Securing our Energy Independence and Sustaining our Environment

March 2011

1 Our High-Speed and Panel Factories Can Be Built Cost Effectively Anywhere in the World

We Do Not Need to Manufacture in Asia to Be Competitive: We can build in San Jose!

San Jose, California, Global Headquarters & Solar Cell Production Factory, 200,000 sq ft

Luckenwalde, Germany, Panel Assembly Factory, 500,000 sq ft

2 We Print Nanotechnology-enabled Ink on Rolls of Very Inexpensive Aluminum Foil

Rapid processing using low cost equipment and the lowest cost metal substrate

3 Our Flexible Foil Cells Are Built in San Jose, CA

. Rolls of printed foil processed and thin film layers added to complete electrical structure

. Foil cut into individual, rectangular cells

. Flexibility to tune cells’ power output for Utility, Commercial and Residential solar markets

4 We then Assemble these Cells into Utility-scale Panels

. 84 cells welded together to form one

. Cells sandwiched between two tempered glass plates

. Glass plate edges sealed to protect against weather

Specifically designed from the start to make Nanosolar utility-scale plants competitive with fossil fuels

5 Nanosolar Power Plants Are Built in Municipal Areas Connection to Distribution Voltage Lowers Delivery Costs

Nanosolar power plants can be constructed on landfills, brown fields and green fields, as well as on flat rooftops

6 Nanosolar CA Factory Expansion Can Create Thousands of Skilled Solar Jobs Each Year

For every 100 MW of production: . Navigant: 1,000 downstream jobs in system integration, installation, and O&M

. Deutsche Bank : 3,700 downstream jobs in system integration, installation, and O&M

. 1,000 to 3,700 jobs per 100 MW Panels

. With proper balance of supply and demand side policies, California Source: Navigant Consulting ,Economic Impacts of Extending Deployments will require local physical Federal Solar Tax Credits, September 15, 2008, Final Report Prepared for the Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation presence; they cannot be outsourced.

7 These Jobs Represent Skilled Roles in Both Manufacturing and Installation

8 Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Nanosolar Lowest Carbon Footprint of Any Fuel

Cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Analyses of Nanosolar vs. other Fuels

Sources: Fthenakis Life Cycle Analysis of Nanosolar CIGS PV system, Fthenakis, V.M., H.C. Kim H.C. and R. van Haaren, Center for Life Cycle Analysis (CLCA) at Columbia University; V.M., Kim H.C. and E. Alsema. 2008. Emissions from Photovoltaic Life Cycles, Environmental Science and Technology. 42 (6): 2168–2174; Fthenakis /kWh V.M. and E. Alsema. 2006. Energy Payback Times, Greenhouse Gas 2-eq Emissions and External Costs: 2004-early 1000 2005 Status, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 14:275-280;

g CO Energy Pay-back Time and CO2 Emissions of PV Systems.Alselma, E.A. 2000. Progress in 400 Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 8: 17-25; Life cycle assessment of photovoltaic 200 systems: results of Swiss studies on energy 55 chains. Dones, R. and R. Frischknecht. 1998. * 39 Progress Photovoltaic Research Applications 6: 117-125; Nuclear Information and Resource 13 13 14 Service; International Rivers Network; Energy Wind NSLR FSLR C-Si Nuclear cc-Gas Coal Information Administration, U.S. Department Hydro of Energy. Nanosolar Panels at 12% AM1.5g.

Solar * 9 month energy payback time Nanosolar Solar Panel Production: Greenest of Green Manufacturing

Process Conventional Nanosolar Chemical Silicon Panels Panels Hydrochloric Acid Yes No

Trichlorosilane (HSiCl3) Yes No Silane gas (SiH4) Yes No Silicon Tetrachloride(SiCl4) Yes No Diborane Yes No Hydrogen Peroxide Yes No Silicon Trioxide Yes No Tantalum Pentoxide Yes No

Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) Yes No Silicon Tetrafluoride (SiF4) Yes No Sulfur Difluoride ((SF2) Yes No Tetrafluorosilane (SiF4) Yes No Phosphine (PH3) Yes No Arsine (AsH3) Yes No For more information, please contact:

Brian Sager, Ph.D. – VP Corporate Development & Co-Founder [email protected] 650-224-4508

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