September 2013

The Leader in Energy Management and Power Quality
Precise Voltage Optimization Technology
 Reduces Energy Consumption
 Reduces Peak Demand (lowers rates)
 Extends life of Equipment
 Improves Power Quality
 Enables Bi-directional Integration of
Alternative Renewable Energy
 Reduces Carbon and Greenhouse
Gases
 Provides smart real-time data
September 2013
The Leader in Energy Management and Power Quality
Best in Class
Distributed Voltage Regulation
Dynamically Regulated at any Set Point
U3P
Low Voltage Regulator –LVR-2
Single Phase
Utility 3 Phase
U3P
Two Phase
North Am. 3 Phase
NA 3P
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Reduces Consumption & Cost● Increases Equipment Life● Bi-directional Integration of Renewables● Reduces Carbon
Integrating PV – Precise Bidirectional Regulation
Source-Design and Performance of Solar Decathlon 2011 High-Penetration Microgrid,
NREL Conference Paper NREL/CP-7A30-54719, April 2012, p. 8.
(NREL is the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
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Precision is New – and Microplanet Invented It
• No other technology has MicroPlanet’s speed and accuracy - ± 0.4%
• Eliminates spikes, sags, brown outs.
• Programmable multiple customer set points – Smart technology.
• Sub cycle regulation – Over 60 times per second e.g. Flicker.
MicroPlanet - ± 0.4%
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No Other Product Provides Individual Phase Balancing
MicroPlanet’s unrivalled speed and precision steplessly solves phase imbalance to
dramatically increase equipment life. This was not previously possible.
Unregulated
MicroPlanet
Unregulated
Regulated
3 Phase Voltage Balancing
Voltage Imbalance Impact on the Life of a Motor
% voltage
imbalance
Winding temp.
(°C)
Efficiency
reduction
Expected
winding life
(years)
Reduction
in Life
0
120
—
20 years
n/a
1
130
Up to 1/2%
10
50%
2
140
1-2%
5
75%
3
150
2-3%
2.5
88%
4
160
3-4%
1.25
93%
5
180
5% or more
Less than 1
Source: Energy Matters, DOE, Industrial Technologies Program, Winter 2005
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Technologies Used in the Market
Voltage Regulation
Step down transformer
Precise Voltage Regulation, Bi-directional
Integration of Alternative Renewable
Energy and more
MicroPlanet’s
Patented Technology
Tab Change autotransformer
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Enables Bi-directional Full Integration of
Alternative Energy Sources
Bi-Directional
• Only bi-directional voltage regulation technology
• Performance characteristics are equal to and from grid
• Solves stability issues when integrating large amounts of renewable energy
• Owners of renewable energy source benefit from optimization and power
quality.
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Department of Energy – National Renewable
Energy Lab’s Solar Decathlon, Washington DC
Problem – Prior to 2011 the event
experienced challenges with excess
energy being pushed back onto the
grid, resulting in unmanageable high
voltage spikes, interconnect faults
and inverters tripping on the feeder
line.
Solution – Beginning with the
2011 event, MicroPlanet has been
requested & paid by NREL to supply
bi-directional Voltage Regulation.
Result – Not a single problem or
complaint.
100% solar penetration
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October 13, 2011
What happens when a grid reaches
full capacity?
Electricity Cost by Country, Australia in Red
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The Revolutionary MicroPlanet/Tyree RegFormer™
Product Offering
Why did Tyree approach MicroPlanet? Proven utility grade products that
provide key features and benefits, as excerpted from Tyree’s RegFormer
marketing material:
• Step-less Voltage Regulation
•
Bi-Directional Current
Capability
•
Suitable for leading and
lagging load power factor
•
Real time monitoring and subcycle response
•
Non interrupting design in fault
conditions – Regulator is
bypassed without switching
•
SCADA enabled voltage,
current and status reporting
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Corporate Structure
Trading Symbols: MP – TSX.V ; MCTYF – OTC.PK
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Market cap: ~$6 million
•
Outstanding: 152.5 M, Warrants: 27.5 M, Options: 9.3 M
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Insider holdings: <15%
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Key Team Members
Joe Tanner, CEO
 Eight years as COO of Medical Device Firm, Sold 1M Devices
 Four years as COO of Electronics Manufacturer, Plants in U.S.,
China, Malaysia & the Philippines
 Eight years as President-International of Global Disposable Baby
Diaper Firm
 Graduate of Harvard University and the University of Texas
Ed Garth, CFO
 Thirty+ years building and financing emerging technology driven
companies
 Designed, built and managed corporate infrastructures in 28
companies.
 In excess of 150 financings, public and private
 Former Audit and Tax CPA with Touche Ross & Co.
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Key Team Members
Greg Wiegand, CTO
 Founded MicroPlanet in 1995, and co-inventor of the core technology
 Prior to MicroPlanet, Greg was a lead research engineer for LifeSpan
BioSciences where he collaborated in research and hardware development
leading to the automation of their In-Situ Hybridization process.
 Prior to LifeSpan, Mr. Wiegand was the founder of Zero Gravity, which
provided electro-mechanical design and technology development services
for the motion picture industry
Grahame Foulger, Director,
Australian Business Manager
 As an executive with Ergon Energy, Grahame led the iconic Townsville:
Queensland Solar City team to success.
 Thirty-five years in the electricity and energy sector.
 Deputy CEO Far North Queensland Electricity Board 1992-2000
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