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Advanced Generation Briefing and the Tri-State Carbon X PRIZE

September 21, 2012

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Robbin Christianson, NRECA’s Cooperative Research Network Director of Program Operations

Moderator

AGENDA

• A Carbon-Constrained World: Challenges

and Opportunities

• Transforming Carbon from Waste to Asset
• Technology Snapshot: CO2 Conversion to

Liquid Fuels

• X PRIZE and New NRECA Multi-G&T

Membership

Dale T Bradshaw Technical Liaison to CRN’s Generation, Fuels, and Environment Membership Advisory Group and Contractor to NRECA

Presenter

A Paradigm Shift Around Emissions of CO2

 From Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)

– Carbon Capture costs appear to be very expensive and dramatically increases fossil plant parasitic loads – Geologic Sequestration has unknown costs, unknown geologic consequences, and unknown liabilities

 To Carbon Capture and Recycle (CCR)

– High carbon capture costs can be more than offset by high value for recycle and utilization of carbon as chemicals or liquid hydrocarbon fuels

The Goal:

• Validate at a commercial scale new technologies and products that

make capturing CO2 from coal plants a revenue stream, not a liability.

• Additional competitions may be launched including CO2 utilization

from natural gas-fired production streams.

• Led by Tri-State G&T. Sunflower Electric Power Co-op is a founding

member.

$10M purse for winning competitor

Transforming Carbon from Waste to Asset

CO2 Utilization-Massive Market Opportunity

CO2 Utilization Technologies

Technology Snapshot Potential Technologies for CO2 Conversion to Liquid Fuels

Converting CO2 Using High Temperature Co-Electrolysis (HTCE)

 CO2 and high temperature steam from Fossil Plant input to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell  Plus Electricity from Grid, Wind, and/or Solar  Output is Green gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, chemicals, and Oxygen  Oxygen can be input for retrofit fossil plants for Oxycombustion

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Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Oxygen used for Oxycombustion

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Syngas as Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide

HTCE Unit

Chemical Plant

Oxy-Combustion with CO2 Utilization

X

Pure Oxygen

Use of Syngas from HTCE and Oxycombustion

ECOCAP Catalytic Gasification Bevin Reactor with Conversion of 12 K tons CO2 Plus Coal to Petroleum Products

CO2 Steam Coal 50 to 65% ROI with oil at $75/BBl. 50,000 BBl/day Bevin Reactor ($1.125 Billion/year) will consume 5 million tons of CO2. 250 of these reactors will consume 50% of the US CO2

ECOCAP Conversion of 13K Tons CO2 per Day to Liquid Fuels Using Natural Gas Feed

Competition Criteria

The Tri-State Carbon X PRIZE will stimulate technology innovation to create value from captured CO2 to help solve our energy challenge…

Prize

 $10 million prize  Ongoing carbon capture and recycling contract for top contenders

Winning Criteria

 Capture and recycle at least 80 percent of the CO2 provided  Create the highest commercial value from the recycled carbon  Not exceed maximum thresholds for water and energy use

Time Frame

 4 years

Recent Successful X PRIZE Competitions

Develop production-ready, fast, affordable cars that exceed 100 MPGe Develop vertical lift-off and landing vehicles for lunar exploration Inspire innovative solutions to speed the pace of cleaning up seawater surface oil

Top teams achieved between 100 and 139 MPGe 136 teams from 11 nations spent >$100 million Generated >12 billion media impressions worldwide

12 teams spent > $20 million Competitors earned multiple commercial contracts 38 teams competed from four nations 2x recovery rate improvement required 4x recovery rate achieved

Unique Advantages of Prize Model

X PRIZE Competition Phases

 PHASE I

– Carbon Recycling Conference (2 days, 500 participants expected)

 PHASE 2

– Technology Demonstration – Two Weeks – 20 technology teams expected

 PHASE 3

– Second Technology Demonstration – Two Weeks – 10 teams

 PHASE 4

– Commercial Scale – One year – Five teams

Designed to:

 Encourage competitor collaboration  Limit competitor costs to participate  Highlight solution performance and cost  Maximize the number of participants

Robust Test Center at Tri-State’s Plant Escalante

Join the Carbon X PRIZE through NRECA’s Multi-G&T Sponsorship

 CRN to Coordinate a Carbon Utilization Steering Panel

– Track rising technology, and have a seat at the table – Eligible to attend X PRIZE events – Tour Tri-State Escalante Test Center – Input into CRN research agenda

 Earn goodwill and communicate your co-op’s leadership  Membership: $400,000 total over four years  Goal: $4M ($3.5M for X PRIZE operations, $0.5M for CRN R&D and management)

Next Steps

 Download the review the NRECA Letter of Intent  Request a briefing for your co-op from CRN  Contacts: – Dale Bradshaw – dtbradshaw@electrivation.com – Tom Lovas – Tom.Lovas-contractor@nreca.coop – Robbin Christianson -- Robbin.Christianson@nreca.coop  We’d like to keep you posted on developments by email, but you always can asked to be removed from the list

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