ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES


Ecotourism International’s affiliate, Sanders International, prepares market assessments, feasibility studies, business plans, investment proposals and policy analyses for alternative energy and environmental projects. Many of these alternative energy and environmental technologies are important components of successful ecotourism projects. They not only reduce life-cycle costs and facilitate permitting processes, but can also be integral parts of the overall visitor experience and marketing message.

Ed Sanders, co-founder and President of Sanders International, recently spent six months as a full-time consultant to Global Clean Energy serving as interim Chief Operating Officer and helping position it to begin trading as a NASDAQ Bulletin Board company. He has evaluated a number of other alternative energy projects and did most of the business planning and investor recruitment for an innovative integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) private power plant in India. The company currently seeks opportunities for creating industrial synergies by combining different alternative energy technologies (e.g., waste-to-energy gasification, biodiesel refining, algae bioreactors, digesters and solar power). In these types of energy parks, waste streams from one process can be used as inputs to others, thereby increasing the energy efficiency and profitability of the overall project.

Sanders International has also managed several large environmental promotion and project development programs, including multi-year, multi-million dollar environmental technology transfer programs funded by the U.S. Government in Central Europe and South Asia. In the course of administering these programs, the company gained wide experience in a broad array of environmental technologies, including market potential, licensing and project development opportunities, and funding sources and options.

For more information, see Sanders International’s Website at www.sandersinternational.net