Did you miss the PC investment opportunity in the 1990's

Or worse did you invest just before the tech stock crash

Goldman Sachs says that "investing in Biofuel is akin to going back in time to 1990 and investing in the PC revolution"

If you didn't make your fortune in the PC revolution, then please don't miss the biofuel revolution.

Texans and Arab Sheiks know that owning your own oilfield gives you a guaranteed income and yearly price increases.

Now you can own your own Green Oilfield for just US$35,000

We are delighted to launch our newest project, which combines biofuels and development land in Costa Rica

Attend this webinar and you'll find out about an opportunity which can guarantee your financial future.

James Cahill from Costa Rica Invest, is joined by Daniel Yepez, president of United Biofuels of America and Michael Klein, Chief Operating officer of Inited Biofuels of America in the launch of the new Green Oilfield Revolution.

United Biofuels of America are the world leader in Jatropha (biofuel) research and have been selected as one of Shell Oils top 25 Global Energy Entrepreneurs. See more here

And the best part about this is...you can be part of this phenomenal event from the comfort of your own home or office! And, you'll have an opportunity to ask questions.

This is a strictly limited private release prior to general advertisment.

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Title: Now you can own a Green Oilfield

Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

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System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

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Project to promote more green energy in Guanacaste

Project to produce more clean energy in Guanacaste is promoted

The Governments of Costa Rica and Japan carried out an exchange of notes prompting for the development of the "Project for the Introduction of Clean Energy by a Solar Electricity Generation System" proposed by the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE by its acronyms in Spanish).

This exchange of notes represents the approval of the first project, of a group of 14, that the Direction of International Cooperation of the Department of Foreign Affairs presented to the Embassy of Japan in June of last year.
This project, with an estimated value of $9 million, will allow the country to have its first photovoltaic solar plant of importance. It is a matter of taking advantage of a renewable energy source that is very abundant in our country, which furthermore does not produce any emission contaminants.

The director of the Division of the Corporate University of ICE, Róger Carvajal; the Chancellor of the Republic, Bruno Stagno; the Ambassador of Japan in Costa Rica, Hidekazu Yamaguchi and the minister of Planning, Roberto Gallardo participated in the ceremony, carried out at the Chancellery,

Foreign Relations minister, Bruno Stagno, emphasized that "this initiative adds to the efforts of the country to confront the climatic change placing special emphasis in adaptation and its mitigation, as well as in improving access to clean energy".

Furthermore he emphasized that currently 51% of the country´s forest cover has been reforested, also as part of the actions taken to fight the climatic change, an initiative started over 20 years ago. He finished by thanking the government of Japan for contributing in helping to make this country carbon neutral by the year 2021 and to businesses like ICE, for being pioneers in these efforts'' A great congratulations to ICE for their commitment to the environment and renewable energies. This cooperation is a recognition not only for the country, but also for ICE'', he manifested.

In turn, the Ambassador of Japan, Hidekazu Yamaguchi, expressed that the program of donations of the Japanese government included various countries and businesses around the world and ICE was favored among the group selected.

"ICE deeply thanks the Japanese government for their donation that effectively collaborates with the effort that the country is carrying out to be supplied 100% by renewable energy sources in the near future" said Róger Carvajal.

He also added that hydroelectric, geothermic and Aeolian energies dominate the electric production of Costa Rica, thus achieving that 94.6% of the electricity of the country is being generated from clean energy sources.

The project has two subdivisions. The first one, called Solar Project Miravalles, is located at the Geothermal Plant of Miravalles, in Guanacaste. ICE will install a solar central microcomputer of 400 kw. there.

The second, called Solar Pilot Project Savannah, of 3 kw, will be located in the area that occupies the main building of the ICE offices in North Sabana, San José. The purpose of this pilot plan is to show the residents of the Metropolitan Area the possibilities that solar energy offers.

Both the Miravalles and the microcomputer project in La Sabana will have their systems directly connected to a network, thus both installations will be contributing their energy into the national electric system directly via such network.

To read the article in full click here

Additional Services now available

Many of our clients have asked for our advice and assistance with S.A. establishment, mobile phone applications, bank account opening in Costa Rica.

We are delighted to now offer the following services to our clients:

1. Sociedad Anónima or S.A. (the Costa Rican equivalent of a corporation or limited company) establishment
2. Bank Account set up
3. Getting a mobile phone in Costa Rica
4. Obtaining a Costa Rican Drivers License
5. Annual filings for your S.A.
6. Initial Annotations and Company Books for your S.A.

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Costa Rica wins prestigious Future Policy Award 2010

From The Costa Rica News

From the global summit on biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan , Costa Rica was announced as the winner of the 2010 Future Policy award.

The prize, issued by the World Future Council, in recognition of the country’s 1998 biodiversity law. The Central American country would like to be the first developing nation to meet UN biodiversity commitments.

Costa Rica funnels funds from a fuel tax, to pay for nature reserve management and environmental services like clean air and biodiversity protection.

Forest cover has risen from 24% in 1985 to close to 46% today because landowners are paid to preserve old-growth forests and to plant new trees.

Costa Rica ranks third in the global Environmental Performance index and first in the Happy Planet index.

Just this month, the country has also received nearly $56m in donation and debt write-offs, to expands in forest and marine conservation efforts.

To read the full story on The Costa Rica News click here

Costa Rica Investments in Bio-fuel, and Sustainable Agro Developments

The Costa Rica News 19th October 2010

TRCN staff

Central America and especially Costa Rica has seen a large surge in Biofuel initiative. There new Biofuel cooperative projects, intercropping (with food and oil bearing plants) development, including a new investment wave called Multi Purpose Real Estate, UBA (United Biofuels of America.

Investing in bio-fuel is profitable in the short term and long term and helps reduce dependency on unstable foreign sources.

Here in Costa Rica the governmental bodies have full buy-in to renewable energy and sustainable agro developments.

Costa Rica is attempting to produce ethanol and biodiesel on a large enough scale to eventually reduce or even replace petroleum fuel. The state oil company, Recope, is constructing a large processing plant, the government is about to release a plan for the industry’s development, and the Institute for Agrarian Development, is engaged in research projects for certain products to convert to biofuels.

At present, ethanol is produced from sugar cane and to a lesser extent from yuca (cassava), a root crop. There is some production of bio-diesel from African Palm oil. Research is ongoing with respect to very promising oil seed crops for biodiesel, higuerilla and jatropha.

There is ample opportunity for investments in these crops to supply a local and international market. Petroleum prices are expected to remain at high levels. Biofuels reduce vehicle emissions when mixed with or replace gasoline or diesel. However, when biofuels are produced on a large scale there are also large scale environmental and social consequences, especially when the source of ethanol is corn or soybeans for biodiesel or when growing crops that displace food crops or convert forests to crop lands.

These adverse environmental and social consequences are mitigated when biofuel crops are grown on land that had been previously deforested and converted to cattle pasture. In Northern Costa Rica there are vast expanses of unproductive cattle pasture, much of it mechanizable and not requiring irrigation. This is a good opportunity to promote the conversion of cattle lands to socially useful and productive crops. This is already occurring with the proliferation of pineapple, root crop, and palmito plantings. However, it makes good sense to plant many more food crops there, such as rice, beans, and animal feed, while still leaving space for biofuel crop cultivation.

Presently, there is a project that involves an effort to plant thousands of hectares of jatropha in Costa Rican and other countries. The oil from the seed is converted to diesel and no modification of diesel motors is required. Yield is high, production costs for the hardy plant are low, and demand is potentially infinite, including for aviation fuel. The company engaged in the project invites equity participation, as well as offering technical assistance and production contracts to growers.

An excellent investment for animal feed is in pejibaye, a palm nut fruit that is very high in protein and other nutrients. Research on pejibaye has demonstrated that it is superior to corn or other grains for animal feed, especially for poultry. The fruit is also very nutritious for human consumption, including for baby food. Pejibaye palm is very productive, much higher yield than grains, and has a low cost of production. Costa Rica spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually in importing grains for animal feed and development of this high yield crop would be an excellent import-substitution measure and help reduce the nation’s chronic balance of payment deficits. The export market for prepared chicken feed would also be excellent. To accomplish this on a large enough scale to make a difference will require the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Institute for Agrarian Development, and other government planning institutions.

With recent increases in food prices Costa Rican officials and the general public has become concerned about food sovereignty, that is the cost and availability of food imports. While Costa Rica is largely self-sufficient in fruits and vegetable, dairy products, and meat and fish, this is far from the case with the basic staples of the population’s diet, rice and beans. Domestic production accounts for less than half national consumption of these staples. Corn and other grains are almost entirely imported. There is ample land for mechanized cultivation of these crops, especially in the Northern Zone.

To read the full story go to The Costa Rica News 19th October 2010