Northington Energy Acquires Top Algae Energy Producer

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Dec. 6, 2007 - In its continuing effort to meet increasing energy demands while safeguarding the environment, Northington Energy, LLC has taken another bold step to help produce a green future.

Northington Energy, one of the nation's leaders in promoting renewable fuels, announced today the acquisition of Zenalgae™, a biotech research company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Zenalgae™ has been recognized as one of the most innovative developers of scaleable growth technology for algae. Algae that recently has become known as Mother Nature's premier oil producing organism.

"Acquiring Zenalgae™ is the perfect fit for our company," said Lisa Horn, Director of New Business Development for Northington Energy. "Algae are the fastest growing plants in the world, and growing and harvesting them for biofuels production while reducing CO2 is key to our company's growth."

In fact, algae-oil production has been lauded by the Department of Energy as having a very promising future. Although most research has been done in the private sector, the DOE says that experiments bear out that algae to produce biodiesel and other fuels "may be the only viable method by which to produce enough automotive fuel to displace current world gasoline usage."

Algae, which reproduces itself and its oils every six hours, has created excitement in the biodiesel industry because of its potential to produce yields that far exceed those of soy beans, currently the nation's leading biodiesel feedstock. Not only are the oil yields from algae encouraging, its environmental impact is minimal compared to other forms of fuel production. Algae can be harvested day after day using marginal land space, and because it's scaleable, unlike other biodiesel feedstocks like soy and canola, the volume of oil per acre is estimated to be 100 times greater than non-scaleable forms. Soy Beans produce approximately 50 gallons of oil per acre per year, while canola checks in at 150 gallons. But algae is expected to produce 4,000 gallons per acre per year, and eventually even more.

"This technology has tremendous potential and algae have to be the greenest of all the green fuels," said Horn. "There's no other resource that comes close to having the potential to create so much oil. The trick will be to put in place a system where the algae can be grown fast enough and cheap enough. And we think we have a good plan in place at Northington Energy."

The Zenalgae™ bioreactor, which will be installed at Northington Energy's new 8 acre, 15,000-square foot facility in Wartburg, Tenn., will be the ideal site for the system. The Zenalgae™ research and development facility will be relocated to Innovation Valley, in the Knoxville/Oak Ridge area of Eastern Tennessee.

Said Horn: "Tennesee has the right climate and now it has the right technology to advance alternative fuel production from a renewable non-food source. Locally, this will be another boost for the community and globally, another breakthrough for the environment."

About Northington Energy LLC
The Wyoming-based energy company is committed to advancing renewable fuels while providing employment and low-cost energy to the communities it serves. For additional information about Northington Energy and its Tennessee biofuels plant, visit www.northingtonenergy.com.

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Northington Energy LLC announced today the creation of its new ultra refined biofuels research and development facility in Morgan County. Located within the company's new 15,000-square foot biodiesel plant in Wartburg Tennessee about 50 miles outside Knoxville. It is the first soybean oil processing plant in Tennessee, as well as the first research and development facility in the United States to focus entirely on renewable racing fuels and related engine testing.

The new plant, situated on 6 acres in the Flat Fork Business Park, will transform soybean oil to biodiesel. The facility will generate more than three million gallons of biodiesel fuel each year and create up to 20 new technical jobs. It will also give area farmers another much-needed avenue for marketing their soybeans.

In addition, the Wartburg plant will enable Northington Energy to expand its manufacturing operation to include highly refined biofuels for use in the racing industry. The East Tennessee facility will house the Wyoming-based company's new research and development arm NorthingtonSport™, which will include leading-edge renewable fuel processing systems, as well as engine management and dynamometer testing cells. This newest division of Northington will work closely with automotive and motorcycle racing engine manufacturers — whose competition programs are increasing their use of renewable biofuels.

"We are excited about the new facility and the positive impact it will have on the industry," said Lisa Horn New Business Development Manager for Northington Energy, which is based in Cheyenne, Wy. "It will help the community produce new quality fuels that are good for the environment, farmers and consumers."

Northington Energy will be collaborating with the Tennessee Technology Center in Harriman for the highly skilled personnel required to test and develop the company's next-generation of competition biofuels. The data derived from the research center will solidify Northington's dominance in renewable energy. The forthcoming new racing fuels — Research 3 Biodiesel (R3b)™ and Research 3 Ethanol (R3e)™ will be distributed by select racing fuel suppliers across the United States.

The opening of the new Wartburg biofuels research and development facility in early 2008 comes at a time when American consumers and companies are gravitating forward to alternative fuel sources like biodiesel. Because biodiesel originates from organic sources, it is better for the environment. It's biodegradable, nontoxic, and produces less air pollution than traditional diesel fuel. In the United States, biodiesel is typically blended with fossil-based diesel fuels and is suitable for almost any light- or heavyduty diesel engine.

In recent years, the use of biodiesel has grown dramatically in the United States and Tennessee. In East Tennessee, for example, there are more than 70 private and government fleets using biodiesel blends around East Tennessee, according to the ETCFC. Morgan County's biofuel plant will help support those and other efforts to capitalize on the benefits of biodiesel.

For additional information about Northington's new Tennessee biofuels plant and its research and development efforts to produce renewable racing fuels, visit www.northingtonenergy.com.

Wartburg, Tn. - Green industry is on its way to Morgan County. Wyoming based Biodiesel producer Northington Energy, will build a 7500-square-foot biodiesel plant in the new, environmentally friendly Flat Fork Business Park, creating up to 20 new technical jobs, Morgan County Executive Becky Ruppe announced today. Northington officials said they will invest $3 million in Morgan County over the next five years.

The plant will convert soybean oil to biodiesel, a biodegradable and non-toxic fuel additive with fewer emissions than regular diesel fuel. When operational in about six months, the plant is expected to produce six million gallons of biodiesel annually.

"The whole concept behind Flat Fork Business Park is to find progressive, nvironmentally friendly businesses that help us create a sustainable economy," Ruppe said.

The park, an expansion of the Morgan County Industrial Park, is designed to preserve natural resources such as water sources and ecosystems.

"This is a great start for the park," Ruppe said. "Northington Energy's decision shows that biofuels production can succeed and that a smaller, more community-based focus on green industry is possible." The plant, which is expected to be operational by May 2007, will also give local farmers an important market for their soybeans, she said.

"We think the biodiesel business we're in, the jobs that this industry will create, and our environmentally-friendly plant will be an asset to the county and to the entire region and will help promote Flat Fork Business Park," said Lisa Horn, Northington Energy's Director of New Business Developments.

At present, biodiesel in the U.S. is most often blended with traditional, fossil-based diesel fuels. A designation of "B-20" for example, indicates fuel with 20 percent biodiesel blended with fossilbased diesel. Biodiesel technology and market demand are expanding.

Ruppe said today's announcement by Northington and the underlying concept of a green industrial park have "definitely been a group effort." "Morgan County appreciates Northington's decision, the jobs they'll create, and all the hard work by local economic developers, TVA, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the state Economic and Community Development agency and local power distributors," she said. "The work of the Morgan County Industrial/Economic Development Board and their Executive Director Louis Newberry was crucial to making this happen."

"TVA and our local distributor customers, Plateau Electric Cooperative and the Harriman Utility Board, are pleased to work with Morgan County, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the state of Tennessee, and other organizations to develop sites for the recruitment of sustainable industries which will help the County achieve its job creation goals," said John Bradley, TVA Senior Vice President of Economic Development.

Biodiesel consumption - and now production - is coming of age in East Tennessee.

"We have more than 70 fleets in private businesses, city governments, schools and farms throughout East Tennessee now using biodiesel blends," said Jonathan Overly, executive director of the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition. "There's a growing demand for alternative fuels and for local production."

"Northington Energy," Overly said, "is a sustainable business model that creates cleaner, greener, American fuels.

"Bioprocessing facilities are often much sought after by the economic development community. In a joint venture, DuPont and Tate & Lyle have built a $100 million plant in Loudon that converts corn into bio-PDO, a benign liquid used in a wide array of clothing and other products. Bio-PDO, like biodiesel, takes the place fossil fuel which, in turns, helps reduce the country's dependency on foreign oil. Tate and Lyle is investing an additional $75 million to boost ethanol production at their existing facility in Loudon from about 65 million gallons to 100 million gallons per year.

"Bioprocessing can be seen as the environmentally-friendly - even patriotic - thing to do," said Overly. "It's a step toward energy independence. It can also create jobs and help farmers."