VIASPACE Press Release

VIASPACE ACQUISITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT

03/01/2010

Irvine, CA - March 1, 2010-VIASPACE Inc. (OTCBB: VSPC), announced that negotiations on a Securities Purchase Agreement for its purchase of Inter-Pacific Arts Corp., a subsidiary of VIASPACE Green Energy Inc., are continuing. Both parties are working toward an agreement.  No further details were provided.

About VIASPACE Inc.

VIASPACE is a clean energy company providing products and technology for renewable and alternative energy that reduce or eliminate dependence on fossil and high-pollutant energy sources. Through its majority-owned subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc., the Company grows Giant King Grass as a low carbon fuel for electricity generating power plants and as a feedstock for cellulosic biofuels.  For more information, please see http://www.viaspace.com/ or contact Dr. Jan Vandersande, Director of Communications, at 800-517-8050 or [email protected].

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