Mile High PV System

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Mile High PV System
Natural Renewable Energy
Natural Sources of Energy Generation
Systems, Services Contractors
Portions of this presentation are NRE
confidential as marked
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Mission
To integrate and transform Texas Farm and
Ranches into Clean Natural Renewable Energy
Generating Facilities for supplying Distributive
Energy locally while enhancing agriculture,
wildlife habitat and livestock production.
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Headquarters
1096 Hwy 95 South Smithville, TX 78957
Our Team

• Pat Goertz, President / COO
• BS in Electrical Engineering, UT. Currently
  semiconductor final test manager.
• Dave Schraub, CTO
• Currently semiconductor design engineer.
• Paul Proctor, CMO
• BS in Electrical Engineering. Currently CEO of
  software engineering firm.
• John Allgair, CFO
• PhD in Electrical Engineering. Currently program
  manager, semiconductor measurement sciences.
• Pete Lipscomb
• BS in Mathematics. Currently project manager,
  semiconductor measurement sciences.
• We have a very strong group with a broad range of
  expertise in electrical
• engineering, project management and company
  startups.

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Our history

• In 2006, Goertz and Schraub, landowners in
  Bastrop county, began researching the ability to
  install ground mounted photovoltaics on their
  properties with the intention of generating
  sufficient power for their own needs and selling
  excess into grid.
• In 2007, Allgair and Proctor were brought in as
  investors and to provide their experience in
  technology incubation and company startup.
  Lipscomb was brought in as an investor and to
  assist with project management and business
  analysis. NRE LLC was formed. As we analyzed
  the business, we realized we needed the expertise
  of a professional lobbyist and Jeff Heckler was
  hired by NRE.
• In the last two years, NRE has purchased the
  worlds most advanced photovoltaic modeling
  software, made ties with photovoltaic
  manufacturers, and
• purchased the UC Berkley financial models
  utilized by wind
• generated electricity producers. We have also
  designed and
• priced out a medium scale (10MW) solar
  photovoltaic farm.

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Our history

• Early in NRE LLCs development we realized the
  need for a complex financial model that ensured
  we could take advantage of the huge tax
  advantages afforded large scale renewable energy
  production facilities. We identified and
  contacted UC Berkley as experts in renewable
  energy financing structures. We have settled on
  a Leveraged Strategic Investor Flip structure
  as outlined by Berkley. We then purchased this
  financial model from Matthew Karcher at Deacon
  Harbour Financial in Fort Worth who coauthored
  the Berkley study.
• Utilizing our solar and financial modeling, we
  now understand exactly how to finance a portfolio
  of distributed renewable energy facilities based
  on realistic solar models customized for central
  Texas.

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Financial model Costs
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Financial model example
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Solar PV and electricity price outlook

• Synopsis of the solar photovoltaic industry over
  the next 10 years. (Source Deutsche Bank
  Securities)

• Deutsche Bank Securities predicts grid parity by
  2013 at around 0.15 / kWh.
• NRE model fixes PPA price escalation at 2.3 for
  20 years.
• Coops will need to begin activities designed for
  cost avoidance of future fossil fuel prices.

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Why should Texas be interested?

• When we query solar companies about establishing
  a solar panel production plant in Texas the
  response is that Texas is not considered solar
  friendly.
• ERCOT will have large demand issues as our
  population increases.
• We have learned that as demand continues to lead
  supply in solar photovoltaics, orders are slow to
  fill. Many large energy companies are forced to
  pre-purchase factory output. We need to enter
  the supply line early.
• Distributed energy production is disaster and
  terrorist proof. It also keeps the state
  investment within the state. There is no large
  cost burden with infrastructure build like with
  west Texas wind.
• Texas needs to be better invested in renewable
  energy growth prospects.

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NRE key contacts

• Heckler has done a great job in helping NRE
  establish key contacts and supporters.
• Mark Rose BBE
• Representative Warren Chisum
• Committee Assignments Appropriations, Chair
  Energy Resources
• Representative Tom Craddick
• Speaker of House
• Representative Rick Hardcastle
• Committee Assignments Border International
  Affairs, Energy Resources-Chair, Electric
  Generation Capacity and Environmental
  Effects-Select
• Representative Robert Cook
• Committee Assignments Judiciary, Land
  Resource Management
• Rural Caucus Letter of Recommendation which
  includes 35 house members.
• Representative Phil King
• Committee Assignments Civil Practices,
  Redistricting, Regulated Industries-Chair,
  Electric Generation Capacity and Environmental
  Effects-Select, Property Tax Relief and Appraisal
  Reform-Select
• Representative David Swinford
• Committee Assignments Regulated Industries,
  State Affairs-Chair
• Dub Taylor SECO
• Jerry Patterson, Soll Sussman and Michelle Warren
  Renewable Energy
• Land Office
• Todd Staples

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NRE subcontractors

• Janet Hughes Solar design and construction
• Extensive experience with commercial solar design
  and installation.
• Master electrician
• Project list includes
• 53kW system on the Upper Kirby District building
  in Houston,
• home of the Sierra Club and Nature
  Conservancy
• 34kW system on the Palmer Event Center parking
  garage in Austin, Texas
• 71kW system at the Winston School in Dallas
  Texas
• 10kW system at the Austin, Texas City Hall
• 19kW system at the Star Gymnastics, Austin,
  Texas
• 14kW system at the Institute for Texan Cultures
  in San Antonio, Texas
• 10kW system at the Ronald McDonald House, Austin,
  Texas
• 33kW system at the NASA Johnson Space Center
• 10 1kW pole mount systems for the LCRA schools
  project
• 100 residential systems in the Central Texas
  area from 1kW 10kW
• 4.9kW commercial system in Shreveport, Louisiana
• 3.2kW residential system in Shreveport,
  Louisiana
• 6kW system for the Natural Gardener in Austin,
  TX
• Design and development of systems in a 189 home
  development near Cancun, Mexico

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NRE subcontractors

• Charlie Boswell General Contractor, commercial
  construction
• Project list includes
• Motorola MOS 13 expansion
• Dell Computers Round Rock
• Dell Computers Shipping Howard Ln
• Riatta office Buildings
• Brackenridge Childrens Hospital Medical Office
  Building and Parking Garage
• Bailey Square Medical office Building Expansion
  and Parking Garage
• LCRA Fleet Maintenance Facility
• University of Texas Geology Building
• Southwest Texas State University New Business
  Building
• Texas AM South End Zone Athletic Complex
• Galveston Emergency Management Facility
• HMB Parking Garage _at_M.D. Anderson Cancer Research
  Center
• George R Brown Convention Center Hotel and
  Parking Garage
• D.F.W. Airport Sky Bridge
• Richard E Berry Athletic Complex , Football
  stadium and Basketball Arena
• Florida International University Student Housing
  Complex , Miami, Florida
• Pendleton Street Parking Garage Columbia,
  South Carolina

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Hudspeth County Plan
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Solar Data on Hudspeth County
Hudspeth County
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EROCTs service area
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Topo map of Sierra Blanca region
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Detail Topo of Proposed PV installations
.64 sq miles
.64 sq miles
4500
.5 sq miles
.64 sq miles
1.00 sq miles
4550
1.36 sq miles
4530
Map produced in 1982
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The Numbers
1 sq mile 640 acres 850 panels (136W) per
acre 100kWdc per acre 64000kWdc 64MW
system 64MW system would produce
124,736,000kWhs/y 125M kWhs per year At
0.25/kWh would result in 32M/year In 25 years
the system would produce 3200 MkWhs for an income
of 800M. System would cost 400M to build minus
a 30 ITC would result in 300M to build
1.00 sq miles
If we put PV on all 4.78 acres the system size
would be just over a 300MW system.
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Uni-Solar Laminates
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Model Inputs
Other model inputs
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