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Ultra-Clean | Efficient | Reliable Power
Fuel Cells on Biogas – Experience & Case Studies
California Association of Sanitation Agencies May 12-13, 2015
Agenda
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• Company Experience • Case Studies & Lessons Learned • Renewable Hydrogen • Near Term Opportuni@es
Sales, Manufacture & Project Execution
Project development • Direct sales
Global manufacturing profile • North America • Asia via partner • Europe
Engineering, Procurement and Construction
• Project Financing
Research & Development
Design megawatt–class distributed power
generation solutions • Global fuel cell platform • Robust intellectual property
portfolio • Developing hybrid
applications of existing technology for new markets
Integrated Fuel Cell Company
Services Operate & Maintain power
plants • Over 100 DFC® plants
operating at more than 50 sites in 9 countries
• >3 billion kWh ultra-clean power produced
• > 300 MW installed/backlog
Providing turn-key distributed power generation solutions NASDAQ: FCEL
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Scalable Solutions
Individual fuel cell &
350 kW fuel cell stack Four-Stack Module
1.4 megawatts
Completed module 1.4 megawatts
2.8 MW DFC3000®
• Utilizes two modules • Adequate to power
2,800 homes
1.4 MW DFC1500®
• Utilizes one module • Adequate to power
1,400 homes
59MW fuel cell park • Utilizes 21
DFC3000 plants
Global platform – scale enhances economics
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Why Fuel Cells?
Source: The Regulatory Assistance Project report to NREL, October 15, 2002
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• Clean, Quiet & Efficient • Energy Cost Savings • Financeable, Low-‐Risk • Improved Reliability & Resiliency
Cal State East Bay, 1.4 MW
Har4ord Hospital, 1.4 MW
Natural Gas & Renewable Markets
• Electric Utilities & IPPs • Education & Healthcare • Gas Transmission • Industrial • Commercial, Data Centers • Government • Oil Production & Refining
• Wastewater • Food & Beverage Processing • Agriculture • Landfill Gas
Natural Gas Renewable Biogas
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Energy Cost Savings
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Con:nuous presence and growth in California since 2003
Presence in California
• Currently 16 California residents based full-‐@me suppor@ng FCE’s opera@ons: > 14 Technicians – build, operate and maintain fuel cells > 12 with 5+ years tenure
• Significant Company milestones in CA: > First MW class MCFC site in Santa Clara late 90s > Largest fleet of renewable bio gas units, and world’s largest
on-‐site bio gas fuel cell > First Renewable H2 Refueling sta@on – OCSD > First food & beverage, agricultural applica@ons
• 13 MW of systems opera@ng on bio-‐gas at 10 sites
• More than half of FCE California installa@ons
Gills Onions Oxnard CA
Fuel Requirements Fuel Composi,on • Output, Efficiency constant to 55% CH4 • More dilute composi@ons can be tolerated with dera@ng
• Fuel blending capability installed for process interrup@ons
• Delivery pressure 15 psig
Fuel Quan,ty • 1.4 MW: 310 CFM, 240 MMBtu/day, ~400K popula@on
• 2.8 MW: 620 CFM, 480 MMBtu/day, ~800K popula@on
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Source Gas production Energy content Energy content Electrical outputper head
(cubic feet/day) (Btu/h) Watts WattsHuman 1 25 7.32 3.44Swine 4 100 29.30 13.77Beef 46 1150 336.95 158.37Dairy 28 700 205.10 96.40
Poultry 0.29 7.25 2.12 1.00Source: John Balsam, ATTRA Publication IP219, Slot 218, Ver 102506, 2006.Fuel Quality
• Total Sulfur <10 ppmv, individual species lower • Siloxanes <100 ppbv • Total Metals <1 ppmv, individual metals lower • Moisture: gas delivered at 15 °F above dewpoint
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
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2.8 MW power plant at Inland Empire municipal water treatment facility
Municipal water treatment facility facing biogas disposal issues, strict air permiFng regula:ons, and ambi:ous sustainability goals
Benefits • Renewable baseload power solves waste disposal problem and provides con@nuous clean power
• Ultra-‐clean power facilitates clean air permigng
• Distributed genera@on enhances power reliability and energy security
• High efficiency drives economics
“The clean electrical generation process and the reliable 24/7 operating nature of the fuel cell will help us attain the objectives of our strategic energy plan and position us to
meet ever more stringent clean air emission requirements,” said Terry Catlin, Board President,
Inland Empire Utilities Agency. Nov 8, 2010
Tulare Wastewater Treatment Facility
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Tulare CA Waste Water Treatment Plant • 2.7 MW electric load • 11.5 million gallons per day of wastewater from domes@c and industrial sources
• Large agricultural community -‐ dairy facili@es contribu@ng high organic loads
• 500,000 cubic feet of biogas per day • Severe emissions non-‐aiainment restric@ons throughout California's San Joaquin Valley
Fuel Cell Plant: • 1.2 MW, commissioned 2007 & 2011 • Reduces reliance on electric grid • Avoids 6,200 tons CO2 emissions per year • Average availability 95% in 2014
Tulare was named to the EPA Top 20 List of facilities generating the most
green power on-site
• Conver@ng renewable biogas into ultra-‐clean power for the data plant
• Loca@on is a wastewater treatment plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Data center load is Microson ITPAC module (IT Pre-‐Assembled Components), modular data center package
• Combines fuel cell cri@cal power capabili@es with unique ability to use on-‐site biogas from anaerobic diges@on
Microsoft ITPAC data center module
DFC300 Installation
MicrosoL Data Center Project
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UCSD Directed Biogas Grid-‐connected 2.8 MW fuel cell powered by Directed Biogas providing electricity and absorp:on chilling to campus grid
Benefits • Fuel cell under PPA – no up-‐front capital • ITC mone@zed, savings passed to UCSD • UC carbon neutrality by 2025 • Full 42 MW system saves $800K per month
Features • 42 MW total from gas turbine, fuel cell, PV and energy storage – provides 92% of campus electric load and 95% of hea@ng and cooling load
• Fuel cell operates at 68% overall efficiency • Directed biogas from Point Loma wastewater treatment plant
• In opera@on since 2012
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Renewable Hydrogen Orange County Sanita:on District, Fountain Valley CA
• Co-‐produc@on of hydrogen with power and heat from clean fuel cell systems: tri-‐genera@on
• Produces 250 lb/day of renewable hydrogen from Anaerobic Digester Gas
• Supports fleet of 30 fuel cell vehicles in Southern California
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2.3MW Tri-‐genera:on System
Standard Configura@on Output, kW 2,800 DFC-‐H2 Configura@on Output, kW 2,350 Hydrogen Produc@on, kg/day 1,270
Possible H2 Uses Cars/day, 4.2 kg each* 300 Buses/day, 25 kg each 50 Fork Lins/day, 2.1 kg each 600
* Since cars are not fueled daily, the fleet served by a station would be ~10 times the number of cars visiting the station on a given day
Plant layout is ~100’ x 100’, with flexibility for equipment location
San Francisco Bay Area Facili:es
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Source: http://maps.nrel.gov/biomass, and EPA water treatment facility database Filling Station Data from California Fuel Cell Partnership: http://cafcp.org/stationmap
San Jose/Santa Clarita San Jose ESD ~8 MW, ~3000 kg/d Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale ~1MW , ~500 kg/d
South Bayside SBSA ~1MW , ~500 kg/d
Southeast San Fran PUC >2MW, ~630 kg/d
East Bay MUD East Bay MUD >4MW, >1300 kg/d
Hayward Hayward ~1MW , ~500 kg/d
Alvarado Union San Dist ~1.5 MW, ~630 kg/d
Oro Loma Oro Loma San Dist ~1MW , ~500 kg/d
Central Contra Costa CCC San Dist ~3 MW , ~1300 kg/d
Modesto Modesto ~1.5MW, ~630 kg/d
H2 Filling Stations Existing Planned Site Name
Operator XXMW, xx kg/day H2
Amount of power that can be produced with available biogas
Amount of Hydrogen that can be produced with available biogas
Landfills
More than 20MW renewable power and 9,000 kg/day renewable hydrogen generation potential in San Francisco area from wastewater treatment plants alone (enough for ~12,000 cars). Landfill gas could more than double potential
Wastewater treatment plants
17 Source: http://maps.nrel.gov/biomass, and EPA water treatment facility database Filling Station Data from California Fuel Cell Partnership: http://cafcp.org/stationmap
Hyperion LA City Sanitation >20MW, >9000 kg/day H2
Joint WPCP LA County Sanitation ~20MW, ~9000 kg/day H2
Los Coyotes LA Sanitation ~1MW, ~500 kg/d
Long Beach LA Sanitation ~1MW, ~500 kg/d
OCSD WRP 1 OCSD >5MW, >2000 kg/d
OCSD WRP 2 OCSD ~9 MW, ~4000 kg/day
Riverside Regional City of Riverside ~2MW, >2000 kg/d
IEUA RP 1 IEUA >2MW, >2000 kg/d
Rialto City of Rialto ~1MW, ~500 kg/day
San Bernardino SB Muni Wat Dept ~1MW~500 kg/day
EMWD EMWD ~1MW , ~500 kg/d
San Jose Creek LA Sanitation >4MW, >1000 kg/day H2
H2 Filling Stations Existing Planned
Site Name Operator XXMW, xx kg/day H2
Amount of power that can be produced with available biogas
Amount of Hydrogen that can be produced with available biogas
More than 70MW renewable power and 30,000 kg/day renewable hydrogen generation potential in LA area from wastewater treatment plants alone (enough for ~40,000 cars). Landfill gas could more than double potential
Landfills Wastewater treatment plants
Greater Los Angeles Area Facili:es
Real World Experience Integrated Approach Builds on Experience • 15 MW of bio gas powered fuel cell plants in 23 loca@ons since 2007 • Highly reliable when fuel quality and quan@ty are within spec • Take-‐away: Bring all fuel clean-‐up engineering, design & opera@ons in-‐house
o Extensive in house engineering & technology capability o Pre-‐qualified, integrated supplier base o Well trained, experienced Construc@on & Service teams
• Maintenance services: o 15 to 20 year term, same as fuel cell plant o Timely and correct preven@ve maintenance, including gas sampling o Standardized procedures, consumables, and parts across the fleet o Maintenance intervals synchronized with fuel cell plant maintenance
• Seamless integra@on with fuel cell plant control & monitoring system
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BoXom line – higher up:me, increased savings, all technology risk removed from Client
• Comprehensive Engineering, Procurement, and Construc@on services – leverages FCE strength and experience, lowers risk and distrac@ons to Client
Project Finance Options
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No up-front capital, energy cost savings, low risk
• PPA, Lease, Debt Financing • PPA, Opera@ng lease enable 30% ITC at Universi@es, Hospitals, Non-‐Profits
• $40M revolving fuel cell project finance fund with NRG
• Comprehensive Service Agreements with guarantees of fuel cell performance
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2015 CA SGIP Level of Incentives
FuelCell Energy Confidential & Proprietary
Non-‐Renewable Renewable and Waste Energy Recovery
Emerging Technologies
0-‐1 MW (Base)
1-‐2 MW 2-‐3 MW 0-‐1 MW (Base)
1-‐2 MW 2-‐3 MW 0-‐1 MW (Base)
1-‐2 MW 2-‐3 MW
$0.44/W $0.22/W $0.11/W $1.07/W $0.53/W $0.27/W $1.65/W* $1.98/W*
$0.83/W $.99/W*
$0.41/W $0.50/W*
Internal Combus@on Engine
Micro-‐turbine Gas turbine
Steam turbine Biogas Adder1
California Supplier Adder2
Wind Turbine Waste Heat to Power Pressure Reduc@on
Turbine California Supplier Adder2
Fuel Cells* Biogas Adder1
California Supplier Adder2
1 The biogas Adder of $1.46/W may be used in conjunc@on with fuel cells or any conven@onal CHP technology 2 California Supplier Adder = 20 % of the incen@ve levels before adding the biogas adder
Fuel Cells for Biogas
• Clean, Quiet, advanced power genera4on • Great fit for Waste Water Plants • Proven technology, financing available • Incen4ves Available for projects
Electric Grid Support On-site Power
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Thank you!
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Ken Wicker Director -‐ Business Development, Northern CA Cell: 408.455.6978 | [email protected]
The DFC®1500 sta@onary fuel cell power plant from FuelCell Energy provides high-‐quality, Ultra-‐Clean electrical power with 47% efficiency, and high quality exhaust heat suitable for hot water, steam, or absorp@on chilling applica@ons, around the clock. Designed for commercial and industrial applica@ons, the system offers easy transport, quiet and reliable opera@on, and simple site planning and regulatory approval. The DFC1500 is ideal for wastewater treatment plants, manufacturing, food and beverage processing, universi@es and office campuses.
DFC®1500 Fuel Cell Power Plant
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FuelCell Energy’s DFC3000™ system is the largest of the Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant fleet, capable of providing high-‐quality baseload power with 47% electric power genera@on efficiency around-‐the-‐clock. Scalable for Mul@-‐Megawai Fuel Cell Parks, the system is especially suitable for applica@ons with larger load requirements such as universi@es, manufacturing facili@es, wastewater treatment plants, and u@lity/grid support.
DFC®3000 Fuel Cell Power Plant
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