Proposal Evaluation Results

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Proposal Evaluation Results
2010
Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program Third Frontier
Photovoltaic Program Third Frontier Advanced
Energy Program

• Presented to Ohio Third Frontier Commission
• December 17, 2009

1251 Dublin Road, Columbus, OH 43215 Tel
614.291.2229 Fax [phone]
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Overview of Proposal Review Process

• FIRST ROUND
• Focus Meeting the requirements and intent of
  the RFP
• Combination of 3 internal and external reviewers
• Scoring instrument that reflects criteria in RFP
• Ranked on basis of average score

• SECOND ROUND
• Focus Quality of the Investment for Ohio
• Customized set of questions and written responses
• Face-to-face meeting (90 minutes)
• Risk-benefit scoring
• Technical Risk
• Commercial Risk
• Mission Impact
• Ranked on basis of fit to ODOD targets

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Second Round Scoring Methodology
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Competition Metrics
TFFCP TFPVP TFAEP Total Letters of
Intent 36 29 98 163 Proposals Submitted 22 17 41 8
0 Proposals Passing Administrative
Review 21 17 34 72 Proposals Making the
Competitive Range 10 11 16 37 Proposals
Recommended for Funding 6 6 6 18
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Funding Available
TFFCP TFPVP TFAEP Total TFRDF in RFP 8
M 8M 5M 21M WCF in RFP 2M 2M 2M 6M Recommen
dations TFRDF 5,893,022 5,774,671 5,915,000 1
7,582,693 Recommendations WCF 490,000 257,500
1,293,544 2,041,044
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2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program
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TFFCP Recommendations for Funding
2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program (TFFCP)
TFRDF TFRDF TFWCF TFWCF Applicant Requested Cumul
ative Requested Cumulative Recommended
Contingency Energy Technologies,
Inc. 1,000,000 1,000,000 0 0 Rolls-Royce Fuel
Cell 999,770 1,999,770 0 0Systems (US),
Inc. NexTech Materials, Inc. 1,000,000 2,999,77
0 490,000 490,000 Wellman Products
Group 893,252 3,893,022 0 490,000 Lockheed
Martin MS2 1,000,000 4,893,022 0 490,000Integ
rated Defense UltraCell Corporation, 1,000,000 5
,893,022 0 490,000Ohio Manufacturing
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell ProgramEnergy
Technologies, Inc.(TFFCP 10-207 / Rank 1)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 1,000,000 1st Round Score 74.0 2nd
Round Score 87.5

• Testing Metal Hydride Fuel Cells
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product Tactical Fuel Cell Power Plant
  incorporating a 1.5kW metal hydride fuel cell
  stack for military use
• Project Third-party long-term testing of FC
  stacks and BOP by InnoVentures and Hawaii Natural
  Energy Institute to verify product performance in
  response to a request from the military
• Projected Impacts
• Applicant renovating 24,000 sq. ft. in Mansfield
  to support manufacture of this product
• Strong Ohio supply chain
• Supports fuel cell testing capabilities in Ohio

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2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell ProgramRolls-Royce
Fuel Cell Systems (US), Inc.(TFFCP 10-203 /
Rank 2)
TFRDF Requested 999,770 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 999,770 Cost
Share 1,020,918 1st Round Score 75.7 2nd
Round Score 84.2

• Reliability of Fuel Cells for Commercial
  Megawatt Scale SOFC Power Systems
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 999,770
• Near-Term Product 1MW SOFC for utilities AEP
  interested in product for Smart-Grid strategy
  with test in 2016
• Project Developing predictive models by ORNL for
  long-term material performance and operating
  conditions to speed product optimization and
  provide confidence for investors
• Projected Impacts
• North American headquarters at Stark State and
  pilot manufacturing lines being relocated there
• Strong leverage through the SECA program (8-year
  contract for 75 million)
• Plans for intermediate production facility to be
  made in 2012 and decision on larger-scale
  facility in 2015

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2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell ProgramNexTech
Materials, Ltd.(TFFCP 10-211 / Rank 3)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 490,000 TOTAL Requested 1,490,000 C
ost Share 1,490,000 1st Round Score 80.3 2nd
Round Score 76.7

• Improving Manufacturing Readiness of NexTechs
  SOFC Stack Technology
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,490,000
• Near-Term Product Fuel cells and fuel cell
  stacks for military OEMs
• Project Setting up green electrolyte tape
  manufacturing at Hocking College and improving
  thermal and mechanical robustness of stacks using
  CFD and FEA at OSU
• Projected Impacts
• Provides a source for a critical raw material and
  trained workers
• Pilot line expected to start in 2013 and
  full-scale plant in 2015

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2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell ProgramWellman
Products Group(TFFCP 10-210 / Rank 4)
TFRDF Requested 893,252 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 893,252 Cost
Share 897,541 1st Round Score 69.3 2nd Round
Score 76.0

• Phosphoric Fuel Cell Stack Material Cost
  Reduction _______________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______________________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 893,252
• Near-Term Product Plates for UTCs PureCell 400
  System (PAFC)
• Project Reducing the cost for integrated
  separator plates through lower-cost polymers and
  graphite and elimination of the separator sheet
• Projected Impacts
• Single source plate supplier to UTC with
  potential to become a supplier of MEAs
• UTC engaging in discussions about locating a
  plant expansion in Ohio

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2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell ProgramLockheed
Martin MS2 Integrated Defense Technologies(TFFCP
10-231 / Rank 5)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 1,000,000 1st Round Score 74.7 2nd
Round Score 74.8

• Military SOFC Ruggedization ____________________
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  _______
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product 1kW SOFC genset that can
  operate on JP-8 for military applications
• Project Raising Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
  from 4 to 6 by improving shock and vibration
  tolerance of the fuel cell, adding a fuel-based
  thermal start-up, and reducing volume and weight
• Projected Impacts
• Working with Ohio suppliers
• Pre-production activity in 2013 and start of
  production in 2015
• Product to be manufactured at the plant in Akron

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2010 Third Frontier Fuel Cell ProgramUltraCell
Corporation, Ohio Manufacturing Operations(TFFCP
10-218 / Rank 6)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 1,000,000 1st Round Score 77.0 2nd
Round Score 70.1

• Transitioning the UltraCell XX55 55-Watt Fuel
  Cell from Beta Design to Commercial Product
  Through Manufacturing Development
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product 55W reformed methanol fuel
  cell portable power pack for battery recharging
  in the field (current cost 12-15,000 each)
• Project Manufacturing cost reduction by bringing
  laser welding in-house, scaling-up the processor
  acceptance tester, reducing the temperature
  gradient across the stack, improving the fuel
  pump, improving the noise testing capabilities,
  and optimizing the engine block components and
  BOP
• Projected Impacts
• First order received from AFRL for 50 units (3
  million)
• Applicant planning to expand its manufacturing
  operations in Dayton
• Production of XX55 to be transferred from
  California to Ohio in early 2010

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2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic Program
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TFPVP Recommendations for Funding
2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic Program (TFPVP)
TFRDF TFRDF TFWCF TFWCF Applicant Requested Cumul
ative Requested Cumulative Recommended
Contingency Xunlight Corporation 999,271 999,271
0 0 Commitment to keep module
manufacturing and equipment funded by this
award in Ohio during the 5-year grant
period Ferro Corp., Electronic 1,000,000
1,999,271 0 0Material Systems Glasstech,
Inc. 1,000,000 2,999,271 0 0 SCI Engineered
Materials 775,400 3,774,671 0 0 Five Star
Technologies 1,000,000 4,774,671 0 0 Replex
Plastics 1,000,000 5,774,671 257,500 257,500
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic
ProgramXunlight Corporation(TFPVP 10-415 /
Rank 1)
TFRDF Requested 999,271 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 999,271 Cost
Share 1,052,795 1st Round Score 84.3 2nd
Round Score 90.7

• Next Generation Solar Module Manufacturing
  Technology
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 999,271 with
  contingency
• Near-Term Product Production of flexible PV
  modules ranging in size from 4 cells to 36 cells
  (3x18 rated at 330W)
• Project Developing and installing equipment to
  automate the process for PV cell assembly and
  stringing and augmenting an existing 25MW
  coil-cutting line into include all PV cell
  preparation tasks
• Projected Impacts
• Deposition of flexible PV cells to begin in early
  2010 in Toledo (25MW)
• DOE funding sought for additional lines totaling
  100MW with start-up planned by 2012
• Location of module manufacturing unclear
• Contingency Module manufacture and the automated
  production equipment funded by this grant to
  remain in Ohio during the 5-year grant period

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2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic ProgramFerro
Corporation, Electronic Material Systems(TFPVP
10-424 / Rank 2)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 1,000,000 1st Round Score 67.0 2nd
Round Score 78.3

• Advanced Durability Sealing Systems for Solar
  Cells
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product An inorganic material-based
  edge sealing system for flat, rigid thin film
  cells and a hybrid organic/inorganic edge seal
  for flexible thin film cells
• Project Developing 2 prototype sealants for
  performance and accelerated environmental testing
  at OSU and EWI followed by end-user testing
• Projected Impacts
• A key enabling technology for PV manufacturers to
  obtain 20-year service life from PV modules
• Sealant products to be manufactured at existing
  Ferro facilities in Ohio beginning in 2013

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2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic
ProgramGlasstech, Inc.(TFPVP 10-409 / Rank 3)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 1,497,588 1st Round Score 57.3 2nd
Round Score 70.4

• Commercialization of a Heat Treating Process to
  Strengthen Large, Thinner Glass Substrates for
  Photovoltaic Panels
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product Equipment to produce larger,
  thinner glass for PV cells and also for
  architectural and automotive applications
• Project Building a full-scale prototype of a new
  glass heating and tempering furnace with an
  improved air distribution system and heat
  delivery system and validating its performance
  through extended life cycle testing and customer
  demonstrations
• Projected Impacts
• Glasstech to design and market the glass heating
  and tempering systems to be produced and
  installed by Pioneer Industrial Systems, an Ohio
  contractor

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2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic ProgramSCI
Engineered Materials, Inc.(TFPVP 10-420 / Rank
4)
TFRDF Requested 775,400 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 775,400 Cost
Share 969,000 1st Round Score 73.0 2nd Round
Score 69.5

• Commercialization of Advanced Attachment
  Technology for Rotatable Ceramic Sputtering
  Targets Used for Thin Film Photovoltaic Solar
  Cell Manufacturing
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 775,400
• Near-Term Product Rotatable sputtering targets
  with an attachment to the stainless steel backing
  that can withstand a higher power density
  manufacturing process for PV cell production
• Project Building and evaluating a rotatable
  target with a solder/metal foil fin composite
  attachment and qualifying it for customer use
• Projected Impacts
• Rotatable targets with finned attachment produced
  in existing Columbus facility beginning in 2013
• A product line extension needed to support
  current PV customers that are increasing line
  speeds to reduce costs

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2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic ProgramFive
Star Technologies, Inc.(TFPVP 10-412 / Rank 5)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 3,173,279 1st Round Score 80.0 2nd
Round Score 67.8

• Commercialization of Specialty Electronic Inks
  for Advances in Photovoltaic Technology
  __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product High performance inks to
  improve the energy efficiency of PV cells based
  on crystalline silicon
• Project Demonstrating energy efficiency gains
  from fine line printing and modifying the ink
  formulations for high resistivity emitter
  applications
• Projected Impacts
• A key component in the crystalline silicon PV
  supply chain where Ohio currently does not
  participate
• Spin-off potential to touch screens

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2010 Third Frontier Photovoltaic ProgramReplex
Plastics(TFPVP 10-416 / Rank 6)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 257,500 TOTAL Requested 1,257,500 C
ost Share 1,257,500 1st Round Score 62.3 2nd
Round Score 66.0

• Low-Cost Low-Concentration Photovoltaic (LC2PV)
  Systems for Mid-Northern Latitudes
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,257,500
• Near-Term Product PV module that concentrates
  the sunlight by a factor of 10X using inexpensive
  aluminized acrylic mirrors
• Project Constructing three generations of
  product prototypes and conducting accelerated and
  outdoor module testing
• Projected Impacts
• Cost reduction for PV systems by inserting
  acrylic mirrors to reduce the square footage of
  more expensive PV modules needed to produce a
  given amount of electricity

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2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program
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TFAEP Recommendations for Funding
2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program
(TFAEP)
TFRDF TFRDF TFWCF TFWCF Applicant Requested Cumul
ative Requested Cumulative Recommended
Contingency Ershigs, Inc. 1,000,000 1,000,000 1
20,000 120,000 Commitment to manufacture panels
in Ohio R. W. Beckett Corp. 1,000,000 2,000,000
0 120,000 Avtron Industrial 1,000,000 3,000,0
00 0 120,000Automation Novolyte
Technologies 1,000,000 4,000,000 123,544 243,5
44 Commitment to move electrolyte
manu- facturing from Louisiana to OH if
permitted under terms of DOEs ARRA
award GrafTech International 915,000 4,915,000
50,000 293,544Holdings, Inc. quasar energy
group 1,000,000 5,915,000 1,000,000 1,293,544
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy
ProgramErshigs(TFAEP 10-325 / Rank 1)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 120,000 TOTAL Requested 1,120,000 C
ost Share 1,160,000 1st Round Score 81.3 2nd
Round Score 86.6

• Development and Commercialization of Composite
  Towers for Wind Turbines (Energy Sector Wind)
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,120,000 with
  contingency
• Near-Term Product Modular towers for larger wind
  turbines that can be easily transported and
  assembled on-site
• Project Designing, building, and testing a
  100-meter fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) tower to
  support GE wind turbines
• Projected Impacts
• Engineered product with the potential to consume
  large quantities of polymer (Ashland) and
  high-performance glass fiber (Owens-Corning) with
  panel production in Ohio and on-site assembly
• Contingency Reduce verbal commitment to
  manufacture FRP panels in Ohio to a written plan

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2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy ProgramR.
W. Beckett Corporation(TFAEP 10-358 / Rank 2)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 1,000,000 1st Round Score 74.7 2nd
Round Score 79.9

• Develop and Commercialize Residential Energy
  Storage Technology to Store Power Collected From
  Any Source of Electricity for Use at a Later
  Time (Energy Sector Energy Storage)
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product A 10-kWh storage appliance
  utilizing lithium-ion batteries intended for
  military use and for use by utilities at
  residential and commercial locations
• Project Integrating existing components into a
  fully functional energy storage and delivery
  system leading to testing of the complete system
  and eventually UL certification
• Projected Impacts
• A key component for storing energy from
  intermittent generating sources such as wind and
  solar
• Boston Power indicating that it will consider
  building a lithium-ion battery manufacturing
  plant in NE Ohio if sales projections are met

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2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy
ProgramAvtron Industrial Automation(TFAEP
10-396 / Rank 3)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 0 TOTAL Requested 1,000,000 Cost
Share 1,477,133 1st Round Score 66.3 2nd
Round Score 78.3

• Absolute Magnetic Encoder Commercialization
  (Energy Sector Wind)
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,000,000
• Near-Term Product Absolute Magnetic Encoder that
  will track the position of the wind turbine and
  provide control feedback for positioning the
  blade and controlling its speed
• Project Developing, prototyping, and testing of
  a new, superior communications link to control
  the operation of the wind turbine
• Projected Impacts
• Enabling technology to improve wind power
  reliability that will be applicable to all wind
  power systems

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2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy
ProgramNovolyte Technologies, Inc.(TFAEP
10-319 / Rank 4)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 123,544 TOTAL Requested 1,123,544 C
ost Share 1,176,444 1st Round Score 71.0 2nd
Round Score 77.9

• Development and Commercialization of Advanced
  Electrolyte Materials for Next Generation
  Lithium-ion Batteries (Energy Sector Energy
  Storage)
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 1,123,544 with
  contingency
• Near-Term Product Improved electrolytes for
  lithium-ion batteries
• Project Developing an optimized electrolyte
  formulation leading to independent bench-scale
  and large-scale testing by customers after
  internal validation has been completed
• Projected Impacts
• Control of flammability issues, overcharge
  protection, and improvement in the energy level,
  power density, and cycle life of lithium-ion
  batteries creating opportunities in automotive
  and grid management
• Contingency If permitted by the funding terms of
  DOEs ARRA award, formalize Novolytes intent to
  move its electrolyte manufacturing operations
  from Louisiana to Ohio

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2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy
ProgramGrafTech International Holdings,
Inc.(TFAEP 10-342 / Rank 5)
TFRDF Requested 915,000 WCF
Requested 50,000 TOTAL Requested 965,000 Cost
Share 965,000 1st Round Score 68.0 2nd
Round Score 75.6

• Development of Thermal Management Solutions for
  Lithium-ion Batteries (Energy Sector Energy
  Storage)
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 965,000
• Near-Term Product Thermal management products to
  improve temperature control and uniformity in
  lithium-ion cells and battery packs
• Project Defining the state-of-the-art relative
  to thermal management, modeling the performance
  of GrafTechs materials, and testing their
  performance in cells and battery packs
• Projected Impacts
• Improved thermal management of lithium-ion
  battery packs with the potential to create
  opportunities in automotive, energy storage, and
  grid management
• Products to be produced in Lakewood
• Potential customer located in Columbus

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2010 Third Frontier Advanced Energy
Programquasar energy group(TFAEP 10-375 /
Rank 6)
TFRDF Requested 1,000,000 WCF
Requested 1,000,000 TOTAL Requested 2,000,000
Cost Share 1,060,664 1st Round
Score 62.7 2nd Round Score 66.6

• Accelerating Commercialization of Anaerobic
  Digestion for Bioenergy Production (Energy
  Sector Alternative Fuel Production)
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ___________________________
• Recommendation Fund for 2,000,000
• Near-Term Product A commercial system to
  economically convert cellulosic biomass to
  compost and electricity
• Project Scaling-up to a demonstration size,
  optimizing system performance, and proving the
  economics for an integrated anaerobic digestion
  system at OARDC
• Projected Impacts
• Systems to be sold throughout the U.S. and Europe
  creating construction and operating jobs on-site
• Headquarters and a strong Ohio supply chain for
  equipment components projected to create benefit
  for Ohio