FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 2, 2009

LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL

YERINGTON,  NEVADA

 

            A Minden subsidiary of Carbon Bank Ireland Ltd., Desert Hills Dairy Biodigester, LLC

(DHDB ) has acquired land to construct  the first biodigester in the State of Nevada at Desert Hills

Dairy in  Wabuska, near Yerington, Nevada.

            The biodigester will capture methane from the effluent from dairy cattle to generate

clean electrical energy,  highly nutritious and non toxic liquid fertilizer, a  mulch by product

 and enough power to run both the digester and the dairy.

            “Desert Hills is the largest and best managed dairy in Northern Nevada”, said Dr.

Michael Ganz, CEO of the new company.  “We will use proven digester technology developed by

GHD, Inc. Wisconsin to obtain maximum yields from this installation.”

            Methane produced from dairy cattle has a greenhouse gas warming effect

21 times carbon dioxide.  A herd of 10,000 cows can produce as much as a billion cubic feet of

ethane annually, according to studies performed at the University of Texas and by

from statistics compiled by the Midwest Rural Energy  Council.

            “At a time when the Nevada dairy industry has been severely damaged by the recession,

income from the  biodigester can make the difference between economic profitability

and failure”, Dr. Ganz added.

            Carbon Bank Ireland Ltd, the  parent of the Minden-headquartered company recently

signed an agreement with the Chinese  banking conglomerate, CITIC Group to harvest carbon

credits earned in China to be sold globally to  companies motivated to reduce their carbon

footprints.

Carbon Bank Ireland, Ltd., intends to use the Desert Hills digester technology to

construct (eleven) new biodigesters in Shanghai PRC.

           

               Bill McCann, Board Chairman of Carbon Bank Ireland,  “We will encourage the

management of DHDG to sell the biogas or electricity from the digester to that utility which

offers the best price. It remains to be seen whether NV Energy will match prices offered by PG &E

and Southwest Gas.  It is a tedious proposition to meet not only all capital and regulatory

requirements for a biodigester, but to comply with the utilities’s procedure and paperwork,” said

McCann. Today DHDG filed a ‘request for proposal’ with NV Energy to sell electricity to that

utility.

            Carbon Bank Ireland Ltd. is represented by William J. Raggio, Esq., John Desmond  Esq.

of Jones Vargas, LLP, and Price Coopers.

            For further information concerning this project, contact Marlene Olsen of Olsen and

 

Associates, (775) 928-1819, or, info@carbonbankireland.com