Joint Venture with Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc.

PRESS RELEASE – September 21, 2009

Homeland Renewable Energy announces joint venture with Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc.

(September 21, 2009) — Laidlaw Biopower, LLC (“Laidlaw”), an affiliate of Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc. (Ticker symbol “LLEG”), and Homeland Renewable Energy LLC (“Homeland”), jointly announced today that they have entered into a joint venture to develop biomass-energy plants throughout the Northeastern United States. The joint venture company, known as Homeland Laidlaw Energy, LLC (“HLE”), provides the joint venture partners with a strong market position in the U.S. renewable energy marketplace with an initial portfolio of four biomass-energy plants under development in the Northeast and plans for significant expansion down the road.

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