Viaspace, Inc has announced that it has signed business development and confidentiality agreements with Myanmar’s June Industry Ltd, which is a member of the June Group of Companies involved in cultivating, harvesting and marketing algae products.
According to the contract, June will grow Giant King™ Grass in Myanmar for commercial applications including renewable electricity generation. Suitable land, climate, rainfall and irrigation make Myanmar an ideal place to grow Giant King™ Grass. Viaspace CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen said that Myanmar has the perfect climate to grow Giant King™ Grass, and there is a great need for electricity. “We envision Giant King™ Grass playing an important role in Maynamr’s future, not only for electricity generation, but also for biofuels and other applications that will provide jobs and help alleviate rural poverty. I am happy to be working with JUNE Project Director, Dr. Min Thein, who is very experienced and has a good team.”
“Since the move to democracy and the lifting of sanctions, Myanmar is developing rapidly with the help of foreign technology and foreign investment. We believe that VIASPACE Giant King Grass will be important for bioenergy and other applications. JUNE has the goal to be our country’s leading company in green and natural products and technology,” adds June Managing Director, Dr Nu Nu Win.
Dr . Min Thein, Founder of June Pharmaceuticals is presenting a paper entitled “Myanmar – Commercial Production and Use of Spirulina Microalgae from Crater Lakes” at the 5th Algae World Asia conference on 07-09 November in Singapore. The talk will cover vital subjects like the emerging applications for Spirulina as biofertilizer and biogas enhancer, as well as the opportunities for new joint ventures (private & govt) in Algae and cooperation with foreign companies. To know more on the Asia’s growing Algae industry, Register now. For further information and queries, please contact Ms. Huiyan at huiyan@cmtsp.com.sg
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Mr Guido Evers graduated with a degree in Business Policies at European University in Brussels in 1994. He went on to pursue a Masters in International Management the following year.
As an Analyst at Lux Research, Samhitha’s contributions in advisory projects have facilitated commercialization of technologies in advanced building materials, nanomaterials manufacturing processes, building-integrated photovoltaics, novel drug-delivery technologies, and nano-catalysts, to name a few. Prior to her consulting work at Lux Research, Samhitha was a major contributor to the Biosciences Intelligence team, where she has conducted extensive primary and secondary research in biofuels, biomaterials, targeted delivery, synthetic biology, and other areas of emerging biosciences.
Prof. Dr. R.H. (René) Wijffels is professor in Bioprocess Engineering at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
Mario R. Tredici is full professor of Microbiology at the University of Florence where he coordinates a group of young researchers of the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology. He has been member of the “Biodiversity and Environment Expert Group” of the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures), technical advisor of the “International Network on Biofixation of CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Abatement with Microalgae” and member of the Technical Advisory Panel of the Algae Biofuels Challenge launched by Carbon Trust (UK).
Mr. Werner Fahle obtained a Diplomingenieur in Civil Engineering from TU Dresden in 1977. Since then, he’s held several positions in the lignite based energy industry.
Saul Purton is Reader in Molecular Phycology at University College London, where he heads the UCL Algal Biotechnology Group (www.ucl.ac.uk/algae). He obtained his PhD in plant molecular biology from the University of Cambridge, and was then awarded an EMBO Research Fellowship to study at the University of Geneva for three years, before taking up a permanent academic position at UCL.
Geert Woerlee is a serial entrepreneur. He holds a Master in physics and a PhD in applied sciences. He is the founder and owner of FeyeCon; a company that develops products using carbon dioxide as platform technology.