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On the heels of the President’s visit to Newton, Iowa, the Iowa Delegation Issued a Letter Urging Action on a Loan Guarantee Application that will Encourage Expansion of a Iowa Wind Energy Company, Creating Jobs and Increasing Iowa’s Renewable Energy Capabilities WASHINGTON DC – Congressman Dave Loebsack and Senator Tom Harkin joined Senator Chuck Grassley, as well as, Congressman Tom Latham, Congressman Leonard Boswell, Congressman Steve King, and Congressman Bruce Braley writing a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday. The letter urged actions to enable a wind energy business in Iowa to grow and expand while creating and saving jobs. The letter requests the Department of Energy to fully and carefully consider a loan application submitted by Clipper Windpower, Inc. The loan guarantee will support continued growth, potentially doubling Clipper’s Iowa workforce over the next three years. “The benefits of this expansion are twofold: it strengthens and streamlines Iowa’s wind energy capabilities and it also creates and saves jobs in a new and emerging industry,” said Loebsack. “Iowa is still reeling from the effects of last summer’s floods and many businesses and industries are struggling. This project will save and create jobs in an area that has been hit hard by economic downturn.” “I am hopeful that Secretary Chu will act quickly and move forward to promote further wind energ

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http://www.advfn.com/news_US-Government-Sets-Guidelines-For-Offshore-Wind-Power-Development_37393020.html Obama to talk up wind power on Earth Day in Iowa http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_earth_day just random posts from today it'll all kick off in its own good time.

Britain has no major turbine producers of its own but hopes to leap ahead in development of offshore wind farms with the Crown Estate's third round of tender for offshore wind farms scheduled for next year. In April, the Crown Estate, which owns most of the seabed around Britain's shores, agreed to buy Clipper's prototype of the turbine to be erected in deep water. Clipper is also focused on production of its 2.5 megawatt onshore wind turbines in the United States, one of the fastest growing wind markets in the world. (Reporting by Nao Nakanishi, editing by Daniel Fineren)

yeah i noticed this today tad old but... 13 March 2009 wpd offshore GmbH and Clipper Windpower have submitted a bid in the UK offshore Round 3 tender to develop a 1350 MW offshore wind power project in the Hastings zone. Clipper Windpower is adding its 10 MW wind turbine technology to the proposal for the Hastings Zone, south of Brighton at the southeast coast of the UK.

Mr D's budget Britain commits to cut carbon emissions by 34% by 2020 • An extra £1bn to help combat climate change by supporting low-carbon industries • £525m for offshore wind projects over the next two years • £435m support for energy efficiency schemes for homes, firms and public buildings • £405m to encourage low-carbon energy and advanced green manufacturing along with "incentives .....to remove fiscal barriers so the North Sea can become a hub for energy of the future -- gas storage, carbon capture and off-shore wind.'

just found this http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?art_aid=101886&fa=Articles.showArticle In April, All Sport, Inc. and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (DPSG) will launch the first zero-calorie sports drink sweetened with rebiana, the natural sweetener derived from the stevia plant.

You may wish to register for the following [then again you may not] Reb A. Rebaudioside A. Rebiana. Stevia. Stevia extract. Confused by all the names and hype around the next generation of natural high-intensity sweeteners? Join PureCircle Friday, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. CDT as we address the differences between stevia, Reb A and others. Learn more about the significant scientific differences, as well as application development work taking place. Join PureCircle’s Dorn Wenninger, Corporate VP Supply Chain, and Dr. Sidd Purkayastha, Technical Director USA, as they discuss how this all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener compares to traditional sweeteners, as well as its predecessor – stevia – and is quickly becoming one of the most sought after ingredients of the 21st century https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=140475&sessionid=1&key=3C1BC06235329C0E73BE90372C75235E&sourcepage=register

Clearly he cannot give price sensitive info , so he refers to "strong market rumours" for UK & France. That should then open the door for the rest of Europe. I knew about Switzerland and please note Russia also approved.

Hi I emailed the company and got the following response On Europe approval: Switzerland has already approved and there are strong market rumours that UK and France will approve during 2009 Kind regards William William Mitchell Group Finance Director PureCircle Limited LSE: Ticker LSE.PURE Office : +603 2093 9333 Mobile 1: +44 7974 005163 Mobile 2: +60 1221 63855 Company Name: PureCircle Limited Registered Office: Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11 Bermuda www.purecircle.com Privileged/confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the named recipient or addressee, you are hereby notified that any use review, disclosure or copying of the contents herein is strictly prohibited. In such a case, kindly discard all its contents and notify sender accordingly regarding such unauthorized disclosure or transmission by email or telephone +603 2093-9333 and destroy the original message. Opinions, conclusions, statements and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of PureCircle Group shall be understood as neither given or endorsed by it. The contents herein are meant strictly for the use of the named recipient or addressee of PureCircle Group. No assumption of responsibility or liability whatsoever is undertaken by PureCircle Group in respect of prohibited and unauthorised use by any other person.

excellent performance by PureCircle over the last few weeks. Shame i can't say the same about TD Waterhouse. How have they managed to mess up a live system. Do they not have a mirror system in test that they work out glitches on before putting it into production. Can they not simply roll back to a previous bug free version. Seemingly not on todays performance. Pathetic

http://www.smallcapnews.co.uk/article/A_view_of_PSQ_Analytics_interview_with_Philip_Beck/7106.aspx Revenues were up to $5.5m in the first year we were on AIM, then $18m the second year and now $36.2m. So we have doubled the business every single year and we’re on track to continue to grow at that rate, notwithstanding everything that has happened in the wider economy. But people don’t really know about us and probably don’t really understand what we do. Yet we are a company that is now profitable with decent revenue growth – but our share price is a third of what it was when we joined AIM.

So, looking ahead, Mitchell added: “The consensus estimate for 2009 is a much stronger second half as all the main F&B product launches have happened in that second half. http://www.beveragedaily.com/Financial/PureCircle-reaps-rewards-for-Reb-A-contracts-in-H1 If i find anything else i'll let you know

...demand is expected to increase further with anticipated regulatory approval in European markets. Regulatory authorities in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Switzerland have already cleared the path for Reb A to be used in food and beverages, but in the EU the regulatory cogs are still turning following submissions to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in September 2007. William Mitchell, PureCircle’s finance director, told FoodNavigator.com: “They are progressing well now and we are having fairly consistent feedback. “A number of countries are looking to adopt early, particularly France and the UK.” He predicted that this would happen before the end of 2009. Similarly the company is yet to feel the full impact of the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) no objection to GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status for Reb A at 95 percent purity in late December. This was followed by an ‘unprecedented rate’ of products sweetened with Reb A, including PepsiCo’s SoBe LifeWater and The Coca-Cola Company’s Sprite Green. Mitchell said: “Our results to 31st December do not include the series of very strong launches that have happened since then. “All these have come through in January, February and March 2009.”

Kyra Sedgwick Hooks Up With Tropicana March 23, 2009 -By Georg Szalai, THR.com Kyra Sedgwick is the face of Tropicana's new light orange juice, Trop50. Sedgwick will appear in what the company says is her first multimillion dollar national advertising campaign, which launches Monday with a TV spot that will run on national and cable networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Food Network and HGTV. The actress also will be seen in print ads set for entertainment weeklies, as well as food, health and fitness, beauty, fashion and women’s publications, including Everyday with Rachael Ray, and O -- The Oprah Magazine. “Tropicana is something that's been in our family for a long time, and I love the premise of Trop50 because it delivers the goodness of orange juice, but with just half the sugar and calories," said Sedgwick. The TV spot shows Sedgwick sipping a glass of Trop50 on a bright sunny morning, which leads her to dance around her kitchen to Tom Jones', "She's A Lady." [ i've no idea who she is either ]

Apparently Tropicana had a rebrand recently and changed their packaging. According to Information Resources Inc., unit sales dropped 20%, while dollar sales decreased 19%, or roughly $33 million, to $137 million between Jan. 1 and Feb. 22. Apparently they are going back to their old packaging (not sure about packaging for the Trop50 which uses PureVia) Whichever way you look at it, that's a lot of money Tropicana contribute to PepsiCo on an annual basis. Its a lot of sales and therefore its a lot of Dollars for PureCircle. If Trop50 takes off and they are spending some money to promote it [see next post] then its onwards and upwards from here.

Can we add "Very Strong Buy" to the drop down list

PepsiCo-owned Tropicana has replaced its artificially sweetened Light n’ Healthy orange juice drink with Trop50, naturally sweetened with Reb A stevia extract. The company is marketing the drink as having 50 percent less sugar and calories than its Tropicana Pure Premium juice, although at 50 calories per eight ounce serving it contains the same number of calories as the Light n’ Healthy version. It is also positioning Trop50 for those who “want to avoid artificial sweeteners in their diet”. Tropicana has replaced the sucralose and acesulfame K in the previous drink with PureCircle’s PureVia-brand Reb A. President of Tropicana Neil Campbell said: “We take great pride in leading the category based on the input we receive from our widespread and passionate consumer base.” http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Financial-Industry/Tropicana-replaces-artificially-sweetened-juice-with-Reb-A-drink