staten solarprofile project development for spv power plants

Trusted Partner in Solar PV System Installation

Engineering, Procurement, Construction &

Maintenance Services

Corporate Background

� Formed to contribute in enabling the green energy revolution

� Offices in California and India

� Partnership signed with Suzlon to develop 500 MW of solar

projects

� Partnership signed with Blymyer Engineers Inc. for Design and

Engineering of solar projects

� Strong connections in place with the financial community and solar

industry

� Deep domain expertise of solar and related semiconductor industries

� Impeccable record of DELIVERING PROJECTS AS COMMITTED, ON

SCHEDULE and WITHIN BUDGET

� Highly experienced cross-border leadership team

Team

� Sandipan Bhanot, Co-Founder, CEO (California)

� 20+ years experience in the high tech industry in sales, engineering and marketing roles

� Founder/CEO of Knowlent, a Software/Semiconductor company, took the company from inception, through VC fundraising to its sale

� Ran a $300M product line at Cadence Design Systems

� Charter Member, TiE Silicon Valley

� MBA from UC Berkeley; B Tech from IT Varanasi

� Rakesh Singh Sisodia, Co-Founder, COO (India)

� 20+ years experience in the manufacturing and construction industries in India

� General Manager, Solar PV Manufacturing, Moser Baer – started, staffed and ran their flagship PV module production line for over 3 years

� General Manager, Samtel – Ran the assembly line with full P&L responsibility overseeing a staff of 500 people

� B Tech, REC Silchar

� Balwinder Singh Garcha, Business Development (California)

� 20+ years track record in semiconductor and high tech industries

� Successful track record of real estate investment in India

� MS EE from San Jose State University, California; MS Physics, Punjab University

Services Overview

� We offer flexible models of engagement that fit your needs

� Turn-Key EPC:� Complete concept-to-commissioning of a solar PV power plant for

a fixed fee

� Partial EPC, as desired:� If you would like to keep some functions in-house, we can

selectively take on Design &Engineering, Procurement, Construction

� Consulting Services: Help with finding land, obtaining state NOCs, filing applications, preparing DPR, liaisoning etc.

� Arrange financing, primarily Debt

� Operation and Maintenance Services

Design & Engineering

� Conceptual Design

� Technology Selection

� Land development requirements

� Bill of Material selection and cost estimation

� Energy Production and Financial Projections

� Detailed Engineering inclusive of

� Foundation & Mounting Structure

� General Arrangement and Layout drawings including Plant substation for evacuation

� Control, Monitoring and Measuring systems

Procurement

� Procure all required components for the Solar Project using our vast network of relationships in the industry. We deliver:� Knowledge re:which supplier would best

fit your needs

� Better Pricing for the components

� Improved delivery schedules

� Better extended warranty terms.

� The major components where we add significant value are:� Modules

� Inverters

� Mounting Structure

� Combiner Boxes

� Cabling & other BOS items.

Construction

Construction Services include all aspects of civil, mechanical and electrical activities required to deliver an operating Solar Plant

� Land developing – clearing, leveling etc.

� Foundation installation� Support Structure Installation� Conduit laying for cabling� Module & Inverter Installation and

connection� Cabling- DC and AC� Transformer Installation� System for Monitoring and control� System Inspection and confirmation� Commissioning

Operation and Maintenance

� Our Operation and Maintenance Service contract includes the following:� Maintenance of the PV Array

� Find faults� Order replacements and install

� Periodic cleaning of arrays� Infra Red checking for hot spot, JB

or Combiner box overheat� Array seasonal inclination changing

(if agreed)� Remote Monitoring of power

generated and matching with past performance to uncover abnormalities

� Seasonal power output monitoring vs. predicted power

� Billing cycle

Financing

� Arrange up to 75% debt financing for the project

� Excellent connections with the EXIM bank of the US and other financial institutions

� Available as denominated in US Dollars as well as INR

� Equity financing available through our sister company – Soorja Solar

Reference Projects

� Staten Solar’s sister company Soorja LLC is focused on project development

� Partnering with Suzlon to develop 500 MW of solar projects in the next 5 years

� Active in states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhatisgarh, Gujarat

Project Soorja

� 5 MW Solar PV plant in Phalodi Rajasthan

� Monocrystalline Modules, Fixed tilt system

� 500KW Centralized inverters

� Supported by the Govt. of the United States

� Responsible for financing, getting the PPA signed and EPC

Engagement Structure

� Free evaluation meetings to understand intent, scope and objectives

� World class processes in place for surprise-free execution

� Upfront commitment of objectives, scope, milestones and deliverables from both sides including contingency plans

� Real time access to project tracking information

� Flexible models including handling overflow/contingent work and success based payments

Financial Model

� Deep expertise in creating detailed financial models for the project for various stakeholders under different scenarios

� Sensitivity Analysis

� We bring deep domain expertise in Solar Systems AND financials to account for various effects the right way (e.g. system degradation, effect of currency fluctuation)

Why Staten?

� In-depth knowledge of solar power generation

� Vast experience of project management and technology

� Globally linked and well respected company

� Partnering with Suzlon to develop 500MWs of solar projects, Signed MoU in Place

� Partnering with Blymyer Engineers Inc. for Design and Engneering of solar projects.

� Partnerships in place for the best technology suppliers

� Solar Panels, Inverters, EPC companies

� Access to high quality capital

� Proven team

Staten Solar Confidential www.statensolar.com

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ExperienceBlymyer Engineers, Inc., are experts at solar energy projects. With nearly 50 years of consulting engineering experience and 10 years experience (and over 70 MW) in state-of-the-art solar technologies

3.7 MW - Campbell, CA

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. provided a site assessment and feasibility study, general arrangements, and preliminary structural and electrical design services for new photovoltaic (PV) systems at 9 schools located in Campbell, California.


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Experience

2.2 MW - Hayward and Livermore, CA

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. provided general arrangement, and structural and electrical design services for new photovoltaic (PV) systems with a combined array size of 2.2 MW at two community colleges in Hayward and Livermore, California. The PV systems were mounted on carport structures in parking lots at each campus.


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Experience

3 MW - Contra Costa County, CA

Blymyer Engineers, Inc. provided general arrangement and structural design services for new photovoltaic (PV) systems with a combined array size of 3 MW at three community colleges in Contra Costa County, California.


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Experience2 MW - Fresno, CA. Largest airport solar power system to date

3.4 MW - Milpitas, CA

4 MW - Pittsburg, CA


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Experience

a. 1 MW, fixed tilt, ground mounted, Coachella, CA, USA

Coachella is located in southern California in the vicinity of palm springs. The system has been build on tribal land of native American next to Augustine Casino. The system consists of 15228 First Solar FS372 PV Panels. In order to decrease risk of production losses due to inverter failure, the PV Solar electric system has been divided into 4 sub-arrays. Each operating on a Xantrex 250 kW Inverter. The System is facing south, has a fixed tilt of 30 and is mounted on a Schletter aluminium Racking System

EPC Contractor: Ecostream USProject responsible(s): Dirk Vollbrecht, environmental engineer

Dirk Vollbrecht , Ex – CEO of Ecostream US, is associated with Staten Solar. Dirk has executed many projects, some of which are detailed below.


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Experienceb. 2 MW, 2 axis tracking, ground mounted, Don Benito (Badajoz), Spain

Don Benito is located in Extremadura in one of the sunniest regions in central Spain. The system consists of 232 Solon dual axis tracking systems. Each tracker is carrying either 7.6kWp or 9.3kWp of Solon poly crystalline / mono crystalline PV panels. According to spanish regulation requirements the total system has been divided into 20 x 100 kW subsystems. The photo shows the impressive dimensions of these tracker devices.

EPC Contractor: Ecostream SpainProject responsible(s): Alfredo Laicz, CEO, Ecostream SpainDirk Vollbrecht, environmental engineer


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Experiencec. 12.7 MW, fixed tilt, ground mounted, Lobosillo (Murcia), Spain

Lobosillo is located in Murcia, close to Sevilla in south of Spain. The system consists of over 85000 poly crystalline PV panels from 2 Chinese panel manufacturer. Yingli and Topsolar. The PV panels have capacities of 165Wp or 175Wp. According to Spanish regulation requirements the total system has been divided into 127 x 100 kW subsystems. The System is facing south, has a fixed tilt of 30 and is mounted on a Schletter aluminum Racking System. The central inverters were delivered by Sputnik / Solarmax.

EPC Contractor: Ecostream SpainProject responsible(s): Alfredo Laicz, CEO, Ecostream SpainDirk Vollbrecht, environmental engineer

Contact Us

Staten Solar Corporation302F Toyon Avenue, #262San Jose, CA 95127, [email protected]: +1 (408) 786-1005 (USA)

+1 (408) 480-3137 (USA)

Staten Solar India (P) Ltd. #45, Sector 26,Chandigarh 160 [email protected]: (+91) 9988 322434(India)