UGE Announces Q1 2020 Updates as Global Solar Experience Tops 400 MW

Toronto, Ontario, April 09, 2020 -- UGE International Ltd. (TSXV: UGE) (OTCQB: UGEIF) (the "Company" or "UGE"), a leader in commercial and community solar energy solutions, is pleased to announce that its global solar experience has surpassed 400MW, as one of many milestones reached in Q1 2020.

The following summarizes the Company's milestones and other updates from Q1 2020. The Company experienced the strongest quarter in its history for new Confirmed Orders, driving a 50% growth in Company backlog, which now exceeds USD$45 million.

US Market

UGE's US market continued to experience increased activity in Q1 2020. For projects in deployment, UGE reached final completion on a 100kW system in Long Island, New York, as well as mechanical completion on a 130kW project in Montvale, New Jersey. A second Montvale project is nearing the same milestone, which will be completed in Q2 2020.

Meanwhile, UGE confirmed eight new projects in the US, with an estimated project value of over USD$20 million. This was highlighted by UGE's recent announcement, which included an agreement to develop, build, and finance its largest US project yet, a community solar project in Westchester, NY.

UGE also announced that it closed project financing for two New York-based projects. Interested New York City-based energy users are able to subscribe to the projects through the following URL: www.ugei.com/community-solar-marketplace.

Philippines Market

UGE's momentum in the Philippines continued, as well. The Company reached final completion on four projects totaling 1.4MW, and substantial completion on two projects, both of which are expected to reach final completion by the end of Q2 2020.

UGE's wholly-owned subsidiary, UGE Philippines, also signed agreements for two new projects in Q1 2020. The clients were Cebu Institute of Technology University, for a 97 kW solar energy system, and Lite Port Properties Inc., for a 200 kW project at a commercial mall complex in Bohol.

Engineering and Consulting Services

Meanwhile, UGE's consulting division, "UGEngineering", completed several assignments, both for external clients and UGE's US and Philippines project development subsidiaries. The division completed assignments for three external clients, including Issued for Construction drawings for 18MW of projects in New York State and front end project engineering design in Ontario. In Q2 2020, the division looks to complete assignments for its first project located in California, repowering projects in Ontario, and microgrid projects in Africa, as well as the increasing list of projects for UGE's US and Philippines subsidiaries.

UGE International

At the corporate level, UGE celebrated the 400MW milestone by recording its strongest quarter ever for Confirmed Orders at over USD$20 million, and estimates that its project backlog is now between USD$45-50 million. The Company also neared closure of its Canadian EPC subsidiary as creditors voted to accept UGE Canada RE Ltd's proposal on February 14, 2020. Because of COVID-19, the court's approval of the Proposal has been pushed back to a later date, to be determined. The Company also will release its 2019 audited financial statements before the end of April 2020.

Lastly, the Company continues to manage through the ramifications of COVID-19. Although construction progress has slowed based on local restrictions, each of the Company's subsidiaries have proactively taken steps to temporarily decrease spending and will focus on accelerating schedules once such local restrictions are lifted. New project development continues at a rapid pace, as demonstrated by the significant number of new projects won in recent weeks. UGE expects to move several of these new projects into the construction phase before the end of the year.

About UGE International Ltd:
UGE delivers immediate savings to businesses through the low cost of solar energy. We help commercial and industrial clients become more competitive by providing low cost distributed renewable energy solutions at no upfront cost and maximum long-term benefit. With over 400MW of global experience, we work daily to power a more sustainable world. Visit us at www.ugei.com.

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JMK Plumbing LLC Exercises Caution While Serving Customers For Plumbing Problems During COVID 19 Pandemic

Carlisle, Ohio- April 9, 2020- Plumbing companies are used to keeping their plumbers safe from infectious diseases. Dealing with things like toilets and sewer lines, there has to be a level of sanitation. With the outbreak of the Coronavirus, JMK Plumbing is taking even more precautions to keep their team and customers safe.

Since the news broke of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carlisle plumbing company has been suiting up and doing their part in preventing transmissions. They are proactive, and that starts with screening their employees and their customers for symptoms of the illness. This will include talking to customers on the phone to learn about possible interactions or infection.

Employees that have been in contact with someone confirmed positive would need to wait to return to work for at least seven days. Those that have a cough in combination with a fever won’t be permitted to make house calls and will need to stay home until the isolation period is completed.

JMK Plumbing, LLC, understands that plumbing problems seldom happen during regular business hours. They have been experiencing increased calls due to residential customers using their plumbing more heavily. The plumbing company has received more calls ranging from leaks to stubborn clogs.

Owner Josh Ferguson had this to say on their position during the Coronavirus pandemic,” We’re a family-owned and operated company committed to providing fast, friendly and professional plumbing services. Our focus during the COVID-19 outbreak is making sure our team and our customers are kept safe. We will be implementing mandatory PPE and screen all employees to minimize any exposure or risk.”

Dealing with plumbing problems, including drains and sewers, are standard practice at JMK Plumbing, LLC. Sewage line repairs have a unique set of challenges regarding infectious diseases. As of right now, it is unknown if COVID-19 can be spread through sewage transmission. But the industry is on guard and not taking any chances. Each plumber arrives ready to help their customers in full protective suits and face masks. This can significantly diminish the chances of spreading the virus from customers to plumber or plumber to customers.

During the peak of the Coronavirus and possible transmission, residents must make sure that if they require home services, like plumbing, they are choosing a company that cares. JMK Plumbing is doing its part to maintain safety so that their customers can get the services they need without any worry.

For more information on JMK Plumbing, LLC, visit their website at https://jmkplumbing.net/. For questions please contact Josh Ferguson at 937-238-8620 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

ChainUPs Bitwind Brand Offers Incremental Liquidity for Exchanges

ChainUP’s BitWind creates a pool of liquidity that is comparable to those of top exchanges, thereby helping novice and operating exchanges increase their transaction volumes.

Singapore, April 09, 2020 -- On crypto exchanges, liquidity basically refers to the ease of conversions between tokens or to cash. Closely related to market depth and exchange transactions, it correlates with the number of users, level of activity and amount of funds that are being transacted. Important in traditional stock markets, liquidity plays an even more crucial role in crypto markets.

Huobi founder Li Lin has declared that, “Asset volume and liquidity are the core indicators of the strength of an exchange”.

In the same vein, founder and CEO of ChainUP, Zhong Gengfa, often mentions how important high-quality assets are to the development of an exchange and how liquidity constitutes the core experience on an exchange.

Beginning with its first client in September 2017, ChainUP has identified how important liquid products are on an exchange. A leading blockchain technology service provider that has formed 8 mature product lines, ChainUP’s realm of expertise include cryptocurrency exchange, liquidity support, public and alliance chains, wallet, mining pool, situational awareness, blockchain cloud media as well as broker services.

Integrating the liquidity of 300 exchanges served by ChainUP from all over the world, the BitWind liquidity brand creates a liquidity experience that is comparable to those of top exchanges, thereby helping exchanges to increase transaction volumes.

The Liquidity Solution

In the second half of 2019, exchanges were confronted with a severe challenge - the competition amongst exchanges for higher liquidity. For professional service providers, this was an unprecedented opportunity. With exchanges focusing on infrastructure factors like technical services, situational awareness services, market software, professional quantitative market-making platforms and decentralized asset derivatives, the trend was for tech service providers to step in.

In a Jinse Finance interview, BitWind Liquidity Product Operations Director Gino shared that “many customers encounter[ed] standard difficulties when they [began] operations.” A typical feedback from BitWind’s increasing base of customers has been “the crucial role liquidity plays in operations.” It was a pivotal pain point that exchanges faced.”

The independent BitWind liquidity brand required more than half a year to hone before it was finally launched. The goal was to meet user needs and provide the best market depth and trading experience, thereby helping exchanges implement operations smoothly. Even though the product was created for B2B businesses, BitWind could cater the range of novice exchange teams to operating exchanges, wallet dealers to brokers, institutional traders and more.

Deeper Liquidity Pools, Capacity to Operate More Freely

In principle, BitWind is established as the ecology center and aggregates the liquidity of over 300 exchanges. With the ‘upstream’ providing liquidity for the ‘downstream’, the BitWind liquidity product has created a liquidity pool that can service all the mainstream currencies in the market.

To provide trading services to their end-users, exchanges only needed to add a trading entry on their platforms. With that they could access the shared liquidity and aggregation market of the underlying trading network.

The BitWind product supports spot liquidity, the privatized ETF liquidity of ChainUP as well as platform currency liquidity etc. Opening a credit account allows an exchange to access liquidity and also create liquidity more freely from the leverage function. Of special mention, ChainUP has a dedicated network price aggregator that can provide the fastest price quotes as well as ultra-low order delays. Other features include one-click trading, one-second price comparisons and low-buying and high-selling.

Emerging exchanges can access optimal quotes, sufficient traffic, the best market depth, lower spreads and avoid the risk of arbitrage losses while simultaneously increasing trading volume. It can leverage operating and capital value in a bear market, and maintain its competitive edge and grasp market opportunities in a bull market.

Currently serving more than 500 global customers, ChainUP’s customers include 300+ digital asset exchanges and 100+ digital wallet customers, hailing from over 20 countries in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe and America. Millions of customers contribute to the huge aggregated user volume which naturally creates liquidity. The BitWind liquidity brand currently serves more than 150 customers. From the synergies of the various flows in the ecology, siphoning effects are formed that create sustainable positive cycles.

A Differentiated Competitive Advantage

Regarding the competitive advantages of BitWind, Gino points out that BitWind has 300 exchange depths, high-performance matching engines, comprehensive transaction functionalities, 3-5 times spot leverage allocations, minimum transaction delays, powerful technology and support for 100 public chains and 8 major protocols.

In addition, the core technical team of ChainUP hail from BAT (Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent) backgrounds. Founding team members like Jun Du, Hu Donghai and others possess deep and professional industry knowledge and experience. Moreover, ChainUP has always maintained its position as a dedicated technical service provider, not branching off into other areas that might cause conflicts of interest for their customers. These factors have contributed in no small part to BitWind’s competitive advantages.

Liquidity - the Lifeblood of Small and Medium Exchanges

When small and medium exchanges lack users and trading volumes, they will survive in the industry. By placing large numbers of purchase orders, BitWind plays the role of a large customer on the exchange. The instant liquidity access can save new exchanges from a cold start. Rather, small and medium exchanges can shift their focus on customer retention, avoiding the risks in market making. In the industry battle for liquidity, BitWind has proved to be an absolute masterstroke for ChainUP.

About ChainUP:
ChainUP is a leading blockchain technology solution provider in the world. It owns eight well-developed product lines: digital currency trading (financial derivatives), wallet, situational awareness, public chain and consortium blockchain, mining pool, blockchain cloud media, liquidity, broker, and has constructed an industrial closed-loop from technology service to traffic and traffic commercialization. So far, it has served 300+ exchange clients, 100+ digital wallet clients, 150+ liquidity service clients, which include 50+ million users in over 20 countries from Asia, Europe, America and Oceania. The team members behind ChainUP have worked in top blockchain or internet companies and institutions in technological development and operation management, and are highly experienced in the blockchain industry. It has obtained several rounds of investments from well-known top institutions in the industry, such as Morningside Venture Capital, Joy Capital, Node Capital, Albatross Venture, Taoshi capital, amongst others.

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Haynes Plumbing Services Announces Steps Taken To Reduce Transmission of Coronavirus While Serving Stafford VA Area Customers

Stafford, Virginia-April 8, 2020- In over 25 years, Haynes Plumbing Services has handled a fair share of problems, almost all exclusively plumbing related. With the growing and mass concern about COVID-19, they have their work cut out for them, troubleshooting methods for protection. The primary care is keeping their technicians, staff, and customers all safe during this trying time.

As of this writing, there have been 3,333 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Stafford County, VA area. With this number growing each day, precautions must be taken. One area of the home or business that can't go long without being addressed is faulty plumbing. While social distancing is the answer to slowing the transmission, certain things can't wait. For those that experience leaking plumbing, clogged toilet and drains, or a burst plumbing pipe, the need for immediate assistance is a must.

At Haynes Plumbing Services, they are still providing plumbing services to customers throughout the area. However, they are treating the situation with great care and taking extra precautions to keep all parties involved safe throughout the entire service.

The first step when a customer needs service is to identify the possibility of exposure. For Haynes Plumbing, this is figuring out if any plumber has been exposed or presenting signs of infection, which includes cough and fever. The second is to determine whether a customer has any exposure or currently infected. The plumbing company will screen phone calls more carefully and possibly reschedule those that have been exposed or have symptoms.

"We're committed to providing Stafford courteous and professional plumbing service for both residential and commercial clients with keeping safety at the forefront. During the Coronavirus pandemic, our plumbers will be taking all necessary precautions, including wearing PPE and testing employees for possible signs of infection." owner John Haynes has said.

Employees will need to wear full personal protective equipment on every house call, as well as keeping distance whenever possible. While in the course of performing plumbing services, technicians have come in contact with infectious waste; the Coronavirus is a new threat that requires the same level of caution, if not more.

While it is still unknown for how long COVID-19 will pose a threat, Haynes Plumbing is doing whatever they can to ensure their customers receive the plumbing repairs, installations, and emergency services they need without putting anyone at risk.

For more information on Haynes Plumbing visit https://www.haynesplumbingservices.com/. For questions please contact John Haynes at 540-659-3295 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

New England Burials at Sea add Sea Scattering Upgrades to Assist Families with Planning

Marshfield, MA, April 08, 2020 -- Captain Brad White, founder of New England Burials at Sea LLC (NEBAS) headquartered in Marshfield, MA announced that the company has designed a no charge upgrade program for the increased demand of COVID-19 related family scattering requests in 2020.

White shared that during this devastating public health crisis his company is upgrading many 1-6 passenger attended by family events from the standard 30’-50’ vessels to larger 65’ – 110’ vessels at no additional charge, enabling for safe at sea 6’+ social distancing for up to 10 passengers aboard at the same time while following published CDC safety requirements.

Capt. White expects full body sea burials at sea are on hold at this time until after the pandemic subsides but in the meantime is offering this no charge scattering upgrade program so families can get the healing and closure they need without feeling compelled to make immediate or uncertain final plans helping families to cope with the unexpected loss of their loved one.

About NEBAS:
New England Burials at Sea® (NEBAS) is the largest USCG licensed provider for customized ash scatterings at sea serving families from all cultures and creeds, civilian and military, on both coasts of the USA for groups up to 400 people since 2006. Based in Marshfield, MA, the company operates year-round from Maine to Miami and from San Diego to Seattle, departing from over 73 ports with 86 different vessels that are clean and current with the latest safety gear with personalized and affordable services. They are recognized by the EPA, US Navy, U.S.C.G. and over 2,500 funeral homes and crematories across America who have taken advantage of their Sea Burial Certified™ training program. The company also created, designed and manufactures the ocean friendly Atlantic and Pacific Sea Burial Shroud™ for full body burials at sea.

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