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1 “GRASS-FED DATA CENTER” JULY 15, 2010 MoCARB ZERO ™ e nginuity Worldwide LLC Advancing Renewables in the Midwest

2 Why are we here? “It’s hard to push a string uphill, go find a demand for new technology.” – Missouri Business Leader “Missouri is Saudi Arabia of Bio-Mass & Clean Burning Sustainable Energy” – Former Head of GSA Region VII Demand Drives Innovation e nginuity Worldwide LLC

3 Grass-Fed Data Center – Creating a Nexus Between Agriculture and Information Technology “The successful location of data centers in Missouri have the potential to create a new market for renewable energy in Missouri, as well as jump-start a new market of sustainable, “green-energy” produced by Missouri farmers and agro-foresters. These are true “green jobs” grown from Missouri’s fertile soil; supplying clean energy to power the burgeoning data center industry. Energy from Missouri’s plants and timber could provide a significant infusion of revenue into Missouri’s rural economy, create badly needed jobs, and put Missouri on the map for renewable energy and data centers.” – United States Senator “Kit” Bond, a long-time advocate of Bio-mass production in Missouri.

4 Data Center: Function 4 A large data center uses electrical power commensurate with an aluminum smelting operation.

5 Computing and storage expanding exponentially Virtualization and cloud computing driving computing to remote data centers. Data Centers: The New Utility 5 FYI: The five year forecast for energy predicts data centers will be consuming 2% to 5% of all power produced in the United States– the majority of the nation’s hydroelectric capacity. 12% - 18% Annual Demand Growth for next 5 years e nginuity Worldwide LLC

6 21 st Century Users Prefer Green Power 6 Data Centers as an Example  Energy-intensive  Use 2-5% of Power on the Grid  Jobs are high-tech ($100K) Global View –  Cap&Trade in Europe is Real  Motivated to Incorporate Renewable  Looking for Cheap Power Rate with Balanced Sources Generate Large Amounts of Waste Heat  Warm/Hot Water  Designed to Use Waste Heat e nginuity Worldwide LLC

7 e nginuity Vision for Sustainability 7 21 st Century Users Waste Stream Utilization Diverse Biomass Sources Innovative Fuel Processing On-Site Power Production e nginuity Worldwide LLC

8 Grass-Fed Data Center 8 MoCARB™ Program to Facilitate the Transformation  MO Carbon–offset for Advancement and Recapture Benefits THREE KEY COMPONENTS  Create Demand for Green Power  Missouri-based Program to Attract Large Green Power Consumers to Missouri.  Change the Playing Field  Insert New Technology to Achieve Cost Efficiencies  Build Supply Chain  Use Missouri’s Agricultural Legacy and Strength to Power 21 st Century Industry Local, State, and National Support has Come Quickly  MIZZOU, MASBDA, Senator Bond, Congressman Blunt, plus many others e nginuity Worldwide LLC

9 Sustainability Campus 9 e nginuity Worldwide LLC

10 MASBDA Award for MoCARB™ Biomass Sustainability View – Biomass as Energy Crop Work to Date – Biomass Processing Innovation  Grant Award by MASBDA  Prototype Completed  Scale-Up Underway  Supply Side Logistics Development Parallel Data Center Activity Brings Immediate Opportunity  Very Large Data Center User has Specified Requirement of 130 MW of Green Power from Renewable Sources  Turned a Neat Idea that “needs to prove out”... TO  Market Driver to Build a New Ag Industry e nginuity Worldwide LLC

11 Missouri Biomass Availability & Supply 11 Missouri is Well-Suited  Biomass Diversity is Good – Regionally Plentiful in All Types  100MW of Biomass Supply within 80 Miles of Data Center Site  Columbia (Data Center Site) is in Center of 3 Overlapping Regions MoCARB™ has Vision for Developing New Harvest  Utilizing Waste Heat from Users  Algae, Duckweed, Others.  CRP, WRP, Public Lands Challenges to Address – Need Innovation e nginuity Worldwide LLC

12 Consolidated Biomass Crops (by County) 12 Source: MU, MDNR, USDoE

13 Biomass Processing & Supply Innovations 13 Diverse Biomass Sources Requires Robust Design  Current Pellet Process is Feasible, but High Energy Inputs  Current Process has Limitations for Biomass Sources Developing a New Biomass Processing Method  Reduce Energy Input from 76%  Improve Stability of Pellet/Puck to Allow Handling Flexibility  Take Anything that will Burn and Make Fuel  Must be Transportable to Allow for Larger Supply Areas Early Prototypes were Successful  Use MASBDA Award to Run Full-Scale Pilots Plans for “Hub” Sites for Supply Development e nginuity Worldwide LLC

14 End Product – Current vs. New Approach e nginuity Worldwide LLC Patent Applied For

15 Biomass Processing & Supply Innovations 15 Plans for “Hub” Sites for Supply Development  Process biomass to stable form close to farms.  Transport to power production facilities New Energy Crop Market for Farmers  Takes advantage of vast biomass resources of Missouri  Large power users provides “demand pull” Improved Biomass Pellet Process Power for Rural Missouri & 21 st Century Users Biomass Production on Marginal Acres e nginuity Worldwide LLC

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