Alter NRG Corp. sells five technology site licenses to PGPT for Czech Republic and Slovakia for $4.375 million
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CALGARY, June 25, 2012 /CNW/ - Alter NRG ("Alter NRG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has sold five technology site licenses to PGP Terminal a.s. ("PGPT"). Under the terms of the deal, PGPT has an option to purchase three more site licenses within twelve months. All eight licenses provide guaranteed access for PGPT to Alter NRG's plasma gasification technology for projects that can be located anywhere in the Czech Republic or Slovakia.
Under Alter NRG's standard licensing terms, PGPT has paid the first partial payment for each license totaling $437,500. The remaining amounts on each of the site licenses are paid to Alter as Alter completes engineering, delivers plasma gasification equipment and assists PGPT during the commissioning for each project, all under additional separate contracts. The total value of the first 5 license agreements is $4.375 million.
Walt Howard, Alter NRG's CEO, states "We are delighted to add PGPT, a well qualified and funded investor and developer, as a customer. After working with the PGPT team for over a year now, it is clear they know the Czech and Slovak markets and they have the ability to quickly develop projects".
Petr Brenek, Chairman of PGPT, stated "We have over ten plasma gasification projects in our pipeline. After completing our due diligence on the technologies available in the market place that can help PGPT deliver on its business plan, and based on the Slovak and Czech legislative concepts supporting the utilization of municipal solid waste and other feedstock for energy production, we chose Alter NRG and its Westinghouse Plasma gasification technology. Alter's commercial reference plants and the depth of its technical and operation expertise were key decision factors. Alter's recent sale of a 1000 tonnes per day gasifier to a Fortune 500 company for a project in the United Kingdom only served to support our decision to partner with Alter NRG."
Mr. Howard also noted, "This deal with PGPT is further validation of Alter's strategy to focus on specific global markets including certain specific countries within Europe that have superior market fundamentals and improved access to capital. We continue to advance negotiations of licensing deals in a number of other markets around the world".
ABOUT ALTER NRG
Alter NRG provides alternative energy solutions to meet the growing demand for environmentally responsible and economically viable energy in world markets. Alter NRG's primary objective is to further commercialize the Westinghouse Plasma Gasification Technology, through its wholly owned subsidiary, to provide renewable and clean energy solutions from a wide variety of feedstocks, and provide a wide variety of energy outputs - including liquid fuels like ethanol and diesel, electrical power, and syngas.
ABOUT PGP TERMINAL a.s.
PGPT is an investment and development company based in the Czech Republic and focused on the preparation and development of projects in the energy sector. PGPT intends, in collaboration with reputable foreign companies, to develop projects aimed at combined electricity and heat production in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
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Walter Howard, Chief Executive Office
(403) 806-3877 [email protected]
Daniel Hay, Chief Financial Officer
(403) 214-4235 [email protected]
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