Commercial Demonstrator 247Solar Plant™ · systems, and first-to-market with its high efficiency...

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Bruce Norman Anderson, CEO +1-617-290-9913 436 Utterback Store Rd Great Falls, VA 22066 USA [email protected] www.247Solar.com Commercial Demonstrator 247Solar Plant™ Ouarzazate, Morocco 2019/2020 247Solar Inc., a US company (http://www.247solar.com), is building its first commercial demonstration 247Solar Plant™ in Ouarzazate, Morocco. It is doing so in partnership with the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) (hhttp://www.masen.ma/en/), a global leader in the commercialization of solar energy. MASEN is Morocco’s agency responsible for significantly reducing the country’s reliance on foreign sources of energy by turning to renewable energy technology. It will be deployed at MASEN’s Ouarzazate (Noor) Solar Complex, the largest and best known concentrated solar power (CSP) project in the world. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Solar_Power_Station). The Commercial Demonstration 247Solar Plant™ will be used to provide independently verifiable evidence as to the performance of the technology so that customers and financiers can be confident that it will perform to the designated specification. Data from the Commercial Demonstrator will be compared with economic modelling, which will be continually updated to ensure accurate, predictable models for the future. Similar to a wind machine of specific power, the Commercial Demonstrator of 400 kWe is an exact model of the standardized, pre-engineered 247Solar Plant module that will be replicated on customers’ sites as many times as necessary to achieve the required power output. In addition the Commercial Demonstrator‘s performance will be monitored against similar rival technologies, many of which are available on site, to provide accurate cost benefit analysis of the various technologies. Ouarzazate, Morocco Ouarzazate Solar Power Complex

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Bruce Norman Anderson, CEO +1-617-290-9913

436 Utterback Store Rd Great Falls, VA 22066 USA

[email protected] www.247Solar.com

Commercial Demonstrator 247Solar Plant™ Ouarzazate, Morocco

2019/2020 247Solar Inc., a US company (http://www.247solar.com), is building its first commercial demonstration 247Solar Plant™ in Ouarzazate, Morocco. It is doing so in partnership with the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN) (hhttp://www.masen.ma/en/), a global leader in the commercialization of solar energy. MASEN is Morocco’s agency responsible for significantly reducing the country’s reliance on foreign sources of energy by turning to renewable energy technology. It will be deployed at MASEN’s Ouarzazate (Noor) Solar Complex, the largest and best known concentrated solar power (CSP) project in the world. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarzazate_Solar_Power_Station). The Commercial Demonstration 247Solar Plant™ will be used to provide independently verifiable evidence as to the performance of the technology so

that customers and financiers can be confident that it will perform to the designated specification. Data from the Commercial Demonstrator will be compared with economic modelling, which will be continually updated to ensure accurate, predictable models for the future. Similar to a wind machine of specific power, the Commercial Demonstrator of 400 kWe is an exact model of the standardized, pre-engineered 247Solar Plant module that will be replicated on customers’ sites as many times as necessary to achieve the required power output.

In addition the Commercial Demonstrator‘s performance will be monitored against similar rival technologies, many of which are available on site, to provide accurate cost benefit analysis of the various technologies.

Ouarzazate, Morocco

Ouarzazate Solar Power Complex

Getting to Ouarzazate Ouarzazate can be accessed by daily air travel, principally, from Casablanca, which can be accessed by many points throughout the world. Alternatively, it is a 6-7 hour drive over the Atlas Mountains, or 4-5 hours from Marrekech. More than 100 movies have been filmed in Ouarzazate, and the interesting city hosts dozens of economical hotels with true Moroccan styling. For more detailed travel information, see https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Casablanca/Ouarzazate. Map from Ouarzazate to the Site

The Commercial Demonstrator The commercial demonstration project will be a single, standardized 400 kWe system, as follows.

1. About 4 acres (<2 hectares, 16,000m2) of heliostats (pole-mounted, solar mirrors from a third- party vendor)totaling 4000 sq m that track the sun and focus ~1500 suns of energy onto...

2. …an innovative high-temperature, air-heating 247Solar Receiver™, where air is heated at near atmospheric pressure to 970oC. The Receiver is mounted on…

3. …a common, off-the-shelf truss tower ~35m tall, which holds the ducting that carries the air to and from the Receiver. Toward the bottom of the tower, some of the hot air goes to...

4. …an off-the-shelf, 400 kWe “microturbine” package that is shipped operation-ready with generator and power electronics for quick grid connection and very high reliability. Microturbines use compressed hot air rather than steam, require just 4-6 hr/yr of maintenance, and have overhaul schedules of 50,000 hours. The package also includes the 247Solar Heat Exchanger™, which transfers the solar heat from the low-pressure air to the compressed air from the turbine's compressor.

5. The rest of the low-pressure hot air from the solar receiver goes to a ~10-hour 247Solar Thermal Storage System™, which powers the turbine when the sun is not shining. The 247Solar Plant’s hot air heats “dry” storage such as firebrick or small pieces of ceramic rather than molten salts typical of other CSP systems. If desired, the turbine burns conventional fuels or biofuels (liquid or gaseous) when the thermal storage system is depleted.

The Technical Team 247Solar’s technical team is a worldwide group of the foremost CSP and turbomachinery experts. All are independent contractors, and all are available, by introduction, for one-on-one consultation. Bill Treece, Senior Vice President Engineering 45-year engineer of microturbine and related technology development & project management

• Wilson Solarpower, Senior Vice President, Engineering, 2009-2015 • Capstone Turbine, Senior Vice President, Engineering, 1997-2009 • Sundstrand Turbomach APU Division, Various Director Positions. 1980 – 1997 • Solar Turbines, Gas Turbine Product Engineering Manager, 1973-1980 • General Electric Aircraft Engine Division, Manager of F-101 HP Turbine Design & Development,

1969 – 1973; Turbine Design & Analysis Engineer, General Electric Large Jet Engine Division, 1965 – 1967

• General Motors, Allison Division, Supervisor GMA 100 Turbine Design, 1967 – 1969 • 7 patents, plus 4 patents pending in gas turbines and 2 in CSP; numerous technical publications.

Douglas A. Hamrin, Vice President Systems Engineering 25 years as a systems engineer of advanced, low-emissions power and electricity systems

• Ener-Core, Vice President Engineering, 2008-2018 • Honeywell Turbo Technologies, Technical Manager, Applications, 2006 –2008 • Capstone Turbine Corporation, Director, Fuel Systems and Advanced Technology Engineer,

2001 –2004 • General Motors Corporation, Advanced Powertrain Division, Senior Project Engineer, 1994 –2000 • Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering MIT, 1994 • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1992 • Numerous patents and technical publications

Said Izadi, Senior Materials Engineer 45 years in materials and processes selection, manufacturing, and repair of gas turbine engine components

• Hamilton Sundstrand, Group Lead Materials And Processes, 1999 –2009 • Hamilton Sundstrand, Principal Engineer, 1986 –1999 • Williams International, Senior Engineer, Advanced Materials, 1979 – 1986 • Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Research Engineer, 1978 – 1979 • Atomic Energy Organization Of Iran, Senior Engineer, 1974 – 1978 • BS in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Tech. University • 10 patents awarded or pending

John R. Corrado, Senior Modeling Engineer. 45 years designing gas turbines with a focus on finite element analysis (FEA), systems modeling, and combustion design.

• Solar Turbines, 2011-2018 • Ramgen Corporation, 2002-2011 • Caterpillar Corporation, 2001-2002 • Pratt & Whitney Aero Systems, Advisory Engineer, 1996-2001 • Sundstrand Power Systems, Combustion And Heat Transfer Manager, 1988-1996 • Sundstrand Power Systems, Consulting Design Engineer-Heat Transfer , 1986-1988 • Solar Turbines Inc, 1963-1983 • B.S. Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Minor in Engineering, San Diego State University, 1970 • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Energy Conversion, San Diego State University, 1978

Steve Lampe, Senior Controls Engineer 25 years as a controls engineer and low emissions standalone power for remote applications with a focus on new and emerging technologies

• Flex Leasing Power & Service, Vice President, Engineering, (2014 – present) • EnerCore, Vice President, Controls & Applications Engineering, (2008-2013)

• Professional Energy Solution, Inc., President, (2004-Present) • Capstone Turbine Corporation, Director of Oil and Gas Applications, Application Engineering

Manager, Manager, Controls Engineering, (1995-2004) • Sundstrand, Manager, Software and Controls, (1985-1995) • Solar Turbines, Engineer, computer aided engineering, (1983-1985) • Caterpillar (1979-1983) • 17 US patents. • BS & MS Degree, in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri

Brian Dickey, Controls Engineer 20 years as a controls and software engineer for advanced gas turbine and electric power systems, including systems architecture, modeling, and analysis

• Barber-Nichols Inc., Principal Engineer, 2016-2018 • Capstone Turbine Corporation, Director Advanced Technology, Controls, Systems, Software And

Electronics, 1997-2015 • BS, Mechanical Engineering. UC Berkeley, 1997

Kelly Ward, Design Engineer 30 years as a Mechanical Design Engineer/Mechanical Designer/Design Drafting Supervisor

• Axcelis/Eaton Semiconductor, Mechanical Design Engineer/Mechanical Designer/Design Drafting Supervisor, 2017-2018

• Janis Research, Mechanical Designer, 2014-2017 • Applied Materials, Mechanical Designer, 2012-2014 • Wilson SolarPower, Mechanical Designer, 2006-2015 • Ibis Technology, Mechanical Designer, 1994-2006

PRINCIPAL CONSULTING COMPANIES German Aerospace Company (DLR), Stuttgart Germany German government’s technology research center and the world’s leading experts on CSP Brayton Power Tower technology Brayton Energy, Hampton Beach, NH, USA An engineering company that specializes in Brayton gas turbine technology development PRINCIPAL SUPPLIERS Capstone Turbine Corporation, Chatsworth, CA, USA The world’s leading developer and manufacturer of clean-and-green microturbine power generation systems, and first-to-market with its high efficiency air bearing turbine technology. Arnold Group, Stuttgart, Germany Manufacturers of specialty technology, including the 247Solar Receiver™ Fraunhofer Institute, Munich, Germany German government’s technology research center and the developer and fabricator of the specialty ceramic foam used in the 247Solar Receiver™