BATTERY STORAGE SOLUTIONS

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1 BATTERY STORAGE SOLUTIONS

2 LEADING THE CHARGE We believe in clean, reliable and efficient energy. We believe in the transformation of energy systems brought about by rising renewable energy adoption and new technology. The key to this transformation is energy storage. As pioneer and global market leader in battery storage solutions since 2005, we help our customers transform a global challenge into a competitive advantage. WHO WE ARE. WHAT WE DO. Younicos is pioneer and market leader in smart energy and grid solutions based on battery storage. Our clients benefit from our superior software and ready-to-implement hardware solutions for small and large-scale applications, as well as our unique technical and commercial experience. Energy storage experts from various disciplines and backgrounds work closely together at our offices in Berlin, Germany and Austin, Texas. And in July 2017, we became even stronger after we were acquired by Aggreko, the global leader in mobile and modular power solutions. Together we are united in our enthusiasm for powerful ideas, energising technology and game-changing projects. We add brains to storage. We have combined our expertise, experience and superior technical solutions to inject more intelligence into energy storage systems. That is what we call Y.Q, the Younicos Quotient. We don t simply sell you a battery. We design and build the most reliable and efficient energy system for your specific requirements. Because we optimise and automate our solutions from the battery cell to the grid, we deliver commercially superior systems that can simultaneously manage multiple energy services. We deliver full turnkey solutions. Leveraging the combined capabilities of Aggreko and Younicos, we create powerful and reliable hybrid energy systems, seamlessly integrating renewable and thermal generation with battery storage. You don t need to juggle multiple suppliers or take risks on the interoperability of existing assets with new technology. We guarantee that your system will perform as promised. Full stop.

3 WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE A TEAM OF STORAGE EXPERTS. WITH PASSION. Our team combines multiple disciplines and diverse backgrounds. While some colleagues are quite knowledgeable in finding the ideal battery technology for any conceivable application, others will help you maximise the commercial value of your storage solution. Some are also quite adept at brewing a good cup of coffee to fuel energetic discussions. We invite you to see for yourself! SUPERIOR SOFTWARE. Y.Q MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. Our Y.Q software platform is a powerful integrated operating system and the brains of every Younicos energy storage solution. It is highly advanced in terms of optimising battery use to ensure longevity, maximising revenues through intelligent decision-making and handling complex applications, such as managing microgrids. Y.Q is fast, robust and easy to use. ONE-STOP BATTERY SOLUTIONS. READY TO IMPLEMENT. We understand the key drivers behind your budget, schedule and technical requirements. Based on these factors, we provide you with integrated solutions, ready to support a wide range of applications. We can also offer temporary storage solutions with flexible contracts that are easily adapted to your business needs. You gain 100% storage with zero asset investment. SIMULATING AND TESTING. OUR TECHNOLOGY CENTERS. At our megawatt-scale Technology Centers in Berlin and Austin, we test and optimise energy systems and their components under real-world conditions using actual data from your project. In addition, we demonstrate the operation of grids with up to 100 percent renewables. Our validation and testing services provide you with the highest level of planning reliability in terms of functionality, costs and timing. SCALABLE HARDWARE DESIGN. FROM SMALL TO GRID-SCALE. It does not matter whether you need a small or a grid-scale battery system: our solutions offer seamless integration of superior system components with maximum performance and reliability. All our products are modular and easy to configure. That provides you with complete flexibility, enabling you to plan for your future business needs. 24/7 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. HASSLE-FREE. O&M is the ongoing process of sustaining maximum system performance and availability by ensuring equipment reliability and efficient operation. We provide you with tailored service packages based on your specific needs and level of expertise from 24/7 monitoring, operations, customer service and technical support to on-site maintenance. A UNIQUE TRACK RECORD. WORLDWIDE. Since 2005, we have commissioned almost 50 storage projects ranging from 200 kw to 49 MW in size, incorporating advanced lead-acid, lithium-ion, sodium-sulfur and flow battery technologies. Based on our unique experience, you can trust us to design and deploy the ideal system for your particular business case. THE COMBINED STRENGTHS OF TWO GLOBAL LEADERS. We were acquired by Aggreko in July 2017, and Younicos is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global leader in mobile and modular power, heating and cooling. Customers will continue to benefit from our healthy balance sheet, as well as our joint presence in more than 100 countries around the world.

4 OUR PRODUCTS We offer superior energy storage solutions from small to grid-scale. All our products are modular, scalable and ready to implement. Y.Cube is our plug-and-play container solution. Y.Station provides a pre-engineered building concept for large-scale storage systems. Both are powered by Y.Q, our market-leading software platform. Smarter. Faster. Scalable. CONTAINER SOLUTIONS Y.Cube is a fully integrated plug-and-play storage solution which perfectly supports all applications and business opportunities. It has been optimised across every component to deliver optimal system performance and minimise operating costs. The Y.Cube is available in different container sizes, housing the selected DC batteries, HVAC, fire suppression, auxiliary components and converter technology. Operation and performance are managed by our unique Y.Q software platform. SOFTWARE PLATFORM Based on more than a decade of energy storage experience, we have developed a powerful integrated software platform and included it in all Younicos solutions. We call this unique intelligence Y.Q the Younicos Quotient. Single units can be easily combined to deliver the power and energy capacity required. The system can cover a wide range of applications from a few hundred kw up to multi-mw power output, and offers a duration that ranges from minutes to hours. Even better: if your requirements change in the future, the Y.Cube lets you add capacity and power as needed. This provides you with complete flexibility now and in the future! The brains behind our solutions Y.Q ensures that you always get the most out of your system, while guaranteeing full system availability and maximising asset life. It combines advanced control algorithms with a robust communications architecture to deliver best-in-class energy management. Y.Q safely and efficiently operates all system components to deliver real and reactive power as needed. In addition, it facilitates integration with external systems, such as existing customer SCADA systems and other on-site devices. BUILDING SOLUTIONS Drawn from our experience in building some of the industry s first utility-scale energy storage systems, the Y.Station is our solution for larger storage projects. Multitasking at its best Our software platform enables storage systems to handle a variety of services using a multi-mode priority stacking feature. The customer decides which functions are most valuable and Y.Q optimisation sets up an automated control hierarchy to determine real-time operation according to grid conditions and market requirements. Y.Q can be quickly and easily adapted as new applications emerge. It is pre-designed and pre-engineered to deliver optimised system layout, minimal system losses as well as efficient project planning and faster deployment. Y.Station scales to ensure that the same design capabilities are captured ranging anywhere from a few MWs to many tens of MWs. Each Y.Station block can be replicated as project sizes increase, thereby offering continued optimisation for minimal footprint and auxiliary power needs.

5 LEADING THE CHARGE. WITH OUR TURNKEY SOLUTIONS. Younicos solutions offer great potential for all players along the energy value chain. We help utilities, IPPs, C&I customers and microgrids exploit this potential and lead the charge in their industry, based on ready-to-implement solutions, unmatched industry experience and best-in-class services. UTILITIES MICROGRIDS Our intelligent energy solutions help utilities provide uninterrupted, cost-effective and environmentally friendly service to their customers. Managed by our Y.Q software platform, Younicos systems provide critical services such as instantaneous grid balancing, peak-power supply and smoothing of intermittent renewable power. Energy storage is the key to realising the full potential of microgrids and eliminating dependence on fossil fuel systems for power supply and power quality. It strengthens your grid by providing critical system services to buffer the impact of fluctuating power demand and supply. This reduces the runtime on aging and expensive back-up diesel generation. INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL Thanks to years of experience in the IPP field, our solutions enable independent power producers to significantly increase their revenues, e.g. by selling ancillary services and peak capacity to utilities, and through new business opportunities such as photovoltaic (PV) plus storage and microgrid solutions. For commercial and industrial companies, our solutions help reduce utility costs while improving power quality. Moreover, battery systems facilitate self-consumption of a customer s own renewable resources and revenue generation through sales of grid-stabilising services. AREAS OF APPLICATION System Services: Blackstart capability Frequency response Islanding capability Operating reserves Short-circuit power Voltage support and control Energy Management Services: Arbitrage Genset optimisation Peak load management Ramping Renewables integration Self-consumption optimisation

6 OUR ENERGY SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE 0.5 MW Canadian Solar CA Ontario 0.13 MWh Li-Ion 1.5 MW Invenergy US LaSalle 0.38 MWh Li-Ion 0.75 MW Ford US Canton 0.75 MWh Pb-Acid 2.0 MW Drewag DE Dresden 2.7 MWh Li-Ion 15.0 MW Wemag DE Schwerin 15.0 MWh Li-Ion 1.2 MW Vattenfall DE Berlin 7.0 MWh NaS + Li-Ion 1.0 MW Statoil UK Peterhead 1.3 MWh Li-Ion SCHWERIN, GERMANY Europe s first commercial battery power plant was designed and built by Younicos for WEMAG. The unit stabilises fluctuations in grid frequency and is also capable of restoring a power grid after a blackout. System Size: 15 MW/15 MWh Applications: Frequency Response and Blackstart 1.5 MW Xcel Energy 3.0 MW Centrica US Aurora MWh Pb-Acid 36.0 MW Duke Energy US Notrees 18.0 MWh Li-Ion UK Gateshead 3.0 MWh Li-Ion 6.0 MW UKPN UK Leighton Buzzard 10.0 MWh Li-Ion SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA The storage system was installed alongside a solar farm, to take advantage of existing equipment and interconnec MW Centrica tions. It provides fast frequency regulation and other UK Roosecote 24.5 MWh Li-Ion services, such as solar power ramping. 3.0 MW KEA US Kodiak Island 1.0 Li-Ion 1.0 MW Panasonic US Denver 2.0 MWh Li-Ion 1.5 MW Confidential US New Mexico 0.38 MWh Pb-Acid Inc. 9.0 MW TWL DE Ludwigshafen 6.5 MWh Li-Ion 0.2 MW LVN DE Landsberg a.l. 0.4 MWh VRFB 4.0 MW Graciolica PT Graciosa, Azores 3.2 MWh Li-Ion 1.0 MW CCET US Lubbock 1.0 MWh Li-Ion 2.5 MW Confidential GmbH System Size: 1 MW/0.25 MWh Application: Frequency Response DENVER, COLORADO, USA The four Y.Cubes at Panasonic headquarters in Denver, BEL 2.2 MWh Li-Ion Colorado, were installed to increase the performance 1.5 MW First Wind KWP I 1.75 MW Austin Energy US Austin 3.2 MWh Li-Ion 2 x 1.0 MW Terna I + II IT Sicily and Sardinia each 1.0 MWh Li-Ion of an existing PV installation, as well as to increase resiliency and improve power quality at the site. US Maui 0.38 MWh Pb-Acid 10.0 MW First Wind KWP II US Maui 20.0 MWh Li-Ion 0.8 MW Tilos GR Tilos 2.0 MWh NaNiCl 2 3 x 0.06 MW TEES US South Texas each 0.1 MWh Pb-Acid System Size: 1 MW/2 MWh Applications: Frequency Response, Peak Shaving, Ramping, Backup Power, Arbitrage 1.0 MW OCI Solar Power 1.1 MW Castle & Cooke US San Antonio 0.25 MWh Li-Ion US Lanai 0.28 MWh Pb-Acid GATESHEAD, UNITED KINGDOM 1.5 MW KIUC I US Kauai 0.38 MWh Pb-Acid 0.25 MW EMA & SP SGP 2.0 MWh VRFB The battery system stores and releases energy produced by the Gateshead District Energy Centre and will be capable of responding to any fluctuations in demand in 1.5 MW KIUC II US Kauai 0.38 MWh Pb-Acid 1.5 MW KIUC III 0.1 MW Confidential IDN Jakarta 0.11 MWh Li-Ion 0.2 MW US NSF under a second. System Size: 3 MW/3 MWh Applications: Firm Frequency Response (FFR), Avoidance of grid charges (DUoS) US Kauai 0.38 MWh Pb-Acid Southpole Telescope 0.38 MWh Pb-Acid

7 LEADING THE CHARGE Younicos GmbH Am Studio Berlin Germany Photos: WEMAG AG/S. Rudolph-Kramer, Panasonic March 2018 All Rights Reserved.