NovoFuel Announces Actions for Installation of Renewable Energy System for Cannabis Cultivation at Michigan Pilot Site
June 25 2014 - 10:00AM
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NovoFuel Announces Actions for Installation of Renewable Energy
System for Cannabis Cultivation at Michigan Pilot Site
PHILADELPHIA, PA--(Marketwired - Jun 25, 2014) - Early
production stage hydrogen generation company, NovoFuel, Inc.
(NovoFuel), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AlumiFuel Power
Corporation (PINKSHEETS: AFPW), today provided an update on its
initiative to field a Renewable Energy System (RES) pilot site in
Michigan in response to the rapidly expanding energy requirements
of legal marijuana growers in the U.S. and Canada, an emerging
multi-billion dollar market. (See AFPW news release of June 5,
2014).
The NovoFuel team is in discussions with specific Renewable
Energy Systems engineering and integration firms in Michigan to
find the best candidate for design fine-tuning, product procurement
and leasing arrangements, as well as for such on-site activities as
site surveys, obtaining necessary local permits, construction,
installation, commissioning, and project management. The NovoFuel
team is also talking to multiple vendors of wind turbines and solar
panels to find the optimal products for the Michigan pilot site,
integrating with the other selected RES components -- a large
format 18kW lithium-ion battery and a real-time energy management
and control system.
Michigan, one of the now 23 US states to legalize medical
marijuana, offers tax rebates for the wind and solar systems. In
the Michigan pilot site solution, off-grid Renewable Energy Systems
would handle half of the total required energy load on site,
reducing the power provided by the local utility grid; moreover,
electricity generated by the RES configuration can be sold back to
the local utility. Once the pilot configuration is installed and
fully tested out, NovoFuel's customized RES solutions would be
expanded to other locations and other states, as well as
Canada.
This rapidly expanding industry has led to the introduction of
entirely new marijuana product applications such as the use of the
stalks and stems to make paper -- a cheaper and "greener" approach
than using wood as the feed stock. This development has raised the
stakes -- big players, such as the tobacco companies, are now
exploring entering this arena, and traditional farmers are
considering cannabis as a profitable and easy-to-grow new crop. The
ability to get carbon credits from the federal government and tax
credits under the Farm Bill for growing a new commodity, adds to
the attractiveness of this new crop for farmers. From a power and
energy standpoint, these larger scale operations are especially
suited to total off-grid RES solutions.
Mr. David Cade, President and CEO of NovoFuel, said, "We are
making excellent progress in moving this program from the design
stage to the implementation stage. We are confident that our novel
RES solutions will prove to be very attractive for these
cultivation operations."
About
NovoFuel,Inc. NovoFuel, Inc., a wholly owned operating
subsidiary of AlumiFuel Power Corporation, is an early production
stage alternative energy company that generates hydrogen gas and
heat through the chemical reaction of aluminum, water, and
proprietary additives. This technology is ideally suited for
multiple applications requiring on-site, on-demand fuel sources,
serving National Security and commercial customers. The Company's
hydrogen generation feeds fuel cells for backup and portable power,
provides lift gas for weather balloons, and can replace costly,
hard-to-handle and high pressure K-Cylinders. Its hydrogen/heat
output is also being designed and developed to power fuel
cell-based and turbine-based undersea propulsion and auxiliary
power systems. The Company has significant differentiators in
performance, adaptability, safety and cost-effectiveness in its
target market applications, with no external power required and no
toxic chemicals or by-products.
Safe Harbor for Forward-looking Statements
This news release may contain forward-looking statements that
are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these statements
are made to convey to the public the company's progress, business
opportunities and growth prospects, they are based on management's
current beliefs and assumptions as to future events. However, since
the company's operations and business prospects are always subject
to risk and uncertainties, the forward-looking events and
circumstances discussed in this news release might not occur, and
actual results could differ materially from those described,
anticipated or implied. For a more complete discussion of such
risks and uncertainties, please refer to the company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACTS:
AlumiFuel Power Investor Relations: AlumiFuel Power Corportion Tom
Olson Corporate Secretary 303-796-8940 NovoFuel
Technical Information & Marketing: Email Contact 610-660-7775
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