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Title: TMGENERGY A Unit of TMGThe Management Group Detroit, MI and Windsor, ON For a summary and contact in


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TMG/ENERGYA Unit of TMG/The Management
GroupDetroit, MI and Windsor, ONFor a summary
and contact information, see last 3 frames
  • CONSULTING AND ASSESSMENT SERVICES IN
  • THE TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF
  • ENERGY, ALTERNATE ENERGY AND RELATED AREAS

2
TMG BACKGROUND
  • PRINCIPAL
  • John R. Wilson (Chemical/Materials Engineering
    MS, BS, Ph.D)
  • ASSOCIATES
  • Ian Rutherford (Engineering/Business Management
    BS, MBA)
  • John W. Weil (Engineering Physics, BS, MS, Ph.D)
  • RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
  • IR Corporate management in computer services,
    metallurgical and engineering industries,
    business planning
  • JRW Engineering professor., corporate RD
    management, new business dev., process product
    dev. in gas, oil, chemical and automotive/aerospac
    e industries
  • JWW Corporate RD Management and product dev.
    in nuclear, automotive/aerospace industries,
    software development

3
TMG BACKGROUND
  • Company formed in Colorado in 1987
  • Principal and associates have combined experience
    of gt100 years in the energy, automotive and
    related industries
  • Additional expertise available and employed as
    required
  • Good relationships with local universities in
    U.S., Canada
  • Have previously worked for clients in numerous
    and diverse areas related to energy production
    and use including
  • New materials (degradable polymers
    self-reinforced composites conductive polymers,
    liquid metal coolants)
  • Bioprocesses and bioproducts (biofuels, food
    additives, environmental bioremediation)
  • RD planning, funding, management,
    administration, reporting

4
TMG BACKGROUND
  • A few examples of successful projects
  • Since 1993, have secured gt30 million in client
    RD funding
  • Participated in developing products and processes
    in areas such as low cost composite materials
    (for automotive use), coal and fluid coke
    gasification (for synthetic fuels) and alternate
    fuels including biomass ? ethanol and biodiesel
    many others
  • Restructured and refocused a high-tech aerospace
    parts fabricating facility in the Rocky Mountain
    region
  • Assisted an Asian auto manufacturer in locating
    and designing a new RD facility for the U.S.
    Midwest (now being built)
  • Assisted in developing a major new polymer
    product, now on the market
  • Refocused the RD program of a Midwestern RD
    Institute on projects with a greater chance of
    commercial success

5
TMG FOCUS
  • TMG focuses almost 100 on Energy-Related
    Projects. Examples
  • Conventional energy sources new uses,
    forecasting, economics
  • Gas, oil, coal clean technologies CO2
    sequestration
  • Alternate energy technologies, economics,
    forecasting
  • Focus on reality, revenues and earnings
    potential, not hype
  • Biodiesel optimizing production and use for
    lower cost
  • Hydrogen market viability assessment, cost
    reduction, safety in production use, legal
    liability issuespotential risk vs. potential
    benefit analyses
  • Ethanol, methanol cost reduction (ethanol), new
    manufacturing technologies e.g., corn vs.
    biomass (ethanol)
  • Coal derivatives SNG, Syngas, Hydrogen,
    Methanol
  • Biomass derivatives e.g., ethanol, methanol,
    syngas...

6
TMG FOCUS
  • Energy-Related Projects Examples (contd)
  • The More Distant Future - Fuel Cells for
    high-volume transportation use (Hydrogen/PEM,
    Oxide electrolyte, other)
  • Hydrogen technologies real-world efficiencies
    actual and potential problems in automotive,
    transportation use
  • Direct fuel (e.g. methanol) technologies that
    avoid H2 use
  • Development Requirements
  • The Near Future - Advanced Engine/Powertrain
    Technologies
  • Gas- or Diesel-Electric Hybrid Engines/Powertrains
  • Battery/Electric and Capacitor/Electric
    Powertrains
  • Hyper-efficient compression-ignition engines
  • We perform highly objective well-to-tank and
    well-to-wheel comparisons of all types
  • Emphasis on use of correct input data for
    reliable results

7
TMG FOCUS
  • In depth Evaluation of Factors Influencing
    Alternate Energy Policy Long-Range Planning
    e.g.
  • Influences
  • Global Warming
  • Natural or Man-made?
  • Caused by CO2 or water vapor or?
  • Is Control of CO2 justified? Will it be
    Effective?
  • Other global warming agents (e.g., methane)
  • Controls
  • Kyoto?
  • Low CO2 or no CO2?
  • Other Greenhouse Gases
  • Actions
  • Deal with the effects of GW there are no viable
    remedies
  • Emphasize Intelligent, do-able choices
  • E.g., clean/zero-emissions coal, methanol,
    hydrogen (?)

8
TMG FOCUS
  • Funding
  • RD Funding
  • NIST/ATP (note this agency will be continuing)
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Various Canadian Federal Government Sources
  • Equity Funding (a secondary focus)
  • Not a major activity since 2000, but we can
    assist clients with identification of contacts
    and funding sources
  • Venture Capital Private Equity Banks Corporate
    Sources

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TMG FOCUS(SECONDARY)
  • We continue to advise our clients on those
    energy-related environmental remediation
    technologies with which we have direct
    experience
  • ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
  • In-situ or land farming methods for hydrocarbon
    remediation
  • Soil washing technologies for hydrocarbon removal
  • Low-cost on-site Oil Sands washing technologies
  • Oily water and oil/water emulsion remediation
  • Focus on regenerating potable-grade waters
  • Recovery and reuse of process water streams
    containing hydrocarbon

10
TMG FOCUS(SECONDARY)
  • We also advise our clients in some miscellaneous
    energy-related areas with which we have direct
    experience. Examples
  • Liquid metals as coolants and heat transfer media
  • (One of us (JRW) wrote the book (literally) on
    liquid metals many years ago and we have remained
    active in the field since)
  • Behavior of coal ash in combustion equipment
  • High-temperature corrosion of metals and ceramics
    in fired equipment (e.g., refinery furnaces)
  • Design and development of ultra-high-output
    gasoline and diesel engines

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TMG IN SUMMARY
  • WE OFFER EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE ON
  • New and old energy sources and their derivatives
  • Comparative analyses of energy technologies and
    economics such as well to wheel analyses for
    various energy sources
  • Objective In-depth analyses of energy
    alternatives, energy trade-offs, energy make vs.
    buy considerations
  • Safety issues, especially for hydrogen related
    reliability, (legal) liability issues, especially
    in automotive, other transportation use
  • Comparative economic technical performance of
    transportation and stationary power unit
    technologies e.g., gasoline engine vs. diesel
    engine vs. gas or diesel/electric hybrid vs. fuel
    cell vs. battery electric and the related fuels
    and sources.

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TMG IN SUMMARY (CONTD)
  • WE ALSO OFFER EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE ON
  • Environmental issues related to energy choices
    and uses
  • Global Warming and its origins
  • In-depth analysis of origins
  • Kyoto Treaty issues
  • Impacts of global warming
  • Intelligent, economically viable solutions
  • Non-GW impacts of greenhouse gas emissions
    (e.g., changes in ocean acidity and chemistry)
  • Remediation of soils contaminated with
    hydrocarbons derivatives
  • Remediation of water contaminated with
    hydrocarbons derivatives
  • RD Funding Sources
  • Other energy-related topics, e.g.
  • Liquid metal coolants and heat transfer media
  • Corrosion in combustion equipment

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For more information, please contact John
Wilson President TMG/ENERGY(A Unit of TMG/The
Management Group) 18720 Mack Ave./P.O. Box
36250 Grosse Pointe, MI, USA 48236 (also 4653
Bradbury Court., Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9G
2M2) Tel 313-434-5110 or 519-966-0545 Fax
519-966-7246 Email tmg_at_tmgtech.com Web site
www.tmgtech.com
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