NET Power Reports First Quarter 2024 Results and Provides Business Update
13 Mai 2024 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
- Continued site work at La Porte demonstration facility in
preparation for upcoming equipment validation campaigns with Baker
Hughes
- Progressed Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) work for
Project Permian, the Company’s first utility-scale project in West
Texas
- Filed interconnection application with Midcontinent Independent
System Operator (MISO) for OP1, the Company’s first originated
project
NET Power Inc. (NYSE: NPWR) (“NET Power” or the “Company”) today
reported results for the first quarter of 2024.
Danny Rice, Chief Executive Officer of NET Power, commented,
“The urgent need for clean, reliable and affordable energy requires
game-changing, innovative solutions like NET Power. We believe our
technology can play a critical role in decarbonizing baseload power
generation without sacrificing affordability.
As I’ve highlighted in the past, we measure our progress towards
commercialization through three strategic pillars: developing and
proving the technology at the utility scale, building out our
project backlog, and standing up our supply chain to prepare for
manufacturing mode. The NET Power team continues to diligently work
against these pillars.”
Business Update
Baker Hughes equipment validation at La Porte demonstration
facility – The Company continues modifications at its La Porte
facility to prepare for upcoming equipment validation campaigns
with Baker Hughes. The process will follow four phases: (i)
oxy-fuel burner configuration selection, (ii) single demonstrator
combustor can validation, (iii) single utility-scale combustor can
validation, and (iv) full demonstrator turboexpander validation.
The demonstrator turboexpander has a reduced-size flow path with
the same design philosophy as the utility-scale turboexpander.
Phase one is set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024 and
subsequent phases are expected to continue through 2026. These
equipment validation test campaigns at La Porte are intended to
de-risk the utility-scale turboexpander, which will be deployed to
Project Permian and future projects.
Project Permian – At NET Power’s first Texas-based project
located near Midland-Odessa, FEED continues with licensed EPC
partner Zachry Group. FEED is expected to conclude in the fourth
quarter of 2024 and will form the basis for NET Power’s
standardized utility-scale plant design. Orders for long-lead
components have commenced and are expected to continue throughout
2024.
During the quarter, engineering work began with the Company’s
selected Air Separation Unit (ASU) provider for Project Permian,
and a site land lease agreement was executed with Occidental
Petroleum. These achievements position NET Power to remain on
target with the Project Permian development schedule with a first
fire between second half of 2027 and first half of 2028.
Origination – In April 2024, NET Power submitted a MISO
interconnection application for OP1, the Company’s first originated
project. NET Power’s origination strategy is designed to accelerate
large-scale, economic deployments of NET Power plants across
competitive power markets in North America.
Financial Updates
During the first quarter, cash flow used in operations was
approximately $3 million and cash flow used in investing activities
was approximately $106 million, which includes approximately $96
million of purchases of available-for-sale securities and $10
million of capital expenditures primarily for La Porte and Project
Permian. The Company ended the first quarter of 2024 with
approximately $625 million of cash and investments and no debt, as
compared to approximately $637 million in cash and investments at
the end of the fourth quarter of 2023.
Conference Call
NET Power will host a conference call to discuss first quarter
2024 financial results beginning at 8:30 AM ET on Monday, May 13.
To access the live audio webcast of the conference call, please
visit NET Power’s investor relations website at ir.netpower.com. To
participate by phone, dial 877-407-8014 (domestic) or +1
201-689-8053 (international).
An archived webcast will be available following the call.
About NET Power
NET Power (NYSE: NPWR) is a clean energy technology company
developing its proprietary NET Power Cycle, which transforms
natural gas into clean, reliable, and affordable power. The Company
is on a mission to deploy its utility-scale plants across the world
by partnering with power producers, energy producers, technology
providers, local communities and other stakeholders. NET Power was
founded in 2010 and has offices in Durham, North Carolina (HQ) and
Houston, Texas.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and
Projections
Certain statements in this release may constitute
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, each as amended. Forward-looking statements provide current
expectations of future events and include any statement that does
not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Words such
as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,”
“projects,” or other similar expressions may identify such
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may relate
to the development of NET Power’s technology, the anticipated
demand for NET Power’s technology and the markets in which NET
Power operates, the timing of the deployment of plant deliveries,
and NET Power’s business strategies, capital requirements,
potential growth opportunities and expectations for future
performance (financial or otherwise). Forward-looking statements
are based on current expectations, estimates, projections, targets,
opinions and/or beliefs of the Company, and such statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Actual
results may differ materially from those discussed in
forward-looking statements as a result of factors, risks and
uncertainties over which NET Power has no control. These factors,
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those
described under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, its
subsequent annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q, and in its other filings made with the SEC from time to
time, which are available via the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.
Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, and NET Power assumes no obligation and does not intend
to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. NET Power
does not give any assurance that it will achieve its
expectations.
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