Giant King Grass and Pellets Tested By Biomass Energy Lab

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Feb. 23, 2012, 8:30 a.m. EST

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IRVINE, Calif. and CONYERS, Ga., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VIASPACE Inc. /quotes/zigman/382884 VSPC 0.00% , a clean energy company growing Giant King(TM) Grass as a low-carbon, renewable biomass dedicated energy crop, and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. /quotes/zigman/583847 VGREF 0.00% and Timber Products Inspection Inc. announced that Giant King Grass and pellets made from Giant King Grass were among the first biomass samples tested by Biomass Energy Lab in Conyers, Georgia.

The tests included proximate and ultimate analyses, elemental analysis mineral ash analysis and ash fusion properties. Giant King Grass pellets have a gross calorific value (HHV) of 18.33 - 18.81 GJ per oven dry ton, and a net calorific value of 16.64 - 17.20 GJ per ton of as received pellets with approximately 8% moisture content.

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