Former US Presidential Economic Advisor Patrick O’Brien Named to Advisory Board of Mission NewEnergy Limited
07 Settembre 2011 - 1:03PM
Business Wire
Mission NewEnergy Limited (Nasdaq:MNEL) (ASX:MBT), a
global provider of environmentally sustainable biofuels, has named
Patrick O’Brien, a retired senior US Department of Agriculture
Director and Presidential Commission economist, to its Advisory
Board. The appointment was announced by Mission’s Advisory Board
Chairman Major General Wilbert D. Pearson (USAF-Ret).
“Alternative energy is a compelling issue for all industries
both from a cost and environmental perspective. Patrick’s three
decades of leadership in agribusiness and his commitment to slowing
climate change and developing plant based biofuel, provides Mission
NewEnergy with another strong voice for reliance upon responsible
products for our future,” Major General Pearson said.
Mission NewEnergy is internationally recognized for its role in
the development, commercialization and marketing of sustainable
biofuels. Its multiple production activities include management of
more than 194,000 acres of Jatropha contract farming, uplifting the
lives of indigent farmers in India. They are growing and processing
non-edible Jatropha seeds in arid marginal land.
James Garton, President of Mission NewEnergy, USA, said, “We
welcome Patrick as an Advisory Board member. We will continue to
bring together outstanding business leaders, scholars and advocates
to Mission’s Advisory Board to work with Major General Pearson in
pursuing a sustainable future relying on renewable energy.”
“I am particularly pleased to join a team of experts who have
raised the bar in addressing international energy issues while
demonstrating environmental responsibility. The Mission NewEnergy
approach is the perfect model for public-private cooperation in the
pursuit of renewable energy,” Mr. O’Brien concluded.
About Mission NewEnergy
Mission NewEnergy Limited is a global provider of sustainable,
renewable energy. Operating in Asia, India, Australia, Europe and
North America, Mission NewEnergy is a biodiesel producer and one of
the world’s largest Jatropha plantation companies. At full capacity
we can produce 105 million gallons of biodiesel and have over
194,000 acres of plantation representing a sustainable non-edible
oil supply of an estimated 22 million barrels. Jatropha Curcas, an
inedible biofuel feedstock, is being cultivated by Mission’s
contract farmers on arid, marginal lands. Through the realization
of Jatropha by-product value Mission is working towards a zero cost
of sustainable non-edible fuel source. To learn more, visit
www.missionnewenergy.com.
For more information and a copy of this announcement, please
visit: www.missionnewenergy.com.
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