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Woodland Biofuels Project to Receive $9.8 Million from SDTC For Groundbreaking Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Mississauga, ON, August 9th, 2007 – Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), an arm’s length, not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada, has awarded $9.8 million to a project led by Woodland Biofuels Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario for the construction and testing of a groundbreaking cellulosic ethanol plant. 

Woodland Biofuels Inc. and its partners will build this unique facility to efficiently produce cellulosic ethanol from wood waste.  The plant will use Woodland’s patented Catalyzed Pressure Reduction (CPR™) technology, which can be used to produce sustainable fuels from virtually any type of biomass, including wood waste and agricultural waste.  The technology generates absolutely no toxic emissions and eliminates the need to use food, such as corn, to produce ethanol.

“Woodland’s technology has the potential to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems by taking what is effectively waste and turning it into clean burning fuel,” commented Greg Nuttall, CEO of Woodland.  “The flexibility of our technology, its ability to convert basically all forms of biomass into ethanol, means it is relevant to every corner of the globe.  We are grateful to SDTC for this extraordinary level of support in bringing the benefits of our technology to Canada and the world.”

The plant is expected to be located in Atlantic Canada and in addition to fuel ethanol will also produce green energy for use by a neighboring industrial facility.  This will eliminate the need for the neighboring facility to use 19,000,000 litres per year of Bunker C oil to provide energy, providing further environmental benefits.

About Woodland
Woodland is a global leader in the move to sustainable, renewable, clean energy.  Woodland’s technology eliminates the use of food to make ethanol by converting any kind of biomass (wood waste, crop waste, and more) into ethanol or other high value products.  Its first plant, using wood waste to produce ethanol, will be located in Eastern Canada and is supported financially by Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

About SDTC
Sustainable Development Technology Canada is an arm’s length, not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada that currently operates a $550 million fund to support the development and demonstration of clean technologies — solutions that address issues of clean air, greenhouse gases, clean water, and clean soil, to deliver environmental, economic and health benefits to Canadians.

SDTC fills the void in the innovation chain between research and commercialization — helping clean technology developers move through the development and demonstration phases, in preparation for commercialization.

Contact:
Tony Moran, Vice-President Business Development
Woodland Biofuels Inc.
t. 905-274-0495
f. 905-274-3715
tmoran@woodlandbiofuels.com
www.woodlandbiofuels.com