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“GRASS-FED DATA CENTER” JULY 15, 2010 MoCARB ZEROenginuity Worldwide LLC Advancing Renewables in the Midwest

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“GRASS-FED DATA CENTER”

JULY 15 , 2010

MoCARB ZERO™

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Advancing Renewablesin the Midwest

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Why are we here?

“It’s hard to push a string uphill, go find a demand for new technology.” – Missouri

Business Leader

“Missouri is Saudi Arabia of Bio-Mass & Clean Burning Sustainable Energy”

– Former Head of GSA Region VII

Demand Drives Innovation

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Grass-Fed Data Center – Creating a Nexus Between Agriculture and Information Technology

“The successful location of data centers in Missouri have the potential to create a new market for renewable energy in

Missouri, as well as jump-start a new market of sustainable, “green-energy” produced by Missouri farmers and agro-

foresters.

These are true “green jobs” grown from Missouri’s fertile soil; supplying clean energy to power the burgeoning data center

industry. Energy from Missouri’s plants and timber could provide a significant infusion of revenue into Missouri’s rural

economy, create badly needed jobs, and put Missouri on the map for renewable energy and data centers.”

– United States Senator “Kit” Bond, a long-time advocate of Bio-mass production in Missouri.

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Data Center: Function

• Consolidates and houses computer servers and computations in racks and rows

• Provides reliable power, cooling and bandwidth to all users.

• Uses commercial grade infrastructureA large data center uses electrical

power commensurate with an aluminum smelting operation.

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Computing and storage expanding exponentially

Virtualization and cloud computing driving computing to remote data centers.

Costs, reliability and security driving utility class data center construction to locations that have abundant power, connectivity and land.Jobs are high-tech, good-wage, and new economy-based. Lots of small-business needed to support large capital investments.

Data Centers: The New Utility

FYI: The five year forecast for

energy predicts data

centers will be consuming 2%

to 5% of all power

produced in the United States– the

majority of the nation’s

hydroelectric capacity.

12% - 18% Annual Demand

Growth for next 5 years

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21st Century Users Prefer Green Power

Data Centers as an Example Energy-intensive Use 2-5% of Power on the Grid Jobs are high-tech ($100K)

Global View – Cap&Trade in Europe is Real Motivated to Incorporate

Renewable Looking for Cheap Power Rate

with Balanced Sources

Generate Large Amounts of Waste Heat Warm/Hot Water Designed to Use Waste Heat

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enginuity Vision for Sustainability

21st Century Users

Waste Stream Utilization

Diverse Biomass Sources

Innovative Fuel

Processing

On-Site Power Production

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Grass-Fed Data Center

MoCARB™ Program to Facilitate the Transformation MO Carbon–offset for Advancement and Recapture Benefits

THREE KEY COMPONENTS Create Demand for Green Power

Missouri-based Program to Attract Large Green Power Consumers to Missouri. Change the Playing Field

Insert New Technology to Achieve Cost Efficiencies Build Supply Chain

Use Missouri’s Agricultural Legacy and Strength to Power 21st Century Industry

Local, State, and National Support has Come Quickly MIZZOU, MASBDA, Senator Bond, Congressman Blunt, plus many others

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Sustainability Campus

• Focus on sustainability and net zero footprint

• Closed-loop resource utilization with water retention and reuse

• Power cogeneration capabilities with renewable fuel production and use

• Research, development, commercialization and directed work force training

• No displacement of species, people or habitats

• Green space and tree preservation

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MASBDA Award for MoCARB™ Biomass

Sustainability View – Biomass as Energy CropWork to Date – Biomass Processing Innovation

Grant Award by MASBDA Prototype Completed Scale-Up Underway Supply Side Logistics Development

Parallel Data Center Activity Brings Immediate Opportunity Very Large Data Center User has Specified Requirement of

130 MW of Green Power from Renewable Sources Turned a Neat Idea that “needs to prove out” . . . TO Market Driver to Build a New Ag Industry

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Missouri Biomass Availability & Supply

Missouri is Well-Suited Biomass Diversity is Good – Regionally Plentiful in All

Types 100MW of Biomass Supply within 80 Miles of Data Center

Site Columbia (Data Center Site) is in Center of 3 Overlapping

Regions

MoCARB™ has Vision for Developing New Harvest Utilizing Waste Heat from Users Algae, Duckweed, Others. CRP, WRP, Public Lands

Challenges to Address – Need Innovationenginuity Worldwide LLC

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Consolidated Biomass Crops (by County)

Source: MU, MDNR, USDoE

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Biomass Processing & Supply Innovations

Diverse Biomass Sources Requires Robust Design Current Pellet Process is Feasible, but High Energy Inputs Current Process has Limitations for Biomass Sources

Developing a New Biomass Processing Method Reduce Energy Input from 76% Improve Stability of Pellet/Puck to Allow Handling

Flexibility Take Anything that will Burn and Make Fuel Must be Transportable to Allow for Larger Supply Areas

Early Prototypes were Successful Use MASBDA Award to Run Full-Scale Pilots

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End Product – Current vs. New Approach

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Patent Applied For

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Biomass Processing & Supply Innovations

Plans for “Hub” Sites for Supply Development Process biomass to stable

form close to farms. Transport to power

production facilitiesNew Energy Crop

Market for Farmers Takes advantage of vast

biomass resources of Missouri

Large power users provides “demand pull”

Improved Biomass

Pellet Process

Power for Rural

Missouri & 21st Century

Users

Biomass Production on Marginal

Acres

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