Peter Gray, Head of KPMG Corporate Finance's Energy and Natural Resources Team quoted in Greenwire

August 20, 2007

In the August 20, 2007 edition of Greenwire, KPMG Corporate Finance had an opportunity to contribute to Michael Burnham's article, "ALT FUELS: Ethanol deal signals new era of consolidation, analysts say ."

Peter Gray,  Head of KPMG Corporate Finance's Energy and Natural Resources Team, was interviewed with respect to analysts predictions that consolidation
signals a new era in the rapidly expanding ethanol sector.

"Consolidation is inevitable in the ethanol space," said Peter Gray, head of the energy and natural resources division at KPMG Corporate Finance. "This is the tip of the iceberg at this point."

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