A Commercial PBR in California 6
BioCentric Energy an algae company based out of technical team is working at its headquarters this week preparing and assembling all components of the commercial PBR system for the Death Valley Junction, California site.The team is in the process of loading the 20ft trailer that recently arrived from South Carolina last Friday, with the PBR corners, plastic tubes, breathing apparatus, skid, motors and other parts necessary in completing the installation. The BioCentric Energy team anticipates that the first half of its client's one-acre system will be operational by the end of next week.
BioCentric Energy is finalizing contracts with Kuehnle AgroSystems, a Hawaiian company purchasing the Company's PBR systems for research and development of their algae strains, bio-fuels and several other applications.Kuehnle's Chairman of the Board exhibited at BioCentric Energy's open house last Saturday and took the opportunity to meet several BEHL shareholders and investors
The BioCentric Energy open house was well received by all and allowed shareholders, investors and potential clients the opportunity to meet the BEHL team, share ideas, ask questions and see the working commercial PBR systems.
The feedback was so positive that the Company is now considering holding an annual open house next year. All shareholders are encouraged to e-mail in their feedback or ideas for future shareholder events.
Wed August 25 2010 02:35:28 PM by Sumukhi
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Founder and Chairman of the Board, Dennis Fisher, today announced the following information: Mr. Fisher stated, "This week the BioCentric Team here in Santa Ana have assembled most of the first two quarter acre installs for Death Valley Junction and will have everything completed and delivered to DVJ by Wednesday.
Six Team Members and myself will be executing the install under the stars to avoid the scorching desert rays ... and we have learned how to do it right the first time from the lessons learned here in Santa Ana.
Our target date for the first half acre operational is next Friday.
The introduction of the inoculums is scheduled for September 15th."
"Under the supervision of Domini Maddox, our resident Algae Specialist, the full scale Photobioreactor here in Santa Ana will be sterilized this week for the introduction of Haematococcus pluvialis for our first commercialization.
The PLC controlled PBR will enable our system to conservatively produce thirty pounds dry weight biomass a week."
"To raise additional capital for the ongoing commercialization of our advanced closed loop Photobioreactor System we have increased our Authorized Shares to two billion to provide options.
It is the goal of this organization to earn our way into profit; however, we have already been educated as the difference between intent and ability.
As has always been my pledge to our shareholders and supporters of BEHL… I will not take a paycheck nor liquidate a single share from my family's trust until we become profitable, which I believe will be by second quarter 2011.
I also wanted to make it clear that I am committed to at least the next two years devoted to my personal participation of the success in BEHL."
Many algae to biofuel companies and algae bioreactor companies are running out of cash and our bound to go public to get capital.
This may not augur well for the algae biofuel and algae co products industry.
What we now need are companies with proven process to grow algae in a commercial scale and at an economical rate.
They should have proven and scalable model. This is the crying need of the industry. If that happens then lot more private equity funding will happen in algae biofuel research and algae co products research.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/biocentric-energy-founder-provides-important-shareholder-updates-2010-08-30?reflink=MW_news_stmp
More news from the Biocentric for the shareholders !
"On the BEHL sales front, the Company is working to finalize and close several client contracts this quarter. Such contracts consist of: Kuehnle (the Hawaiian company), several large client / projects through BEHL's VAR (value added reseller) Ms. Venus Brightstar and 10 acres of PBR systems for a Southern California Native American Indian Tribe. The Company is also in the process of preparing a $20 million business plan that will be submitted this week for an economically challenged State located in the South. More details on this potential deal will be provided to shareholders as things progress."
"At the BEHL headquarters, the staff is gearing up for deployment of large volumes of algae inoculum. The Company's R&D Manager, Helmut Gass completed the construction of a 250 volume cube last week that will serve as a large algae cultivating and storage unit.
This manual cube is complete with the basic yet necessary components that will allow the Company to easily test the pH levels, the temperature and verify the algae growth. After spending a few short days in the cube, the algae will be transported into the PBR systems at the BEHL headquarters and the DVJ site.
Mr. Gass anticipates building 2-3 more cubes later this week that will be used to hold the scale up inoculum for a a multitude of algae strains. Also back at the BEHL headquarters, the Company's lab technician, Ms. Judy Quang, is working diligently to finalize her report on contamination as well as the procedures and protocols manuals that will be used for training.
The procedures and protocol manuals will be readily handy and required on all BEHL commercial sites."
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/biocentric-energy-president-provides-important-shareholder-updates-2010-09-07?reflink=MW_news_stmp