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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Bioma38 energy encounter ice age VC PE investment low heat

&Amp;nbsp;   clean energy industries in China compete with the here and now, biomass energy has encountered ice age challenge.
&Amp;ldquo;; period, how it will break the ice?

a year later, Chen Liguo again when faced with your correspondent, has been more old than last year. But the former contractor, connection of forestry now Chairman, still enthusiastically described to reporters his grand vision —— or a dream content firm but rough business plan.

compared with last year, connection forestry in Hunan and Guizhou mobilization of farmers has increased tree planting base of thousands of acres of Millennium Tong bio-diesel, which ensures the connection of forestry in the past year and will not make ends meet —— at least on the nursery plant sale, Chen Li-kuo recorded many. It is evident that all this is not a Chen Liguo wanted, and he at the Hunan development and Reform Commission approved 12 million acre Millennium Tong planting projects, as well as the desire to take this open up the fruit seeds, husks, bio-diesel and bio-energy power generation compared to the concept of industrial chain, this years harvest enough to let him down.

is plagued Chen Liguo, to build his Kingdom of bio-fuels required huge capital. Since the beginning of last year, Chen Liguo followed with a number of equity investors to negotiate, but nothing came. Kunwu jiuding a investments that have been in contact with connection manager told the correspondent, “ connection wing concept is attractive. But in the current environment, unless it is a space, and earnings growth prospects are very uncertain enterprise, otherwise it is difficult to attract venture into. &Amp;rdquo;

in fact, not only is the connection, and in biomass energy industry as a whole, group research centre analyst Xiaojun told correspondent of the Qing, “ relative to solar and wind energy, biomass heat VC/PE investments are much lower in the field, number of cases is far lower than solar and wind energy. &Amp;rdquo; after PetroChina southwest of cryogenic treatment of bio-diesel project, currently active in clean energy in the areas of civil and foreign investment agency, on the biomass energy is also a wide berth. &Amp;ldquo;2010 years, we have yet to grasp the investment cases may be disclosed in this area. &Amp;rdquo;

“ 35 ” planning of actually compiling completed cases, able to take your posts national key construction a new biomass energy in the energy industry, the effects of biomass energy in the next 5 years speaks for itself. Then why does the cold biomass energy investments? It and how to get out of the ice age?

ice challenge

since May last year, has always been busy, Tsinghua University Professor Li Shizhong start time for the media, frequently with the Forum or other interview time, hopes to promote biofuels “ vindicated ”. One of the causes of the matter from the China commercial Federation of oil circulation and relevant ministries under the State Council of the Committee a letter word Memorial —— the article believe that ethanol projects and people fight for food, for food security, proposal to immediately stop using corn processing of motor ethanol gasoline.

Wan Yan after upon media, caused great uproar in the industry. Not only is ethanol, bio-fuels as a whole also suffered from city fish calamity. &Amp;ldquo; written will not speak of this Association would embody the distinct interests of industry, from a practical operational point of view, the current use of straw and other agricultural waste ethanol project in technology has also been a mature. &Amp;rdquo; Li Shizhong told our reporter, “ originally comparison of biomass energy development in the policies of marginalization, threaten food security and it pulled together now, leaning to the public opinion as a whole, on the development of biomass energy in China is just a ruin. &Amp;rdquo;

according to Li Shizhong introduction, development and utilization of biomass energy in Europe and the United States to rise to a very high strategic level. Both Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academy of engineering academician Shi yuanchun “ 35 ” preparation period is pointing out that: in the early days, in the 1970 of the 20th century when the outbreak of the world oil crisis and began to seek alternative, United States of corn ethanol, Brazil's sugarcane ethanol, Nordic biomass power generation, Germany have introduced such as biogas. Later United States following a methanol vehicle fuel test fails to confirm the direction of bio-ethanol, Sweden after the alternative fuel experiment on bus 9 finally chose the biogas and bio-ethanol.

according to United States energy information Administration (EIA) released the Energy Outlook 2010 forecast last year, 2008 will all of the growth in oil consumption provided by liquid bio-fuels, consumption of fuel ethanol can 17% per cent of oil consumption; 41% of the incremental renewable power generation, biomass power generation and 49.3%. With the emerging markets of Brazil, bio-fuel production has accounted for 8% of the national GDP, exceeds the information industry in the first place.

Li Shizhong believes that Europe and the United States and Brazil, and India and other countries are a long powerful bio-energy development policies. China has always wavered, to no avail. However, recent bio-energy-frequency was left out, at least in the eyes of institutional investors, there is another important reason, andAmp;ldquo; first of all, we do invest should be responsible to shareholders, distress is the profit model of biomass energy, raw materials and the issue of how to copy. &Amp;rdquo; Edith brow Weiss capital partner Wang gang said that “ when looking at a project for us, not only depends on the environment is favourable, at the same time we feel that the industry does have expansion of the company. &Amp;rdquo;

branch Xiaojun, an analyst for further analysis of the Qing road, “ biomass energy industry chain does not have the proper investment links. Biomass energy industry in China, not a &lsquo like; solar ’ this link. Biomass energy equipment and technology, technical barriers to domestic no particular form of enterprises. ”