, @vegabiofuels and on its website, vegabiofuels.com.
"We had a very good response to the first shareholder conference call," stated Michael K. Molen, Chairman/CEO of Vega Biofuels, Inc. "It's a great way to keep everyone up to speed on the projects we are involved in without having to issue a press release every other day. We encourage anyone with a question or comment to send it in as soon as possible and we will do our best to provide the answer."
Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements or statements which may be deemed or construed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "forecast," "project," "intend," "expect" "should," "would," and similar expressions and all statements, which are not historical facts, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance (finance or operating) or achievements to differ from future results, performance (financing and operating) or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
CONTACT:
Vega Biofuels, Inc.
800-481-0186
Email Contact
vegabiofuels.com
Source: Vega Biofuels
From the host of "Pot Stock Radio" who did the last CC for Vega.
It's unofficial for now.
It really is fantastic news...Even our government knows this is a smart investment. Go $VGPR!
T.
Remeber that we have share holder Conference Call this Sunday!
Well...some might call our government a "SCAM". Hoggydog, Rook, ReignSupreme, Hiswill????
$VGPR
Did someone post this new yesterday? :)
GL All,
T.
Why U.S. Wood Can - and Should - Power Europe
Watch this film on making energy from biomass and how the carbon footprint of biomass is calculated.
http://vimeo.com/38219914
RL,
Point well taken. I appreciate you keeping unbiased point of things. Keep asking those hard questions and keep Molen accountable. Thanks for all that you do.
T.