WALNUT, Calif., March 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc.
(OTCQB: VSPC) today announced that it has shipped 2,200
pounds of Giant King Grass planting stock to Pakistan under the contract signed with
WINERGY Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited, who are the representatives of
VIASPACE in Pakistan. This
consignment was airlifted in a temperature controlled container for
establishing a propagation nursery in Karachi, Pakistan. VIASPACE Director, Mr.
Khurram Irshad, flew to Karachi to personally oversee the proper
establishment and actual planting of this nursery site that will
provide seedlings for commercial plantation of Giant King Grass for
animal feed and biomass for power generation.
According to Mr. Irshad, "The immediate target is to prepare
Giant King Grass plants for a 100 acre plantation by August 2014. The first harvest of this crop
is expected in November 2014, and
this plantation will be used for animal feed. In the pipeline
is a project of further planting for biomass feedstock."
Mr. Irshad met with farmers who require a high protein animal
feed throughout the year. He also met with the heads of
industrial concerns who were excited to learn about using Giant
King Grass in place of the agricultural waste that they are
currently using for heat and power generation.
Mr. Irshad continued, "The prospective clients in Pakistan are closely following our
developments there with the goal to partner into long term
agreements with VIASPACE / Winergy Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited."
VIASPACE CEO, Dr. Carl Kukkonen,
stated, "We are very happy to have an active company Director who
is taking the initiative in Pakistan. He knows how to do business there,
and this is a country that the United
States is working to help. We harvested mature Giant King
Grass at our California nursery,
had it inspected by the US Department of Agriculture and obtained a
phytosanitary certificate for the shipment. We packaged the Giant
King Grass and had it airlifted to Pakistan. We are fully supporting the project
from California, and Mr. Irshad is
doing the hard work on the ground in Pakistan."
VIASPACE Board Chairman, Dr. Kevin
Schewe, commented, "Since we announced the establishment of
our corporate Giant King Grass nursery in California in late 2012, we have exported
Giant King Grass from California
to St. Croix USVI, Nicaragua,
Hawaii, South Africa, Myanmar, Arizona and with this announcement,
Pakistan. All of these projects
are actively progressing and we give updates timed as appropriate
with our partners. We are continuing to expand globally and
domestically and will soon announce additional new sites of
business for our proprietary animal feed and biomass platform,
Giant King Grass. I want to thank our newest VIASPACE Board
Director, Mr. Khurram Irshad, who
was added to our Board recognizing his entrepreneurial
accomplishments in his native Pakistan and his business connections to get
the job done there. We have confidence that Mr. Irshad and our
business development in Pakistan
will be of significant value to our Company and its
shareholders."
About VIASPACE Inc.
VIASPACE grows renewable Giant
KingTM Grass as a low-carbon fuel for clean electricity
generation; for environmentally friendly energy pellets; and as a
feedstock for bio-methane production and for green cellulosic
biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials. Giant King Grass is a proprietary, high yield,
dedicated biomass clean energy crop. Giant King Grass when it is cut frequently at 4 to 5
feet tall is also excellent animal feed. The USDA granted approval
for planting Giant King Grass throughout the US and cooperates in
exporting by performing the required inspections and issuing the
phytosanitary certificate needed for import into foreign countries.
Giant King Grass is being grown in
California, Arizona, Hawaii, St. Croix Virgin Islands, Nicaragua, South
Africa, China, Myanmar and Pakistan. For more
information, please go to www.VIASPACE.com or contact Dr.
Jan Vandersande, Director of
Communications, at 800-517-8050 or IR@VIASPACE.com.
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