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1. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Dave Roby
Chief Operating Officer

2.  Praxis Strategy Group is a growth strategy company that works with
communities, economic development corporations and agencies, research
and development organizations, and companies to develop and implement
strategic initiatives and business ventures.Financial challenges & risk
profile of new industries
 An eight-time winner in the Small Business Innovation Research program
and a 1997 winner of SBA’s National Tibbetts award for contributions to and
success in the SBIR Program.
 Business Consulting & funds sourcing
 Military Base Assessment & Realignment projects
 Managing Center for the Red River Valley Research Corridor – founded by
Senior Senator Byron Dorgan
 Have developed & executed over 20 Action Summits
 Praxis Energy Group LLC
 NewGeography.com
 Current International projects in London & Ghana
 Sister company to Flint Communications (ad agency) & Media Productions
(event planning and execution unit)

3. 400+ million People
In the USA by 2050
Source: Bureau of the Census, CensusScope

4. US Energy Consumption by Source: 1980-2030 (quadrillion Btu)
140
120
100 Renewable/Other
Hydropower
80 Nuclear
Coal
60 Natural Gas
Petroleum
40
20
0
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030
Source: Annual Energy Outlook. Report #:DOE/EIA-0383(2006)

5. OPEC Remains Largest Oil
Source in 2030 on Current Path
% Total Imports in 2030
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Canada Mexico North OPEC Other Other Other Other
Sea Middle Latin Africa Asia
East America

6. National Security
Concerns
 Our growing dependence on unstable parts of the world
 Dangerous and costly
military commitments
connected to energy
needs
 Vulnerability of energy
flows at global choke
points

7. Goals of North American
Energy Community
Independence from unstable authoritarian
governments via a full energy mix of pooled
resources from US, Canada & Mexico
Reduction in fossil fuel emissions, boosting
alternatives + efficiency and conservation
improvements go green both ways
Creating basis for sustainable economic growth
for all of North America

8. When Oil Alternatives are Viable
Biodiesel * $80
US Corn-based ethanol * $60
Shale Oil $50
Tar sands, Brazilian cane-based ethanol,
Gas-to-liquids, Coal-to-liquids $40
Cambridge Energy Research
Associates; The Economist. April
22nd, 2006. *Excludes the impact of
tax credits

9. Biomass Resource Capacity Available by County

10. Biomass Fuels the Economy
Federal Renewable Fuels Standards Impact
requiring production of 7.5 billion gallons by 2012.
 the reduction of crude oil imports by 2 billion barrels
 reduce payments to foreign oil producers by $64 billion.
 potential to create 234,840 new jobs in all sectors of the
economy
 increase household income by $43 billion
 add $200 billion to GDP between 2005-2012
 create $6 billion in new investment in renewable fuel
production facilities

11. Bio-fuel Potential
 In U.S.
 5.6 billion gallons of ethanol now in production
 6 billion gallon capacity under construction
 Cellulosic potential is enormous - provided technical
challenges are overcome
DOE and USDA
 goal of replacing 30% of
transportation petroleum
used in US by 2030

13. Projected Corn Ethanol Production. . .
accounts for <10% of motor fuel needs
14
12
Billion gallons
10
8
6
4
2
0
2007/08 2009/10 2011/12 2013/14 2015/16
With credit/tariff W/O credit/tariff
USDA analysis

14. Biodiesel Plants
CARD: Iowa State University 5/2007

15. Projected Soy Biodiesel Production. . .
w/o tax credit (USDA analysis)
800
700
Million gallons
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2007/08 2009/10 2011/12 2013/14 2015/16
With credit W/O credit
USDA analysis

16. The Most Plentiful Resource
275 billion tons of Recoverable Coal

17. Coal is Electrifying
 50+% electricity generated from coal in US
 Abundant, cheap, widely distributed
 Clean coal technologies available now
 Carbon capture and sequestration
 Can be mixed with biomass to lessen emissions
Coal = high rank biomass
 Can be gasified and liquified
Coal = heavy oil

18. Hydro Power #1 Renewable
in North America
1200
1000
800
Fossil/Nuke
600 Other Renew
Hydro
400
200
0
Canada US Mexico
Total Gigawatt Electricity Generating Capacity (2005)

19. National Center for Hydrogen Technology
University of North Dakota
Energy and Environmental Research Center

20. Solar Potential is Regional

21. Wind could generate as much as
11 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity each
year on the Great Plains, Great Lakes,
Rocky and Appalachian Mountains.
50,000 megawatts in Canada

26. Department of Energy Announces $93
million to Support Wind Energy – April
2009

29. Cross Border Transmission ~ MATL
It Can Be Done!

30. Current Transmission in Mexico

36. Barriers & Bottlenecks
 Uncertainty about the future
 Financial challenges & risk profile of
new industries
 Materials and construction
– Escalating costs and shortages
– Contractors running at full capacity
 Distribution and transmission
– Highly complex, highly integrated
 Siting and permitting
 TRANSMISSION

37. What Government Can Do
 Increase incentives for domestic production of
energy, with gradual but steady focus on
renewable and clean production
 More investment in and incentives for energy
efficiency technologies and conservation
methods
 Early adopter of new technologies, e.g.
hydrogen, bio jet fuels
 New investment in transmission lines for energy,
particularly wind, solar and other renewable
forms

38. Communities, Regions
& States Take the Initiative
• State tax incentives,
credits & goals
• Community-based
energy & economic
development initiatives
• Multi-jurisidictional
energy initiatives, e.g.
Plug-In Partners
National Campaign
Wenatchee, Washington

39. Become a
possibility factory!
High Throughput – Combinatorial
“If you want to have good
ideas you must have
many ideas.”
Linus Pauling
Quantum chemist & biochemist
Nobel Prize Winner (2 times)

40. Questions and Comment