Pacific Green Energy Initiative

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Pacific Green Energy Initiative
Energy Technology Commercialization Engine
Virtual Centre Concept
Partners NRC, BC Ministry of Energy
Alternative Energy Branch, Globe Foundation, The
Baron Group (Hong Kong based merchant bank), The
Cascadia Institute
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A Global Shift in Energy Use and Supply is
Underway
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Clean Energy Technology Firms
With the know-how and business connections to

• Design, build, test and demonstrate competitive,
  reliable products and systems
• Build effective partnerships for manufacture,
  sales and distribution with Asia Pacific partners
• Attract sufficient capital to commercialize
  products and systems in Global markets
• Manufacture and deliver reliable, competitive
  products and systems
• to world markets

Will succeed in the Clean Energy Revolution.
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Opportunity for British Columbia

• Capitalize on an almost unrivalled portfolio of
• Renewable resource endowments (e.g. hydro,
  biomass, wind, tidal, wave, geothermal, solar)
• Clean Energy technology assets public and
  private
• BC Hydro Heritage Dam System
• BC Clean Energy Policy Initiatives
• Energy Plan
• Climate Change GHG Reduction Goals
• Innovative Clean Energy Fund (25 million)
• Buildings Energy Efficiency Strategy
• Premiers Technology Council Commercialization
  Recommendations
• Showcase BC technologies 2010
• Planned 250 Million Green Energy Fund H/Q in BC

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Needed
A Virtual Centre to marshal and focus British
Columbias human and technological capital for
the commercialization of Green Energy
Technologies (GETs) in world markets A Deal
Flow Funnel to anchor global GET equity
investment funds in BC, catalyse Green Energy
demonstration consortia and Provide a front rank
flow of fund ready GET businesses
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BCs entire spectrum of Clean Energy
developments can be viewed as a virtual centre
of excellence from a Global perspective
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Why Now?
The stars are aligned

• Global capital available for Clean Energy
  technologies
• Provincial policy initiatives
• NSERC funding the right kind of money to seed it
• Window of opportunity BC proposals to NCE Aug
  20 deadline
• The time for studies is past we know what needs
  to be done

The challenge now is to operationalize the concept
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Filling The Commercialization Gap

• HQP and financeable BPs that incorporate
• Testing and Certification - Brand quality
• Beta testing (demonstrations) and Showcasing
• International manufacturing partnerships and
  markets
• Continuing RD
• Advanced technology transfers to remain
  competitive
• University / laboratory linkages
• Skilled technologists and technicians able to
  maintain and operate
• the new clean energy technologies
• Access to Global Capital - Clean Energy Funds

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Success has Many Fathers..
Premiers Technology Council
BC Hub
Living Lab Concept
Globe Centre for Clean Continuous Energy
H2 / FC Innovation Hub
A province-wide network to accelerate the
profitable and sustainable commercialization of
technology
A Project Network to serve as a virtual
one-stop shop for projects that simultaneously
advance the energy system and grow the sector.
Assume a world mandate for Clean Energy
development and market a BC brand internationally
Establish BCs energy system as the worlds test
bed for clean energy technology innovation
Collaborative Network of Nodes to advance H2
and FC technologies
Clean Energy Virtual Centre / Umbrella
Concept (Todays Agenda)
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What Must a Virtual Centre Do?
Provide an integrated and full range of world
class Clean Energy Technology (CET) development
services and Brand them internationally
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Alpha Testing Test Certify technologies prior
to deployment
Beta Testing Demonstrate performance
reliability of technologies in full scale real
life applications
Establish critical mass HQP RD, testing,
development, operations and maintenance, managemen
t and business
Advanced Technology Acknowledged RD capacity in
specific areas and tech. transfer know-how
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Establish priorities for funding and support them
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Attract capital to Clean Energy Technology
developments
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Attract a continual flow of innovative, clean
energy enterprises able and willing to pay for
services
Showcase Results Market the Brand Create
international awareness and partnerships - focus
Asia Pacific
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Key Parameters for a Successful Virtual
Centre A rising tide raises all ships

• Limited practical scope clear operational focus
• Undiluted mandate
• Transparency
• Win-win not zero sum for stakeholders
• Collaboration not Coordination
• Service not Control
• Value to all stakeholders not just a few
• Part of a Commercialization System not the
  whole process

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Virtual Centre Structure
Virtual Centre Board and Secretariat Not for
Profit Key Node Players on the Board Membership
includes all who want to use the Brand Main
output is funded demonstrations of CETs
Autonomous BC-wide Nodes Collaborating as a
Virtual Centre
Alpha Test Certification e- Generation Powertech N
RC IFCI Us, others
Beta Test Sites CIRS micro-grid, H2
Highway Dockside Green, Nexterra, others High
Growth Node
Central Data Management Networking MITACS, BC
Net, NRC others
Clean Energy Enterprise Capital
Acquisition Cascadia Institute, others
Technician Technologist Training BCIT, VCC
UCFV, others
Brand Marketing Showcasing International
connections Globe, others
Policy Economics Climate Change modeling Us,
others
Biomass Energy Prince George FPI., Us, others
Advanced Technology RD Transfer NRC, Us,
Fuel Cells/H2 Smart grid Nanotech
Bioenergy others
Primary Nodes relating to test, certification and
demonstration of specific extant technologies
Supporting nodes others may be added
Note Capital acquisition focused on full
commercialization of which demonstration
projects are a necessary stage
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Virtual Centre Support