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RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007
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Page 1: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Solar Grade SiliconBreakthru !

RSI Silicon

1/10 Plant Cost

1/2 Plant Build Time

1/3 Product Cost

Jim DunnVP, Business Development May 2007

Page 2: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Solar Grade Silicon

Most Si Plants make Electronic grade 8 Nine’s (99.999999%) Purity needed for semiconductors, using the Siemens process

Solar panels traditionally made from Semicon industry waste, but rapid Solar PV growth is using up all Si supply + Prime!

NREL Study found Solar Si purity only needs to be 6 Nine’s, with emphasis on Boron, Phosphorus, and metals

RSI has created a NEW Proprietary LOW COST process that makes (only) Solar grade Silicon, to fill this shortage

Page 3: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Photovoltaic/Si Markets

• Solar PV Mkt. = $15B in 2006 – 35% growth• Over 90% is Si based - $5B annual market • PV Industry growth limited by use of costly &

obsolete Siemens Electronic grade Si process

NEW Proprietary RSI Solar grade process will Disrupt Si Industry, like Bayer process did to

Al in 1888 ! (Al price dropped 99% in 15 years)

Current Siemens Si mfg. cost = $30 - 35/Kg

RSI Solar Grade Si cost = $ 7 - 9/kg !

Page 4: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Si Supply - Demand Forecast

RSIMkt.Oppty.

Page 5: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Si Competition

High CapEx & long Build Time hinder Si Supply

Company Capacity Plant cost Fab Time Si Cost

Hemlock 4500 MT $450 M 32 Mo’s $27/kg

Wacker 4500 MT $400 M 40 Mo’s $25/kg

REC 5000 MT $450 M 36 Mo’s $26/kg

MEMC 4000 MT $400M 30 mo’s $25-28/kg.

RSI Silicon 5000 MT $ 50M 15 Mo’s $7- 9/kg

Page 6: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Wacker Si plant in Germany Siemens Process

40-44 mo’s

Page 7: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Unique RSI Technology Edge

How does RSI achieve Low Cost SoG Si ?

• Novel Methods - Only make SoG Si 6-Nine’s purity (vs. 8 Nine’s) using Simple, proven equip/plants

• 3 Proven industry processes – each proven at Scale

• SAFE – NO Dangerous gases & emissions

• Low cost Raw materials - NOT Metallurgical Grade Si

• Extremely Low CapEX – Std. Industry Equipment

• Fast Plant Fab. Time - Easily Scaled UP

Page 8: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

RSI’s Simple Process Equipment

Low cost Industrial Process Equipment

Page 9: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

0 t

Cumulative Cash Flow

$(500m)

2-3 years

UnpredictableLong Term

Supply / Demand

Established manufacturing cost of

$25-30 / kg(Siemens process)

The Si Manufacturing Challenge5000T Si Plant

Page 10: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

0 t$(50m)

12-18 months

Low cost producer @ $9 - 10/kg Novel Process offering:

• 1/10 the initial Capital Investment

• ½ the time to complete plant, generate revenue & break even

• 1/3 of competing Si production costs /kg.

Cumulative Cash Flow

The RSI Solution5000T Plant

Page 11: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Technology/Business Validation

• RSI’s Proprietary process Demonstrated on small scale

• Process confirmed by leading Princeton scientist (MIT PhD)

• Process and Cost Estimates validated by Black and Veach

• Patent filed on key elements of process

• Future customers placing Orders - BP Solar ($120M/yr)

- New Order ($200M)

Page 12: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Financial Forecast – Single Plant5000 MTons

$-$19

$96

$205

$301

$438

$(2) $9

$51

$111

$183

$305

$(50)

$-

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

$350

$400

$450

$500

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

OpEx

COGS

Gross Profit

Revenue* Note – All RSI Si presold, thru 2011

Page 13: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Core Team• Experienced Team

– Dr. Steve Amendola, CTO• Founder of Millennium Cell (NASD:

MCEL) – Chemist/Metal

– Lyle Rawlings*, VP Marketing• President of largest solar installer in

Mid-Atlantic, PE,

– James Dunn*, VP Ops & Biz Dev• Tech. Commercialization veteran• NASA, IBM, laptop, 4 startups

David Pelley – Matrix Partners, MIT Physics, Harvard MBA, Solar Exp.

Olaf Bleck – MIT EE/Aero, Solar Exp.

Hal Stuhler – Mfg. Mgr. - TIAX

Tim Lomma – Eng. Mgr.- BSME

• Key Hires (underway)– CEO

• From Solar Industry or Si side - REC, Tokuyama, Hemlock etc.

– VP Manufacturing• From REC, Tokuyama,

MEMC, Hemlock, GT Solar, etc.

– Consultants & Advisors

– Furnace Experts

– Silicon Experts

* Note: Founding team has invested $300k to-date

Page 14: RSI Silicon Solar Grade Silicon Breakthru ! RSI Silicon 1/10 Plant Cost 1/2 Plant Build Time 1/3 Product Cost Jim Dunn VP, Business Development May 2007.

RSI Silicon

Key Activities: 2007-08

$ (m) Status Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Eng Study validation 0.2 Done ♦File Utility Patent 0.1 Done ♦Demo Process 0.4 ♦Finalize Orders $350M ♦ ♦Close Series A 7.5 ♦Build Pilot Line 3.5 ♦Begin Mfg 1.0 ♦Locate 5000T Plant 0.1 ♦Close Series B 50.0 ♦Build 5000T Plant 50.0 ♦

2007 2008

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RSI Silicon

Summary• RSI Breakthru in $5B SoG-Si industry

– 1/10th the CapEx cost– 1/2 the Plant Fab Time – 1/3 the final Si Cost !

• Talented, cohesive founding Team

• Extremely Favorable Growth Market …– $350M/yr. conditional Orders In hand – Fortune 50 Co.

• 3 Proven Industry Scale processes

• Lowest cost Si Mfgr. – HUGE ROI