August 14, 2007 – Vol.12 No.21

INFINIA and Emergence BioEnergy to Develop Stirling Engine Cogenerator for Developing Nations.

INFINIA Corporation has partnered with Lexington, Massachusetts-based Emergence BioEnergy, Inc. (EBI) to develop a combined heat and power product that will serve developing nations, including their rural communities. The EBI strategy, conceptualized by Grameen Phone founder and EBI CEO Iqbal Quadir, provides a platform that generates electricity on a sustainable basis from locally available fuel sources and provides clean, high quality heat to support additional income-generating opportunities for local entrepreneurs.

The initial product will package Infinia's 1-kilowatt (kW) free-piston Stirling generator with a thermal appliance to operate on methane gas produced by an anaerobic digester that converts livestock manure and agricultural wastes into combustible biogas. The digester also produces waste solids which can be used as fertilizers and fish feed. The product can be adapted to other fuel sources, depending on the circumstances.

Infinia's 1 kW Stirling engine is being used in residential combined heat and power appliances and is expected to be commercialized in Asia and Europe over the next 18 months. Mass production of the 1 kW engine will help to ensure that the EBI product is affordable for Bangladeshi entrepreneurs and villages.

INFINIA Corporation is a portfolio company of Equus Total Return, Inc. (8/13/07)

Links:

INFINIA http://www.infiniacorp.com

Equus Total Return http://www.equuscap.com

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