GELV is a revolutionary Green, Bio-conversion-technology engineering company for fuel, farming, and waste management. “Our mission is to develop, patent, and implement proprietary conversion technology for Biofuels that provide GELV an opportunity to grow in several industries that are currently tied to government mandates that increase Biofuels and reduce carbon.
GELV is committed to Green technologies that create an economically sustainable, socially beneficial, environmentally responsible agricultural development that use an integrated approach to resource management for the economic and social betterment of the world’s farmers, rural communities, and our global neighborhood,” - Karen Clark, CEO

Biofuels made from high-diversity mixtures of prairie plants can reduce global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Even when grown on infertile soils, they can provide a substantial portion of global energy needs, and leave fertile land for food production. Findings published in the Dec. 8, 2006, issue of the journal Science. Biomass could be converted into ethanol in commercial quantities at a cost equivalent to $25 per barrel of crude oil, or roughly half the current price of imported oil, according to E. Kyle Datta, co-author of Winning the Oil Endgame and managing director of research and consulting at the Rocky Mountain Institute, an energy policy group. Datta said farmers who shift from corn to switchgrass could increase their per-acre profit from about $350 to between $400 and $600.

Commercializing biomass-to-ethanol technology would also have international political ramifications, according to Datta. Producing 2.4 million barrels of ethanol per day would "be a $40 billion per year transfer of wealth from the Middle East to our farmers," he said.

Green Energy Live is a leader in the emerging waste/biomass-to-ethanol industry. Our mission is to convert wastes that are currently being landfilled, into ethanol and other valuable co-products using our proprietary patented gasification and conversion technology. Our strategy is to acquire or deploy proprietary technologies that will extract the sugars and starch trapped in these wastes with small footprint, low capital cost and low operating cost technology platforms that can rapidly and economically be deployed to the waste site rather than vice versa. Our value proposition is that we can produce ethanol and valuable co-products less expensively than can large agribusinesses' corn based ethanol processors who pay dearly for their feedstock. Our plants will be located closer to the waste sources that are also the ethanol consuming markets. Green Energy Live is a single source provider of complete equipment packages for biomass energy systems using the most advanced technology available. Green Energy Live provides engineering assistance, assists customers in applying biomass fueled energy systems to their specific needs, and provides complete equipment packages.

Green Energy Live

• Will produce Bio Fuels conversion technologies that convert Ethanol from Corn and Bio diesel from Biomass
• Implement patent pending gasification and heat monitoring technology
• Produce Organic fertilizer through wholly owned subsidiary Invigorate Fertilizer
• Utilize state-of-the-art technology to develop innovative revenue streams, and build for the long-term versus lowest cost components
• Optimize co-product value
• De-germ corn prior to fermentation to get corn oil as a revenue stream
• Produce high quality distiller's grains that have value in multiple animal species as a high-protein, high-fiber feed ingredient

The grain processing plants will produce ethanol, high protein animal feed and CO2. There is an active and existing market for all three products in the surrounding states. Corn usage in these facilities will expand existing markets for corn in the region.

Multiple-plant business plan strategy

• Become one of the most profitable producers of Ethanol, Methane, Organic fertilizer conversion technology
• Multiple plants 50-60- million gallon plants
• Focus on Ethanol as profitable fuel source
• Low cost production methods
• Hedging strategy to minimize risks
• High quality, high value by-products

Green Energy Live: Biomass Opportunity

Biomass fuel refers to any combustible form of organic material. This can include bark, saw dust, sanding dust, agricultural wastes such as peanut shells and rice hulls, and animal residuals. Systems provided by GELV will convert such waste products into usable thermal and electrical energy, efficiently and cleanly.

Biomass fuels are cleaner burning than conventional fossil fuels such as natural gas or coal, and unlike conventional fuels, biomass fuels are a renewable form of energy. Unlike corn, biomass can be harvested in quantity throughout the United States, according to Burt English, a professor in the agricultural economics department at the University of Tennessee. English said agricultural waste that comes from yard clippings and clearing trees could be collected from any urban area. Producing ethanol from switchgrass would take some land out of food production and would have "the impact of increasing farm prices and reducing government payments," he said.

English said the federal government should fund biomass ethanol that could be produced throughout the United States. "The facts point to the conclusion that biomass is a better use of resources," English said.

In April 2006, a group of 33 governors -- including those from Corn Belt states -- released a report recommending that the federal government spend $800 million over the next 10 years on biomass research.

Green Energy Live is positioned to capitalize on the opportunities of our technology in a broad array of industries, proprietary technology with GELV waste-to-ethanol expertise to convert corn waste and other organic waste matters into starch and other valuable co-products. The starch will be converted into fermentable sugar as a feedstock and for ethanol production.

Ethanol: A Green Opportunity

Ethanol is a federally mandated, clean-burning, renewable fuel that is critical to US energy security, and environmental protection. Ethanol is used as an oxygenate in 10% gasoline blends, under the Clean Air Act, and an octane enhancer to improve vehicle performance. It is the closest proxy for gasoline as a gas-extender (gasohol) with nationwide distribution in place. Ethanol has gained strong political support at State and Federal levels.

Ethanol is ethyl alcohol, often referred to as grain alcohol; E85 is a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. Most ethanol is made from grain, just as moonshine is, though there is also research into making ethanol in commercial quantities from cellulosic plants, a complex process that uses plant matter such as switch grass as a base feedstock. A gallon of E85 has an energy content of about 80,000 BTU, compared to gasoline's 124,800 BTU; 1.56 gallon of E85 takes you as far as 1 gallon of gas.

Ethanol is an excellent, clean-burning fuel, potentially providing more horsepower than gasoline. In fact, ethanol has a higher octane rating (over 100) and burns cooler than gasoline. However, pure alcohol isn't volatile enough to get an engine started on cold days, hence E85. Much smaller quantities of ethanol are also added to around 30 percent of the gasoline sold in the States to meet EPA requirements for oxygenated fuels in metropolitan areas with the country's worst ozone air pollution.

According to the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition (NEVC), E85 currently is available in 36 states. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lists 34 models of flex-fuel vehicles (FFV)--cars and trucks that can burn pure gasoline, E85 or any ratio of gas/ethanol in between--available in the 2006 model year. The NEVC estimates that 6 million FFVs have been sold in the States to date.

The performance of E85 vehicles is potentially higher than that of gasoline vehicles because E85's high octane rating allows a much higher compression ratio, which translates into higher thermodynamic efficiency. However, FFVs that retain the capacity to run on gasoline alone can't really take advantage of this octane boost since they also need to be able to run on pump-grade gasoline.

Saab engineers have developed a prototype, plug-in, flex-fuel vehicle. GM chooses to emphasize the ability of the E85 system to use advanced ignition timing, a higher compression ratio, and a higher turbo boost pressure, all of which increase the performance and efficiency of the internal combustion engine

According to the DOE, the growing, fermenting and distillation chain actually results in a surplus of energy that ranges from 34 to 66 percent. Moreover, the carbon dioxide (CO2) that an engine produces started out as atmospheric CO2 that the cornstalk captured during growth, making ethanol greenhouse gas neutral. Recent DOE studies note that using ethanol in blends lowers carbon monoxide (CO) and CO2 emissions substantially. In 2005, burning such blends had the same effect on greenhouse gas emissions as removing 1 million cars from American roads.

According to the Renewable Fuels Association, 95 ethanol refineries produced more than 4.3 billion gal. of ethanol in 2005. An additional 40 new or expanded refineries slated to come on line in the next 18 months will increase that to 6.3 billion gal. That sounds like a lot--and it is--but it represents just over 3 percent of our annual consumption of more than 200 billion gal. of gasoline and diesel. One acre of corn can produce 300 gal. of ethanol per growing season.

Biodiesel: Green Energy Opportunity

Fuels for diesel engines made from sources other than petroleum are known as biodiesel. Among the common sources are vegetable oils, rendered chicken fat and used fry oil. In fact, Rudolf Diesel's demonstration engine ran on peanut oil at the 1900 Paris World Exposition.

When Willie Nelson heads out on tour, he fuels his bus with BioWillie, his own brand of biodiesel--it's Farm Aid in action.

Modern diesel engines can run on 100 percent biodiesel with little degradation in performance compared to petrodiesel because the BTU content of both fuels is similar--120,000 to 130,000 BTU per gallon. In addition, biodiesel burns cleaner than petrodiesel, with reduced emissions. Unlike petrodiesel, biodiesel molecules are oxygen-bearing, and partially support their own combustion. According to the DOE, pure biodiesel reduces CO emissions by more than 75 percent over petroleum diesel. A blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petrodiesel, sold as B20, reduces CO2 emissions by around 15 percent.

Biodiesel has a viable future as a major fuel for transportation. According to the National Biodiesel Board, production of biodiesel in 2004 was about 25 million gal., tripling to more than 75 million gal. in 2005. The trend is solidly upward, thanks to government incentives, the growing number of new diesel vehicles for sale and a grass-roots groundswell of support.