WEST PALM BEACH, FL — (Marketwired) — 05/14/13 — Natural Forces Energy Solutions Pty. Ltd., (“NFES” or the “Company”), a wholly-owned South African subsidiary of Hydro Alternative Energy, Inc., (“HAE”), an emerging independent power provider (“IPP”), announced today that it has executed a Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) with the eThekwini Municipality within the City of Durban, South Africa. This has been facilitated by the Durban Investment Promotion Agency (DIPA), with support by eThekwini–s Energy Office. The MOA provides that its purpose is to assist NFES with obtaining access to certain municipal facilities for the purposes of demonstrating NFES– technology, and to facilitate licensing, permissions, information and assistance which may be required for NFES to demonstrate its ocean current power generation system, Oceanus.
Luciano Garcia, President of NFES, stated, “Now that the Company has received the final –green light– to proceed with the demonstration and testing of the Oceanus System for the Municipality of eThekwini within the Durban offshore Agulhas current, we are looking forward to demonstrating that electric energy can be produced consistently in a sustainable and environmentally sensitive manner.”
Russell Curtis, Head of the Durban Investment Promotion Agency, together with Derek Morgan, Senior Manager, eThekwini–s Energy Office, both expressed that they are extremely pleased with the final execution of the MOA and are looking forward to working closely with NFES to execute the planned demonstration of Oceanus. Their stated intent is to further move the entire project forward, in partnership with local South African businesses.
Enrique Pallares, HAE–s President, expressed that working these several months with the different authorities and executives of the eThekwini Municipality has been most exciting and rewarding, adding, “The level of efficiency, cooperation and professionalism of every single person involved in this process has been outstanding.”
Mark Antonucci, CEO of HAE and NFES, also commented on the latest news received from the eThekwini Municipality, saying, “Working in South Africa and having the opportunity presented to demonstrate and test Oceanus is a tremendous milestone for us. Very few places in the world have the favorable conditions of the Agulhas Current. The eThekwini Municipality authorities have been most proactive in seeking to fulfill the Municipality–s mandate to provide electrical power generation and distribution services in a sustainable and environmentally sensitive manner. We are looking forward to the completion of this demonstration and moving forward with a 100 megawatt project being discussed for the future.”
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