Green Energy Live Focused on Biowaste-to-Energy Conversion to Meet Growing Needs of U.S. Farmers and Ranchers

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- (Marketwire) -- 01/13/10 -- Green Energy Live Inc. (OTCBB: GELV), a growing clean energy company, has identified a pressing need for sustainable biowaste-to-energy conversion solutions for the $154 billion U.S. livestock industry. Green Energy Live is focusing its acquisition strategy and technology initiatives on the development of on-site, small footprint manure-to-energy converters to enable America's farmers and livestock operators use the manure produced by their operations to generate clean energy.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, changes in the structure of livestock farms from smaller to larger increasingly specialized operations have altered manure management practices. Large-scale livestock operations are striving to develop ways to manage the problems associated with concentrating more livestock on confined animal feeding operations, including the problems posed by nutrient management, and ammonia and methane emissions. (US Department of Agriculture, "Amber Waves," September 2009)

The Department of Agriculture's June 2009 Report to Congress titled "Manure Use for Fertilizer and for Energy" found that livestock production has shifted to much larger operations which consolidate large quantities of manure in limited geographic areas. The quantities of manure nutrients produced on many large livestock operations exceed the capacity of the farm's crops to absorb them. Excess nutrients can lead to water and air pollution.

In response to environmental risks, Federal, State, and local authorities are expanding their regulation of manure storage, transport, and application. Many operations now must prepare, file, and comply with detailed plans for managing manure to limit the possibilities for catastrophic spills or for land application in excess of the agronomic needs of crops. Some need to change manure management practices to comply with the plans.

The USDA Report continues: there is widespread interest in using manure as a feedstock for energy production. Current examples include combustion power plants and anaerobic digestion systems designed to capture methane gas and burn it as fuel for electricity generation. While each technology is in commercial use in the United States, neither is widespread. But because such projects use existing resources, they could provide society with benefits if manure replaces newly mined fossil fuels in energy production, and if methane, a greenhouse gas, can be captured. Those societal benefits have led to proposals to support the use of manure for energy projects through State utility mandates (to purchase electricity from farms and to invest in renewable production sites), subsidies for capital costs, and direct subsidies and credits for energy production. Expanded support could lead to a substantial growth of energy applications for manure.

Green Energy Live intends to utilize its proprietary gasification technology for the development of self-contained, small footprint, renewable energy gasification systems to be rapidly and economically deployed at the waste site. The company is focused on innovative biowaste converters to process methane gas from the manure of animals including cows, pigs, turkeys and chickens and convert it into electricity. The clean power could then be used to supply the farm's power requirements and generate revenue selling surplus power back to local utilities.

Karen Clark, President/CEO of Green Energy Live, commented: "We believe the market for manure-to-energy conversion systems among ranchers and farmers is large and underserved. We see that farmers and ranchers are looking for clean energy solutions to enable them to manage their manure, decrease their disposal costs and reduce environmental impact. Green Energy Live is committed to developing technology that will create a win-win solution for America's livestock operators."