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“Sustainable fuel at compe22ve prices” Pe7er BartzJohannessen Managing Director Nordic Seed Capital Summit Stockholm May 19

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Presentation held by Petter Bartz Johannesen, Managing Director of Weyland BioEthanol, at the Nordic Seed Capital Summit in Stockholm, 19 May 2011.

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“Sustainable  fuel  at  compe22ve  prices”  

Pe7er  Bartz-­‐Johannessen  Managing  Director  

Nordic Seed Capital Summit Stockholm May 19  

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“The  Age  of  cheap  energy  is  over”  

The  oil  price  has  almost  doubled  within  a  year  

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Interna2onal  Energy  Agency:    

“The  Age  of  cheap  energy  is  over”  

President  Barack  Obama:    -­‐  plan  to  cut  America’s  import  of  foreign  oil  by  a  third  by  2025  

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Sweden:  -­‐    goal  to  be  oil-­‐free  by  2020  

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Cellulosic  Ethanol  is  part  of  the  solu2on    

•  There  are  over  750  million  motor  vehicles  in  the  world  today.    

•  If  present  trends  con2nue,  the  number  of  cars  on  Earth  will  double  in  the  next  30  years.    

•  The  transport  sector  already  consumes  between  40  and  50  %  of  the  total  oil  produc2on.    

•  Cellulosic  ethanol  is  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  promising  ways  to  meet  the  need  for  clean  transport  fuels.  

•  Cellulosic  ethanol  has  the  poten2al  to  reduce  the  emission  of    greenhouse  gases  by  90%  compared  to  fossil  fuel.    

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Video  presenta2on  

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Weyland  AS  

•  Weyland  is  a  privately  owned  company  established  in  2001    

•  The  company  has  its  origin  from  research  conducted  at  Bergen  University  College  

•  The  technology  converts  lignocellulosic  materials  like  forestry  and  agricultural  wastes  into  fermentable  sugars      

•  The  sugar  is  subsequently  fermented  to  ethanol.  

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Vision:  

Vision  Our  vision  and  aspira.on  is  to  stay  in  the  forefront  of  the  development  of  technology  for  chemical  conversion  of  cellulose  to  fermentable  sugar  ..  

 ..  and  thus  be  able  to  supply  the  market  with  the  most  viable  solu.ons  for  produc.on  of  ethanol  and  other  chemicals  from  cellulose!  

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Business  Model  

Business  Model:  

•  Focus  on  core  technology  of  the    sugar  produc2on  process,  i.e.  to;  

•  develop  proprietary  technology  for  conversion  of  cellulose  to  sugar.    

Our  strategy  is  to  sell:    

•  Technology  licenses  •  Weyland  hardware  •  Project  management  •  Feedstock  qualifica2ons  etc.    

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Technology  development  

•  The  Weyland  technology  has  proved  to  be  very  robust  and  provides  a  high  yield  independent  of  feedstock  types.    

•  1000  +  laboratory  and  bench  scale  tests  

•  A  wide  variety  of  feedstock  has  been  tested  

•  Yield  0.25  to  0.33  liters  of  ethanol  per  kg  dry  feedstock  dependant  on  the  type  of  raw  material  

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•  Sponsored  by  Innova2on  Norway,  the  Norwegian  Research  Council  and  Statoil,  an  advanced  pilot  plant  has  been  built  in  Bergen,  Norway.  

•  The  nominal  capacity  is  equivalent  to  200,000  liters  ethanol  output  per  year.    

•  The  main  purpose  is  to  verify  the  process,  and  to  demonstrate  the  commercial  viability  of  the  technology.    

•  The  pilot  plant  was  opened  in  October  2010.  

Pilot  plant  

Sponsors:  

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Industrial  demonstra2on  plant    

•  A  Front  End  Engineering  &  Design  study  for  an  industrial  size  demo  plant  in  Norway  was  conducted  in  2010.    

•  The  produc2on  capacity  will  be  approximately  approx  30  million  liters  of  ethanol  per  year.  

•  The  project  was  a  coopera2on  between  Weyland,  Elkem  and  Desmet  Ballestra  Ethanol.    

•  The  plant  can  u2lize  surplus  energy  from  Elkem’s  silica  plant.  

Salten  

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Investment  budget  for  a  demonstra2on  plant:  •  Capacity:  30  million  litre  ethanol  per  year  

32  000  tonnes  of  lignin  per  year  •  Feedstock:    100  (dry)  tonnes  fuel  chips    from  residues  per  year    •  Energy:  Waste  heat  from  silica-­‐produc2on  

Electricity  from  own  biogas  plant  

Total  investment:  Approx  Euro  100  mill  

Demonstra2on  plant  -­‐  CAPEX  

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Inputs!

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  Feedstock  25  ton/h    (50%  moisture)  

  Feedstock  price    Approx  €  100/dry  ton  

  Acid  &  Solvent  cost  €  0,042/l    

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Demonstra2on  plant  –  produc2on  costs  

Output!

  3500  l  Ethanol/h  (  30  000  m3/yr)  

  4  t  lignin  pellets/h    (7%  moisture)  

  4  MW  Power  from  biogas    

  1,8  t/hr  liquid  fer2lizer  (no  value  assumed)  

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Market  outlook  

 Biofuels  share  of  the  transporta2on  fuel  market  will      increase  from  the  current  level  of  2  %  to  27  %  in  2050  

   The  demand  for  ethanol  will  increase  many  2mes:  •  2005:            42bn  liters  per  year  •  2012:            82bn  liters  per  year  •  2030:        300bn  liters  per  year  

 The  produc2on  of  cellulosic  ethanol  is  cri2cal  to  the      growth  of  the  ethanol  market.    

The  Interna2onal  Energy  Agency:  

Market  poten2al:    

•  Produc2on  capacity  of  2.genera2on  ethanol  will  have  to  increase  from  almost  zero  today  to  200  billion  liters  in  2030.    

•  Require  more  than  1000  large  scale  produc2on  units    …  or  more  likely;        …    several  thousand  small  and  medium  scale  plants.    

•  For  many  of  these  installa2ons  the  Weyland  process  may  be  the  best  choice!    

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Market  development  

Cellulosic  ethanol  has  been  slower  to  take  off  than  expected  !  

•  Technological  hurdles  

•  Doubts  about  economic  viability  -­‐  financing  

•  Uncertainty  over  government  support  

Corn-­‐based  ethanol  also  took  several  years  to  get  going  …  

US  ethanol  produc2on  1980-­‐2007  

Source:    Renewable  Fuels  Associa2on,  January  2010  

US  cellulosic  ethanol  produc2on  2006-­‐2012  

 ..  suddenly  there  was  exponen2al  growth!  

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Weyland’s  success  factors  

Weyland’s  recipe  for  success;    

•  Proven  technology  based  on  well  known  chemical  processes.  

•  The  process  has  several  advantages  over  other  sugar  producing  technologies:  

•  Mul2ple  feedstock  versa2lity    

•  High  ethanol  yield  

•  Good  industrial  scalability  

•  The  process  is  largely  driven  by  low  grade  energy,  and  can  u2lize  waste  heat  from  other  industries  

•  3rd    party  verifica2on  of  favorable  Capex  and  Opex  

Capex   Price  [EURO]  Technology  groups    Weyland  core  technology   22  000  000  €    Biogas  plant   10  300  000  €    Other  groups  of  technology   31  000  000  €    Electric  and  M&C   8  200  000  €    Piping   5  800  000  €    Civil  works,  buildings   10  200  000  €    Erec2on   7  800  000  €    Services   1  800  000  €    Permit  engineering   1  800  000  €    Engineering   3  600  000  €    Spare  parts   1  500  000  €  

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Financials  

Sources  of  Funds  

Share  capital   €  2.8m  

Statoil  LOOP  conver2ble    loan    €  0.8m  

Public  Grants   €  2.8m  

Loan   €  1.6m  

Total   €  8.0m  

Applica2on  of  Funds  

R&D  -­‐  Opera2ons   €  2.5m  

Bench  Scale  Tes2ng   €  0.4m  

Pilot  Plant  Construc2on   €  5.1m  

Total   €  8.0m  

Current  financing  

Financing  requirement  2011  -­‐  2013  

Sources  of  Funds  

New  Share  Capital   €  6.0m  

Public  Grants   €  3.0m  

Total   €  9.0m  

Applica2on  of  Funds  

Commercializa2on  of  the  technology   €  m  

R&D  /  Pilot  Plant  opera2on   €  m  

Scale-­‐up  engineering   €  m  

IPR,  Marke2ng,  etc   €  m  

Opera2ons   €  m  

Total   €  9.0m  

Posi2ve  cash  flow  expected  from  2013  

• Venture  Capital    Exit  strategy  3  –  5  years  • Strategic  partner    Long  term  investment    Investor  preference:  

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Summary  

1.   Cellulosic  ethanol  is  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  promising  ways  to  meet  the  need  for  clean  fuels.  

2.   Although  the  cellulosic  ethanol  market  has  been  slow  in  coming,  we  can  expect  very  strong  growth.  

3.   The  Weyland  process  is  very  robust  and  highly  compe22ve.  

Weyland    -­‐  a  great  investment  opportunity!  

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Thanks  for  your  a7en2on  !  

www.weyland.no  

“Sustainable  fuel  at  compe22ve  prices”  

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•  Weyland  has  been  awarded  NOK  20  million  (Euro  2,5  million)  in  grants  from  Innova2on  Norway  for  further  tes2ng  and  development  of  the  technology  

•  As  the  first  company,  Weyland  has  obtained  a  Compliance  cer2ficate  from  Det  Norske  Veritas    that  the  process  meets  EU’s  direc2ve  for  sustainability    

•  Ini2ated  by  Elkem  a  new  company;  Salten  Bioetanol  AS,  has  been  established    with  the  purpose  of  developing  an  Industrial  scale  demo  plant  in  Norway  

•  Contract  with  The  Latvian  Forrest  Company  LVM  to  undertake  a  concept  evalua2on  for  an  industrial  size  plant  in  Latvia  based  on  our  technology  

Important  milestones  in  2011  

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Technology  

There  are  three  main  methods  to  produce  sugar  from  cellulose:  

•  Biologic  hydrolysis  -­‐  using  enzymes    

•  Dilute  acid  hydrolysis  -­‐  using  acid  and  heat  

•  Strong  acid  hydrolysis  -­‐  using  concentrated  acid    

•  The  earliest  produc2on  of  ethanol  by  this  method  started  in  Germany  in  the  1920s  

•  Weyland’s  process  differs  from  exis2ng  technology  in  its  unique  method  of  removing  and  recycling  98.5%  of  the  acid.    

•  This  enables  produc2on  of  fermentable  sugar  at  lower  cost  and  represents  a  significant  environmental  benefit.      

The  Weyland  process  is  based  on  strong  acid  hydrolysis  of  the  cellulose.