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Tim KeatingVice President
Marketing and Field OperationsSkyline Solar, Inc.
May 12, 2010
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Skyline Solar enables PVsystems to become the
primary source of newpeak electricity generation
Mission
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Comparing LCOE
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Skyline Solars medium concentration PV solution provides theoptimal path to lower cost of energy through a scalable, upgradableand capital efficient design.
History
Incorporated August 2007 Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Status
$24.6M Series A, led by NEA ~50 FTE employees Four installations completed
European partner Sales pipeline in 100s of megawatts
Skyline Solar Company Overview
Board of Directors
Bill Keating (Skyline Solar) Bob MacDonald (Skyline Solar) Lars Podlowski (Solon)
Mark Byington (Cobalt Power Systems) Mark Perry (NEA) Ravi Viswanathan (NEA)
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Company Milestones
Series A Funding (Aug 08) Solar America Initiative (Feb 09)
Demonstration Power Plant (May 09) Volume Production Partnership (Oct 09)
~$25M Series A led by NEA NEA has $8.5B under investment
and has funded more than 550firms
We think this company is going to be one of the survivors. Theyve got
substantially lower costs because of the way theyve designed this.
Its more than just a clever idea.
Mark Perry, General Partner, NEA
Up to $3M grant to fund technologycommercialization projects
Only systems company selected by theDepartment of Energy
We were impressed by Skyline's total system approach which
packages many high gain solar design elements into an elegant
array leveraging traditional manufacturing for large scale.
Martha Symko-Davies, Research Senior Supervisor, NREL
27kW power plant at Santa Clara ValleyTransit Authority (VTA)
Commissioned May 15; >2000 hours ofon-sun data
Field data confirms performancemodels
Thanks to Skyline Solar, our first significant solar installation is now up
and running and is providing VTA with clean, renewable energy and
a unique learning experience
Michael Burns, General Manager, Santa Clara VTA
Partnership with CosmaInternationals U.S. stamping andassemble facility
Skyline High Gain Solar Arraysdesigned to fit automobile metal shopdesign rules
Reusing Americas industrial baseand retaining American jobs
We are excited to be manufacturing the Skyline HGS system and, by
doing so, contributing to Americas move toward energy
independence.
Horst Prelog, President, Cosma International
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Skyline Solar IP
Patent 7,709,730Issued May 4, 2010! Key patents
applications filed in
the US and
internationally
! Two critical patentapplications havebeen approved by
the US government
for accelerated
review under the
Green Technologies
pilot program
! Foundational1st Patent issued
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Built on Proven Technology
Solar ThermalDispatchable but capital intensiveOnly works on a massive scale
High Gain Solar PVCombines best of both approaches
Works on distributed and utility scale
Tracked PVHigh capacity factorMaterials intensive: silicon, metal, concrete
Silicon
+
Tracker
Reflector
+
Tracker
SILICON
+
REFLECTOR+
TRACKER
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Skyline High Gain Solar Architecture
A dramatically simplified approach with just 2 major components
HGS PANELMounts vertically
along rails facinginward
REFLECTIVE
RACKStructural SupportCurved Reflector Integrated Tracker
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Design Efficiency Provides Cost Leverage
67% fewer parts assembledin field
1 x 1700 Watt plug & playarray built from a few pre-assembled modular elements
Compare to 8 x 175 Wattpanel fixed tilt system builtwith many parts assembled in
the field
85% less silicon Low cost design
Fraction of materials neededvs. standard panels
Efficient thermal managementVertical orientation and heat
sink improve cooling
Manufactured in existingmodule factories
Breakthrough SystemArchitecture
Separates light capture frompower generation
Integrated racking andtracking
Reflector doubles as spaceframe structure
Streamlined logistics 100% recyclable materials
HGS Panel Reflective RackPre-assembled
Modular System
HGS Panel usesstandard silicon cells
Innovative heat sinkkeeps cells cool
50kW percontainer
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Sample Skyline Installations
Southern , CA
80 kW
San Jose Demo
27 kW
May 2009
Kona, HI
22 kW
April 2010 May 2010
Italy
20 kW 2 MW
20 kW in construction 2 MW in development
Robust pipeline and record of successful deployments
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Target Applications
Municipality Facilities(e.g. Water Treatment)
Government,Military Bases
Industrial & Mining
On- or Off-Grid
Grid Commercial,Parking Lots,
ManufacturingCampus
Utility ScaleGeneration
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Standard PV High GainSolar
Designed for Upgradability
Skyline installations give the option of power plant upgrades
Improving CellEfficiencies
Cell R&DInvestments
Billion
s
Billion
s
Leverage Industry-Leading Cells
TheWinner
High Gain Solar
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Leverages Existing AutomotiveFactories for Rapid Scaling
! Manufacturing process and line designed for standard metalfabrication equipment
!Easily adopted by automotive factories, HVAC sheet metalmanufacturing plants, etc.
! Skyline partnership with Cosma Internationals US stampingand assembly facility
Roll Stamp StackAssemble
2010Skyline
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Better for the Environment
! Faster energy payback More Watts per pound of material Reduced embodied energy
! Lower carbon footprint System almost entirely manufactured out of recyclable metal 85% less hard-to-recycle materials: silicon, solder, encapsulents
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Skyline Advantages Beyond LCOE
Cost HGS reaches grid parity ahead of the packCapital Efficiency Factory CapEx as low as $0.08/WattUpgradability The worlds first upgradable solar power plantsReliability Elegant design based on proven materialsScalability Factory integrated systems yield fast low cost installations
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www.skyline-solar.com