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PATRIOT BIOENERGY SIGNS BIOENERGY AGREEMENT

WITH ITALIAN AND URUGUAYAN COMPANIES

“Consortium Will Advance Biomass Energy Crop Research”

Patriot BioEnergy LLC announced Friday it concluded agreements with companies from Italy and Uruguay creating a consortium to expand biomass energy crop development. The consortium is composed of Patriot BioEnergy LLC, Lage y Cia.S.A., and Hapy.

“Patriot is pleased to partner with Lage and Hapy. Our research will positively impact our collective efforts to improve production efficiencies of crop yields on marginal agricultural and post-mining land. By increasing production yields we will produce more biomass per acre, leading to increased feedstock for bio-fuel production on marginal land, including post-mining land“, said Roger Ford, Partner with Patriot BioEnergy.

Patriot BioEnergy has offices in Kentucky and Washington, D.C. Since 2009, Patriot has engaged in energy crop research to develop best practices to supply biomass feedstock for its integrated bio-energy facilities in pre-construction planning.

Lage y Cia.S.A., based in Montevideo, Uruguay, specializes in biological product research and development. It is a pioneer in the formulation of inoculates and seed treatment methods for the advancement of agricultural products. Recent research and development has focused on boosting energy crop production.

Hapy, based in Milan, Italy, is a leader in the revolutionary science of inoculates that boost soil nutrients and plant growth in marginal environments for crop yield improvement. Its revolutionary seed inoculants have the potential to transform the use of biomass energy crops worldwide, by focusing biological research on microorganisms that boost the per acre yield of biomass.

All three companies are members of ESSE—the European Community’s energy biomass research group—which collaborates on the use of non-food agricultural biomass energy crops. The goal is to provide essential research leading to the deployment and commercialization of biomass crop production in rural regions around the world, including the United States.

Plans include developing post-mining land use strategies to create new job opportunities, as well as working with farmers to create new cash crop opportunities. Patriot BioEnergy is moving forward with plans to construct integrated energy facilities producing bio-fuels and electricity, using marginal agricultural and post-mining land to grow biomass energy crops, in the near future.

2010 Test Grow a Success

Patriot BioEnergy, LLC worked with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, as well as with private individual property owners to grow test plots of sweet sorghum to evaluate the yield of sorghum in various locations through Kentucky.

Test plots were placed on post-mining sites and marginal agriculture property in southern and eastern Kentucky. Patriot has harvested the 2010 test grow and is currently evaluating the sweet sorghum crop for sugar yield, as well as density of bagasse material for further utilization as a biomass feedstock for green power generation.

Patriot BioEnergy Visits Minnesota and Iowa

Patriot recently conducted site visits in Minnesota and Iowa to evaluate the technology in preparation for construction of its integrated energy production plant. The second generation technology producing one million gallons annually is proving very efficient. Patriot's management also held discussions with ethanol equipment manufacturers and agricultural industry officials concerning the use of multiple feedstock for biomass production.

Company representatives were accompanied by representatives from the University of Kentucky CAER and ECSI, Inc. to discuss research collaboration and plant design requirements.