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RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2018 11:59 PM PT Q&A Webinar Date: Jan 11, 2018, 9 PT/10 MT/12 ET 1 Todays Presenters Neil Huff Scott Paul Tom Stanners Shorthouse Ogaranko Foresight BC

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RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2018 11:59 PM PT

Q&A Webinar Date: Jan 11, 2018, 9 PT/10 MT/12 ET

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Today’s Presenters

Neil Huff

  • Foresight

Scott Stanners

  • BC Bioenergy

Network

Paul Shorthouse

  • Delphi Group

Tom Ogaranko

  • Tessellate

Inc.

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Overview

} Presentation Objectives } General Background Information } Roles } The Challenge

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Presentation Objectives

} Provide important background Information about ARCTIC

and this Challenge

} Discuss opportunities and roles for Innovators and

Innovation Ecosystem Partners to engage in this ARCTIC Challenge

} Facilitate an upcoming Q&A related to the program and

this Challenge

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General Background Information

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

About Foresight

} Started in 2013 as Western Canada’s first Cleantech

Accelerator currently supporting 25 companies

} A Not-for-Profit with Funding from BC Innovation Council

and Western Economic Diversification

} Services

} BCIC Venture Accelerator Program } Expert Clinics and Cleantech Connect Events } Office and Lab Space } ARCTIC Program

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

About ARCTIC

Innovators Foresight ARCTIC Program Industry Needs

  • Energy
  • Forestry
  • Mining

Meeting Market Needs by Linking Innovators to Real Challenges

Advanced Resource Clean Technology Innovation Centre:

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

ARCTIC: The Process

Phase 1 - Industry Consultation

  • Innovation Challenge

Defined Phase 2 - Innovator Selection

  • 2-5 innovators

selected Phase 3 - Innovation Sprint

  • 2-5 prototypes

developed Phase 4 - Field Trials

  • Prototype Tested by

Industry Commercialization Process

  • Proven Products move

to market

Industry Consultation

  • Dialogues will be hosted to identify pressing industry challenges that need advanced

technology innovations

  • A broad group of industry and clean tech innovators will be reached
  • 2-5 groups will be selected by a jury of industry, investors, and experts for each 6-

month sprint Innovation Sprint

  • The 2-5 firms for each sprint will receive funding support to develop a prototype within

6 months

  • Mentorship and business support will be provided by Foresight to help accelerate an

idea from concept to prototype and from seed to first funding Field Trials Commercialization

  • The industry sponsor will select at least one prototype for field testing
  • Foresight will provide project management oversight, an Executive-In-Residence, lab

and office space, and business support to help the company towards commercialization

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Roles

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Role: Foresight

} Program Management } Challenge Definition Support through consulting teams } Challenge Marketing and Innovation Selection Process } Project Support through mentorship, training, lab space } Partnership Development to improve opportunities for

innovators and engage other support in the innovation system

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Role: Industry Sponsor – BC Bioenergy Network

Phase 1 –

  • Collaborate to Select

and Define Challenge

Phase 2 -

  • Assist in Innovator

Selection

Phase 3 –

  • Review/Advise

Innovators

Phase 4 –

  • Select Innovator,

Support Field Trial

Provide:

  • 35% of the project budget
  • Technical expertise in Challenge Area

Receive:

  • Leveraged funding partner
  • Access to novel solution providers
  • Access to top-graded opportunities
  • Potential supply chain collaborators

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Role: Innovation Ecosystem

  • Distribute the information about the ARCTIC

Challenges to your network

Share

  • Recommend to innovators in your network to

engage in the application process

Refer

  • Assist companies in your markets who are

participating in the program to increase

  • pportunities for success

Mentor

  • Identify and bring other funding or in-kind to the

table for the innovator to prepare them for success

  • Volunteer as an expert to top-grade innovators for

your programs, for investor and industry success

Leverage

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Role: Innovators

Phase 2 –

  • Application process

Phase 3 –

  • Refine Technology for Field

Trial Opportunity by meeting technical requirements and proving scaling opportunity

Phase 4 –

  • Collaborate with Industry on

Field Trial Opportunity

Receive

  • Up to $300,000 (cash) for the current Sprint Phase
  • Access to real market opportunities and expertise to reduce risk
  • Leverage current funding and attract new sources of funding

Provide In-kind contributions of:

  • $50,000 in Phase 3 if selected
  • $100,000 in Phase 4 if selected

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RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

About BCBN

} Mandate

} Maximize the value of BC’s biomass resources; } Develop mission-driven research, development, and demonstration projects; } Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; } Network and partner in BC, Canada, and internationally to advance BC’s

bioenergy sector; and

} Champion funding initiatives to support BC-focused bioenergy technology

and applications.

} Funding

} Capital projects } Capacity building projects } Conferences / workshops

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Key Challenge

} BCBN is seeking technology options and processes that can improve

the economics of the RNG supply chain through conversion of anaerobic digestate into more concentrated and/or higher value

  • products. The objective is to make anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities

more economically viable by addressing technology pain points across the supply chain and, in turn, increasing the overall supply of pipeline- grade RNG in the Province over the long-term.

} This challenge is focused on improving the economics of AD facilities

by converting digestate into more concentrated and/or higher value product(s).

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RNG Supply Chain Overview

} BC utilities can now pay up to $30/GJ for RNG up to 5% RNG content in the

pipeline

} Expected to drive growth in BC market in the coming years } 20-35 dairy farms with more than 200 milk cows in BC are ideally suited to the

production of RNG

} RNG produced using anaerobic digestion technology } Business case for AD facilities can be improved by finding new market

  • pportunities for digestate through Nutrient Recovery Technologies (NRT) and

the development of market-viable end-products

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Nutrient Recovery

} Nutrient recovery technologies produce a concentrated nutrient by-product,

and potentially create a higher value co-product which improves the economics of AD facilities

} NRTs can be:

} Mechanical } Biological } Chemical

Source: Hallbar Report; Evaluation of Nutrient Recovery Technologies for Dairy Manure and Digestate, 2016 18

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Key Performance Indicators

  • Complete or partial solutions at TRL level 5-9

Business & Technology Readiness

  • Outline business case (revenues, CapEx / OpEx,

cost avoidance)

  • Recovery efficiency, versatility, market value

Business Case Feasibility

  • Based on reference case
  • Components and considerations

Solution Process Requirements

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Key Performance Indicators

  • Type, value, and quality of extracted nutrients
  • Potential for downstream upgrading

Nutrient Benefit, Value, Quality

  • Simplified process flow diagram with known (or

estimated) energy and mass balances

Material & Energy Balance

  • Technology Development Plan to develop

solution into commercial technology

  • Project team members, roles, and experience

Supplementary Information

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Successful Technology or Process…

Will:

} Improve the business case for pipeline-grade RNG production by

developing or adapting a technology to improve nutrient recovery processes and/or the development of higher value products from digestate; and

} Describe a path to commercial viability.

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Challenge Assistance

Phase Participants Funding Candidate In-Kind (minimum) Phase 3 – Sprint 2-5 Up to $300,000 $50,000

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Evaluation Criteria

} Solution Performance (30%) } By-Product Economic Benefits (20%) } Readiness (30%) } Execution (10%) } Proponent (10%)

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Expected Deliverables

} Third-party verification of solution’s technical and projected

economic performance (report);

} Demonstration of the performance of technology with a sample

  • f digestate or cake; and

} Others deemed necessary based on the proposed solution.

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

Challenge Timelines

Application Details at arctic.foresight.com

Action By Whom Dates

Potential applicants/innovators and innovation partners program briefing webinar ARCTIC/BCBN Jan 11, 2018 Proposal Submission Deadline Proponents February 28, 2018 Shortlisted proponents contacted for presentations ARCTIC Review Team March 14, 2018 Final Sprint Decisions and Start Sprint (prototype or test, or equivalent) Proponents and ARCTIC/BCBN April 4, 2018 Wrap-up Sprint, choose Field trial winner Proponents and ARCTIC/ BCBN August 31, 2018

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Discussion

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ARCTIC BCBN RNG Supply Chain Enhancement Challenge

For More Information

Program & General Questions

Online arctic.foresightcac.com Email Arctic.info@foresightcac.com Phone 1-604-245-0042 x101

Technical Questions

Project Manager: Paul Shorthouse Email: pshorthouse@delphi.ca Phone: 1-604-338-9941

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Application Deadline: Feb 28, 2018, 11:59 PM PT

ARCTIC.info@foresightcac.com / 604-210-8919 / http://arctic.foresightcac.com

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