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AGRILECTRIC POWER PARTNERS AMERICAN RENEWABLES ATLANTIC POWER CORP. AVISTA BABCOCK POWER BALLARD SPAHR LLP BANDIT INDUSTRIES, INC BEAVER WOOD ENERGY POWNAL, LLC BIOMASS ONE BORALEX INC CALIFORNIA BIOMASS ENERGY ALLIANCE CEDARS CAPITAL, LLC COLLINS PINE COMPANY COLMAC ENERGY, INC COVANTA ENERGY CRAVEN COUNTY WOOD ENERGY DTE ENERGY EVERGREEN BIOPOWER EVERGREEN ENGINEERING EWP RENEWABLE CORPORATION FLORIDA CRYSTALS FORTISTAR GALLOP POWER GREENVILLE, LLC GAINESVILLE RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER GLOBAL ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC HL POWER COMPANY HUNT GUILLOT & ASSOCIATES, LLC IBERDROLA RENEWABLES INDECK ENERGY SERVICES, INC.

CLEAN ELECTRICITY: At Florida Crystals, we use our crops and urban wood waste as fuel to generate renewable electricity. We own and operate the largest renewable energy facility of its kind in North America and one of the largest in the world. Efficient Sugar cane ranks highest among all cultivated crops at capturing solar energy in reusable form. Our renewable energy facility converts biomass (plant matter) to electricity. We recycle urban wood and vegetative waste and our leftover sugar cane fiber, called bagasse, to produce clean, environmentally-friendly electricity that powers our sugar operations as well as 60,000 homes. Eco-friendly Because we use local biomass as fuel, our facility eliminates the need for one million barrels of foreign oil per year. By reducing the use of harmful fossil fuels, we cut greenhouse gas emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons each year, helping to reduce global warming. Conservation Each year, we divert 900,000 tons of wood waste from landfills and convert this otherwise worthless waste to a valuable product, clean electricity. In doing so, we conserve valuable landfill space -- 3.5 million cubic yards per year -- in urban communities. Local Economy The cost of fuel accounts for 85% of the money spent by most power facilities. Since our fuel consists of locally grown and harvested sugar cane fiber and locally collected recycled wood waste, we invest that money in Florida. Conversely, most fossilfueled power facilities send most of their money out of the state or out of the country. Florida Crystals Corporation, Okeelanta Office 6 miles S. of South Bay Highway 27 South Bay, FL 33493 (561) 993-1633 ext. 21633 Carlos Zarraluqui Carlos_zarraluqui@floridacrystals.com

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INNOVATIVE NATURAL RESOURCE SOLUTIONS KL GATES LEAF CLEAN ENERGY MAINE RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION MICHIGAN BIOMASS MINNESOTA POWER NEIMAN ENTERPRISES, INC PACIFIC POWER PLUM CREEK TIMBER RATH, YOUNG AND PIGNATELLI, PC REENERGY HOLDINGS LLC ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS SIERRA POWER CORP SIMPSON INVESTMENT COMPANY SUEZ RENEWABLE ENERGY, NA SUN MOUNTAIN LUMBER VERMEER CORPORATION WADHAM ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

e Biomass Power Association is the nations leading organization working to increase the use of clean, renewable biomass power and create n jobs and opportunities in the biomass industry.

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