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The market for municipal and industrial waste is growing, requiring environmentally friendly waste to energy solutions.

What is plasma? Plasma is an electrically charged gas known as the 4th state of matter. It is formed when gas is heated
to over 5000° F by electricity.

Between now and 2050, the global population is expected to increase from 6.9 billion to more than 9 billion, with 98% of this growth occurring in cities and in the developing and emerging world.

Gasplasma^® generates synthetic gas, thermal energy and electricity at low cost by using the broadest possible variety of organic waste.

Approximately 4 billion tons of municipal and industrial waste is produced every year worldwide.

As countries develop and become wealthier, the amount of waste that is generated per capita increases.
Waste composition becomes more varied and complex, hence impossible to ignore and difficult to handle.

Gasification is a process that transforms carbonaceous feedstock material from a solid or liquid state to a gaseous state in a low-oxygen atmosphere using oxygen and steam for the control of temperature and composition of the synthetic gas.

The key differentiators of Gasplasma^® are the elimination of fly ash, chars, and tars, and the production of extremely clean syngas, usable heat, and Plasmarok^®, which is a salable product.

In the United States, over 250 million tons of garbage was generated in 2010, of which 54% was disposed in landfills, and 11.7% (29.3 million tons) is used as a fuel for energy production at mass burn or refuse-derived fuel facilities.

LGE believes that Gasplasma^® is the most efficient plasma-based process available today.

Gasplasma^® is a unique and patented oxy-steam gasification process using a fluidized bed gasifier followed by a plasma converter that prepares synthetic gas for downstream applications, such as the generation of electricity, production of hydrogen and liquid fuels.

Gasplasma^® technology combines two proven base technologies, gasification and plasma conversion, and has been validated by several world class engineering and testing laboratories.

Gasplasma^® provides economic benefits beyond the reduction of fuel and energy costs by expanding the availability of diverse waste inputs that can be used for fuel.

LGE holds its principal investments in the following companies.

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Advanced Plasma Power Limited (“APP”) is a world leader in advanced waste-to-energy technology employing the patented Gasplasma® technology.

Plasma Green Energy, LP (“PGE”) holds exclusive rights to all Gasplasma® applications in Canada and Eastern Europe and, in addition, exclusive rights in the rest of the world to certain Gasplasma® industrial applications.

SOLIDpower S.p.A. is a fuel cell company based in Italy and Switzerland, focusing on the development of advanced solid oxide fuel cell technology.

SOFC Syngas S.r.l. holds the worldwide rights to combining the Gasplasma® process with SOLIDpower’s solid oxide fuel cells. This combination allows for the creation of plants able to generate electricity and heat without combustion, all with a reduced environmental impact.

Port Fuels & Materials Services, Inc. (“PFMSI”) was established with the objective of developing an energy-from-waste facility in the Port of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) that will operate as a flagship of the Gasplasma® technology.