Who we are

Lucid Energy is a renewable energy company that has developed an

in-pipe turbine system that enables municipal, industrial and agricultural
facilities to produce baseload, low-cost electricity from their gravity-fed
water pipelines and effluent streams.

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Company Update

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Lucid Energy Inc., hydrokinetics engineering since 2007

$1.15 million in SBIR grants from U.S. Department of Energy
Energy and water are linked: aging infrastructure, rising costs and lower
demand - LucidPipe is a way to finance aging infrastructure
Teaming with leading infrastructure companies (Mekorot, CH2M Hill, Siemens,
Honeywell, Johnson Controls) at the nexus of smart energy and water
Patent issued in May 2011; applied for additional US and International patents

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California Center of Excellence
Riverside Public Utilities
Riverside, CA
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Operating 4th Generation Product

Very consistent over 6,500+ hours – 99% up time
Generated 55+ MWH

LucidPipe Installed
Lemona Booster Station - Riverside, CA

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The LucidPipe Power System™

Key Attributes:

System Economics:

• Low cost and easy to deploy

•Generates baseload, dispatchable, low cost electricity
•Scalable to pipe diameters 24 to 96 inches
•Designed to include multiple turbines in series to
maximize energy generation without disrupting
operations

LCOE – 3-5¢/KWH

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Power Output per turbine
Pipe sizes range from 24” to 96”

LucidPipes are placed in series, 4 diameters apart

to achieve maximum energy potential
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Site Conditions
PIPELINE CONDITIONS
• Pipe diameter: 24 to 96+ inches

• Excess head: > 20 PSI (3 turbines in series)

• Velocity: 3-9 FPS avg
• Flow: 15MGD (24”)

• Pressure Drop: 5-10 PSI when operating; <1 PSI when stopped

SITE CONDITIONS
• Behind-the-meter or grid connection nearby
• Gravity-fed or excess pressure
• PRV usage
FPS = Feet per second
CFS = Cubic feet per second
PSI = Pounds per square inch
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Project Economics – NW Project
Current
System size in kW

200

LucidPipe kW per unit

50

LucidPipe units installed

Energy Production per year

Total system cost in $
Levelized cost in $/kWh
IRR %

900-1200 MWH
$1,319,337
3.2 cents
12.1%

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Economic Summary

Northwest versus California Comparison

Capacity Factor
IRR*

LCOE
Payback

Northwest
(5¢ KWH)

California
(14¢ KWH)

60-85%

60-85%

12%

22%

3.2 cents

3.2 cents

5 years

3 years

* Unlevered

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Customer Engagement

Northwest
Pipe

A&E Firms*
Renewable
Energy
Developers

Source: Navigant Consulting

ESCOs
Performance
Contracts

Industrial
Effluent Emitters

Municipal Water and

Wastewater Districts
Irrigation
Districts

A&E Firms

Construction
Firms

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Sales Process

Builds opportunity in the water-energy nexus.

PATH TO
MARKET

ROLES

BENEFITS

Manufacture and
assemble system
Joint sell, support,
service

Revenue, growth

Sell project
Design, install, O&M,
and finance

ROI, bring innovative ECM

to customers
Differentiator to win
performance contracts
Enhance payback on
existing energy contracts
New source of energy
savings, expand reach/
brand into the EnergyWater Nexus

Provide access to project

sites and operational data

Revenue-generating asset
Reduced energy costs
Access to capital to finance
infrastructure
Operational benefits
Production
Fab-less Mass Production
– Procure Components Globally
– Assemble locally
– Build all sizes and volumes

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Thank You!
Gregg Semler

President and CEO

Questions?
Gregg.Semler@LucidEnergy.com
503-341-0004