Lucien E. Forbes
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Lucien Forbes is a US
-based entrepreneur
Mr. Forbes has developed projects across the globe in a range of industries including communications, shipping, and energy.
Mr. Forbes currently serves as CEO of both Forbes Group, an international corporation
that implements development projects in burgeoning nations, and Forbes Energy
, the zero-environmental impact, global ethanol energy facility.
Under Mr. Forbes’ leadership, Forbes Group has helped nations such as Russia
, Nigeria
, Brazil
, among others to develop telecommunications, marine fishing and processing, and many other vital industries for economic development.
Forbes Energy
is a company devoted to zero-environmental impact energy production. As an international sugar broker, Forbes utilized his knowledge of the sugar industry and the Brazilian ethanol-production model
to refine production. The first facility is based in the Dominican Republic
and will become operational in 2010. The facility will generate both fuel and electricity from sugar cane ethanol
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
Mr. Forbes has developed projects across the globe in a range of industries including communications, shipping, and energy.
Mr. Forbes currently serves as CEO of both Forbes Group, an international corporation
Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
that implements development projects in burgeoning nations, and Forbes Energy
Forbes Energy
Forbes Energy LLC is developing a new way of producing renewable, sustainable fuel and electrical energy. The Company is building a zero-environmental impact, global energy facility which uses ethanol derived from sugarcane. Forbes Energy was established in 2006 by entrepreneur Lucien Forbes...
, the zero-environmental impact, global ethanol energy facility.
Under Mr. Forbes’ leadership, Forbes Group has helped nations such as Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, among others to develop telecommunications, marine fishing and processing, and many other vital industries for economic development.
Forbes Energy
Forbes Energy
Forbes Energy LLC is developing a new way of producing renewable, sustainable fuel and electrical energy. The Company is building a zero-environmental impact, global energy facility which uses ethanol derived from sugarcane. Forbes Energy was established in 2006 by entrepreneur Lucien Forbes...
is a company devoted to zero-environmental impact energy production. As an international sugar broker, Forbes utilized his knowledge of the sugar industry and the Brazilian ethanol-production model
Ethanol fuel in Brazil
Brazil is the world's second largest producer of ethanol fuel and the world's largest exporter. Together, Brazil and the United States lead the industrial production of ethanol fuel, accounting together for 87.8% of the world's production in 2010. In 2010 Brazil produced 26.2 billion litres Brazil...
to refine production. The first facility is based in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
and will become operational in 2010. The facility will generate both fuel and electricity from sugar cane ethanol
Ethanol fuel
Ethanol fuel is ethanol , the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It is most often used as a motor fuel, mainly as a biofuel additive for gasoline. World ethanol production for transport fuel tripled between 2000 and 2007 from 17 billion to more than 52 billion litres...
.