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                                                                   Exhibit 10.24

                                             H Power/ADL Joint Venture Agreement

                            Joint Venture Agreement

     THIS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of December 18, 1998, between
H Power Corp., a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at
60 Montgomery Street, Belleville NJ 07109, (hereinafter referred to as "H
Power") and Arthur D. Little, Inc. having executive offices at Acorn Park,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 (hereinafter referred to as "ADL"). Throughout
this Agreement, H Power and ADL may be referred to collectively as the
"Parties" and each individually as a "Party".

     WHEREAS, H Power has acquired, developed, possesses and owns specialized,
novel, and unique techniques, inventions, practices, methodologies, knowledge,
skill, experience, data, formulae, computer programs and other information
relating to the design and manufacture of proton exchange membrane ("PEM") fuel
cells and to the design and manufacture of complete fuel cell operating
systems, including but not limited to hydrogen supply and delivery sub-systems,
temperature and water management sub-systems, control sub-system, and power
conditioning sub- systems, some of which have been reduced to patents, pending
patent applications or disclosure documents and others of which are deemed to
be proprietary know-how (all of which are hereinafter referred to as H Power's
Intellectual Property); and

     WHEREAS, H Power has utilized and is continuing to utilize its
Intellectual Property to design, develop, integrate, assemble and produce fuel
cell operating systems to replace or supplement conventional power sources such
as batteries, diesel generators, internal combustion engines and central power
stations, in a broad base of products and for various applications; and

     WHEREAS, ADL is a company specializing in areas ranging from product
development and technology assessment to process engineering and manufacturing
consulting; and

     WHEREAS, ADL has developed expertise in fuel processors operating on a
variety of fuels, and

     WHEREAS, the Parties desire to collaborate under the terms of this
Agreement to jointly study, design, develop, fabricate and demonstrate a
commercially viable System that incorporates a PEM fuel cell sub-system and a
propane fuel processor sub-system which supplies the hydrogen fuel to the PEM
sub-system; and

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      WHEREAS, the Parties believe that such Systems will meet the needs of
telecommunications systems for premium power and will establish a technology
base from which various other products will be created; and

      WHEREAS, the Parties have been selected for participation in the Advanced
Technology program administered by tho National Institute of Standards and
Technology as a joint venture to conduct certain specified research and
development, and

      WHEREAS, the Parties wish to enter into a joint venture agreement to
define their respective roles and responsibilities; and

      WHEREAS, the Parties have selected H Power to serve as the Administrator
for the joint venture and wish to authorize, that organization to perform
certain functions, specifically including executing the NIST Cooperative
Agreement and thereby binding all the Parties to the terms and conditions of
that agreement;

      NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the terms,
conditions and covenants contained herein, it is hereby agreed as follows:

1.    Definitions

      1.1   Administrator.

            Administrator shall mean H Power Corp. and/or its appointed
            representative.

      1.2   Agreement.

            Agreement shall mean this Joint Venture Agreement, as the same may
            be amended from time to time hereafter.

      1.3   Background Technology.

            Background Technology shall mean technical information not
            generated in the course of the NIST Program.

      1.4   Government Use License.

            Government Use License shall mean a nonexclusive, nontransferable,
            irrevocable, paid-up license to practice or have practiced by or on
            behalf of the United States throughout the world any Subject
            Invention.

      1.5   NIST.

            NIST shall mean the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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      1.6   NIST Cooperative Agreement.

            NIST Cooperative Agreement shall mean the funding agreement entered
            into between the Advanced Technology Program of NIST and the
            Parties hereto (as executed by the Administrator) for the conduct
            of the Research Program.

      1.7   Patents.

            Patents shall mean all patents and applications relating thereto
            resulting from Subject Inventions.

      1.8   Program or Research Program.

            Program or Research Program shall mean the research and development
            program set forth in the Proposal and included herein as Exhibit A.
      1.9   Proposal.

            Proposal shall mean the proposal submitted by the Parties to the
            Advanced Technology Program, and which has been accepted by NIST
            for funding.

      1.10  Statement of Work.

            Statement of Work shall mean the performance of activities as
            specifically set forth in Section 1.3 (entitled "Technical
            Approach") of the Proposal.

      1.11  Subject Invention.

            Subject Invention shall mean any invention conceived or first
            reduced to practice in the course of the Program.
      1.12  System.

            System shall mean a PEM fuel cell sub-system integrated with a
            propane fuel processor sub-system that will be utilized in
            telecommunication applications.

      1.13  Technology.

            Technology shall mean all technical information generated in the
            course of the Program.

2.    Purpose of this Joint Venture

      The limited purpose and the sole business of this Joint Venture shall be
      to accomplish the objectives of the Program by performing research
      directly and through the use of contracts, and to that end shall carry
      out their responsibilities as set forth in the Program, the NIST
      Cooperative Agreement, and the Statement of Work. The Joint Venture may
      engage in such other activities related either directly or indirectly to
      the foregoing as may be necessary

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      advisable or convenient to the promotion or conduct of the Parties'
      businesses, but no other business shall be conducted by the Joint Venture
      without the prior written consent of both of the Parties hereto.

3.    Term of this Joint Venture

      The term of the Joint Venture shall commence on and as at the date of
      this Agreement and shall continue until the Parties' obligations as set
      forth in this Agreement and the NIST Cooperative Agreement have been
      completed, or until the NIST Cooperative Agreement has been terminated.
      An individual Party may cease participation in the Program only in a
      manner consistent with the NIST Cooperative Agreement.

4.    Obligation of the Parties

      4.1   Activities

            The Parties shall use their best efforts to carry out the purposes
            of this Agreement, as set forth in Paragraph 2, hereinabove.

      4.2   Contributions

            Each of the Parties agrees to contribute funds or in kind services
            as follows:

                                Year One          Year Two            Total
                               ----------         --------            -----
            H Power            $  548,555         $933,628         $1,482,183
            ADL                $1,092,544         $642,722         $1,735,266

      4.3   Responsibilities Of Each Of The Parties

            The primary responsibilities of the Parties to this Agreement shall
            be as follows:

                  H           Power: H Power shall be responsible for the
                              design, development, fabrication and testing of
                              the fuel cell sub-system, the integration of the
                              System and the testing of the completed System.
                  ADL:        ADL shall be responsible for the design,
                              development, fabrication and testing of the
                              propane fuel processor sub-system.

      4.4   Cooperation Between Parties

            The Parties shall cooperate fully with each other with respect to
            their primary responsibilities.

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      4.5   Execution of Work

            4.5.1 H Power shall design, develop, fabricate and test its PEM
                  fuel cell sub-system in its facilities at Belleville, NJ

            4.5.2 ADL shall design, develop, fabricate and test its propane
                  fuel processor subsystem in its facilities.

            4.5.3 H Power shall integrate, assemble and test completed System
                  at its place of business in Belleville, NJ.

5.    Program Management

      To promote consultation and cooperation among the Parties hereto a
      committee shall be formed as follows:

      5.1   A Joint Management Committee which shall consist of four
            representatives of H Power and three representatives of ADL and
            which will ordinarily meet once each month. Such meetings will be
            held at the premises of H Power in Belleville, NJ, unless otherwise
            agreed by the Parties hereto. The Chairman at the meetings of the
            Joint Committee shall be the Chief Executive Officer of H Power.

      5.2   At such meetings the Joint Management Committee shall consider and
            advise upon and make recommendations to the Parties hereto on
            matters of policy pertaining to prospective and actual cooperation
            among the Parties hereto in the performance of this Agreement.

      5.3   The representatives of the Parties shall be nominated by each of
            the Parties hereto by notice in writing to the other Party hereto.
            A Party, at anytime, may replace any and all of its said
            representatives by such notice.

      5.4   The Joint Management Committee shall direct the conduct of the
            Program in all respects, through the Administrator.

      5.5   The Administrator, who shall perform the day-to-day management and
            administration of the Program in accordance with all legal and
            regulatory requirements, including the NIST Cooperative Agreement,
            shall be an H Power member of the Joint Management Committee.

6.    Intellectual Property Rights

      6.1   In accordance with the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) statute
            and regulation, specifically 15 USC 278n(d)(11)(A) and 15 CFR
            295.8(a)(1), title to inventions arising from assistance by the
            Program will vest in H Power and ADL. Title to any such
            intellectual property shall not be transferred or passed, except to
            a company incorporated in the United States, until the expiration
            of the first patent obtained in connection with the intellectual
            property. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit
            the licensing to any company of intellectual property rights
            arising from assistance provided by this Program.

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      6.2   The United States may reserve a non-exclusive, nontransferable,
            irrevocable paid-up license to practice or have practiced for, and
            on behalf of the United States any such intellectual property, but
            shall not, in the exercise of such license, publicly disclose
            proprietary information related to the license.

      6.3   Subject to sub-paragraphs 6.1 and 6.2, all intellectual property
            rights relating to the PEM fuel cell sub-system shall become sole
            and exclusive property of H Power and all intellectual property
            rights relating to the propane fuel processor sub-system shall
            become sole and exclusive property of ADL.

7.    Confidentiality

      Each of the Parties agrees that the Background Technology, the
      intellectual property rights generated during the course of the Program
      and the Proprietary Information of the other Party shall be covered by
      the Bilateral Confidentiality Agreement executed by ADL, on January 30,
      1996 and by H Power on February 2, 1996. The Parties hereto further agree
      to extend the term of that agreement from three years from the last date
      of its execution to three years from the expiration of this Joint Venture
      Agreement. A copy of said Confidentiality Agreement is attached hereto as
      Exhibit B.

8.    Disputes

      8.1   Any question, dispute or difference arising among the Parties
            hereto and in particular, any matter which may affect their
            respective obligations or liabilities to each other or any third
            party, shall be resolved within the Joint Management Committee
            referred to in Paragraph 5 hereinabove.

      8.2   If in the event that these discussions fail to reach a mutually
            acceptable conclusion within a reasonable period of time, then the
            question, dispute, difference or matter shall be referred to the
            respective Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers of the
            Parties hereto, or to such Directors as may be appointed to act on
            their behalf, which Directors shall then be responsible for
            considering and reaching a mutually acceptable decision on said
            question, dispute, difference or matter.

      8.3   No Party shall discontinue its efforts in pursuance of this
            Agreement while any question, dispute, difference or matter is
            under consideration by the Managing Directors/Chief Executive
            Officers of the Parties hereto or during arbitration proceedings as
            provided under this Clause.

      8.4   If in the event that a decision cannot be mutually agreed then the
            question, dispute, difference or matter shall be determined by
            arbitration, in the city of Newark, New Jersey in accordance with
            the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
            Association.

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9.    Insurance

      Each Party shall obtain and maintain appropriate public liability and
      casualty insurance, or adequate levels of self insurance, to insure
      against any liability caused by that Party's obligations under this
      Agreement and the NIST Cooperative Agreement.

10.   Termination

      Subject to the requirements of the NIST Cooperative Agreement, this
      Agreement may be terminated by either Party upon sixty (60) days written
      notice if the other Party hereto becomes controlled by any other company
      or entity that is in direct competition with any of the other Parties.

11.   Force Majeure

      In the event that a Party is prevented or delayed from performing,
      fulfilling or completing an obligation provided for in this Agreement as
      a result of delays caused by strikes, lock-outs, unavailability of
      materials, acts of God, acts of any national, state or local governmental
      agency or authority or a foreign government, war, insurrection,
      rebellion, riot, civil disorder, fire, explosion or the elements,
      provided that such prevention or delay is not caused or due to any act or
      omission or negligence of the Party claiming Force Majeure, then the time
      for performance, fulfillment or completion shall be extended for a period
      not exceeding the number of days by which the same was so delayed.

12.   Costs and Expenses

      Each Party shall bear its own costs and other related expenses incurred
      in the performance of this Agreement and neither Party shall be liable
      for any costs, expense, risk, obligation or liability related to or
      arising out of the other's efforts and responsibilities under this
      Agreement.

13.   Consequential Damages

      Except as may be specifically provided for herein, neither Party shall be
      liable to the other Party under this Agreement for any indirect,
      incidental, special or consequential damages, however caused, whether in
      contract, tort, strict liability, warranty or otherwise.

14.   Limited Purpose Joint Venture

      Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute, create, give
      effect to, or otherwise any type of permanent arrangement of any kind,
      and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereto shall be limited to
      those expressly set forth herein. Nothing herein shall be construed as
      providing the sharing of profits or losses arising out of the efforts of
      any one of the Parties except as may be provided for in any resultant
      sub-contract agreed among the Parties. The cooperation of the Parties is
      for the purpose of complementing their respective capabilities.

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15.   Notice

      All notices, requests, demands or other communications which are required
      or may be given pursuant to the terms of this Agreement should be in
      writing and delivery shall be effective in all respects if delivered: (i)
      by telefax and promptly confirmed by letter, (ii) personally, or (iii) by
      registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, (or if overseas by postage
      paid registered [if available] international air mail) as follows:

            If to H Power                       If to ADL
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            60 Montgomery Street                25 Acorn Park
            Belleville, NJ 07109                Cambridge, MA 02140
            U.S.A.                              U.S.A.
            Telefax (973) 450-9850              Telefax (617) 498-7117
            Attention CEO                       Attention General Counsel

      Proof of transmission in the case of telefax shall be deemed to be proof
      of receipt on the date and at the time of dispatch subject to a confirmed
      answer back at the end of the transmission.

      Notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been received by the receiving
      Party if sent by telefax upon proof of receipt on the date and at the
      time of dispatch as set out above, if delivered personally at time of
      receipt and if sent by mail five working days after the notice mailed, as
      the case may be, unless otherwise proved by the Party claiming
      non-receipt.

16.   Scope

      This Agreement embodies all the understandings and agreements of the
      Parties and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous, oral or written
      agreements or understandings relating to the matters referred to herein,
      and neither of the Parties shall be bound by any definition, condition,
      representation, warranty, promise or provision other than is expressly
      set forth in this Agreement.

17.   Modification

      This Agreement may be amended or modified only by an instrument of equal
      formality signed by duly authorized officers or representatives of the
      respective Parties.

18.   Severability

      In the event any of the provisions of this Agreement, for any reason,
      shall be declared invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of
      the remaining portion, which shall remain in full force and effect. The
      Parties hereto agree to negotiate a substitution for the provisions held
      invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

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19.   Effect of Waivers

      Failure of either Party hereto to insist upon strict compliance with any
      of the terms, covenants and conditions hereof shall not be deemed waiver
      or relinquishment of any similar right or power hereunder at any
      subsequent time or of any other provision hereof.

20.   Governing Law and Venue

      The validity, performance, construction, and effect of this Agreement
      will be governed by the law of the State of New Jersey.

21.   Binding Effect

      This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and their
      respective executors, administrators, heirs, assigns and successors in
      interest.

22.   Survival of Contents

      Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, those
      provisions of this Agreement which by their nature survive the
      termination or expiration of this Agreement shall do so to the extent
      required thereby for the full observation and performance by any or all
      of the Parties hereto.

23.   Assignment

      Neither Party hereto may sell, assign, transfer or hypothecate any rights
      or interests created under this Agreement or delegate any of its duties
      without the prior written consent of the other. Any such assignment or
      delegation of either Party hereunder without such consent shall be void.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, H Power, in its sole discretion, shall
      have the right to assign this Agreement to an affiliate of H Power.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing, ADL, in its sole discretion, shall have
      the right to assign this Agreement to Epyx or any affiliate of ADL.

24.   Indemnity

      Each Party shall be responsible for any and all losses or damages arising
      out of or incurred as a result of its own negligence. Each agrees to
      indemnify and hold the other harmless from and with respect to any such
      loss or damage including, without limitation, attorney's fees and costs.

25.   No Broker or Finder

      The Parties acknowledge that in negotiating and entering into this
      Agreement, they have not been represented or assisted by any broker or
      finder who may be entitled to compensation.

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26.   Attorney's Fees

      If any legal action or any arbitration or other proceeding is brought for
      the enforcement of this Agreement or because of an alleged dispute,
      breach or default in connection with any of the provisions of this
      Agreement, the successful or prevailing Party shall be entitled to
      recover reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in this action or proceeding
      in addition to any other relief to which he or it may be entitled.

27.   Power of Attorney

      By signing this Agreement, ADL grants to the Administrator a Power of
      Attorney for the sole purpose of binding ADL to the terms and conditions
      of the NIST Cooperative Agreement.

28.   NIST Cooperative Agreement Precedence

      Should there be any conflict between the terms and conditions of this
      Agreement and the NIST Cooperative Agreement, the NIST Cooperative
      Agreement shall take precedence.

29.   Construction

      The Recitals to this Agreement and all Exhibits, Schedules and Riders
      executed by the Parties and attached hereto shall be deemed a part of
      this Agreement. Any table of contents accompanying this Agreement and any
      heading contained herein are for directory purposes only, do not
      constitute a part of this Agreement, and shall not be employed in
      interpreting this Agreement. Whenever the singular number is used in this
      Agreement and when required by the context, the same shall include the
      plural, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter
      genders.

30.   Index and Captions

      The captions of the Clauses of this Agreement are solely for convenient
      reference and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or interpretation
      of any paragraph hereof.

31.   Cooperation Between the Parties

      In entering into this Agreement the Parties hereto recognize that it is
      impractical to make provision for every contingency that may arise in the
      course of the observance or performance thereof. Accordingly the Parties
      hereby declare it to be a cardinal principle of this Agreement and it to
      be their common intention that this Agreement shall operate between them
      with fairness and without detriment to the interests of any of them and
      if in the course of the performance of this Agreement unfairness to a
      Party hereto is disclosed or anticipated then the Parties hereto shall
      use their best endeavors to agree upon such action as may be necessary
      and equitable to remove the cause or causes of the same.

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32.   Additional Documentation

      Upon the request of either Party, each Party shall execute and deliver
      instruments, agreements, certificates and other documents as may be
      reasonably required in order to implement any of the terms or provisions
      of this Agreement.

33.   Counterparts

      This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
      which shall be deemed to be an original, all of which shall constitute
      one and the same Agreement.

34.   Officers of the Parties

      All the persons executing this Agreement are duly authorized officers of
      the Parties hereto and execute this Agreement in accordance with the
      authority vested in them by the by-laws and Board of Directors of their
      respective corporations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement.

For H POWER CORP.                         For ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC

Signed: /s/ Arthur Kaufman                Signed: /s/ Jeffrey M. Bentley
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Title:  Vice President                    Title:  Vice - President
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Date:   Dec. 21, 1998                     Date:   Dec. 29, 1998
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.25

                              PLUG POWER, L.L.C.

                             SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT

                                  NO. PP80205

                                   SCHEDULE
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This Subcontract Agreement entered into on November 21, 1997, by and between
Plug Power, L.L.C., a limited liability corporation duly organized under the
laws of Delaware and having offices in Latham, New York (hereinafter called
"Buyer"), and Arthur D. Little, Inc., having offices in Acorn Park, Cambridge,
Massachusetts (hereinafter called "Seller").

WHEREAS, Buyer has heretofore entered into Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC02-
97EE50472 (hereinafter called the "Prime Contract") with the U.S. Department Of
Energy (hereinafter called "DOE"); and

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Prime Contract, the parties hereto desire to
provide for the Seller's furnishing the services and supplies as hereinafter
described; and

WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to furnish said services and supplies in
accordance with the provisions of this Subcontract Agreement (hereinafter called
"Agreement").

NOW THEREFORE, parties do mutually agree as follows:

ARTICLE I. STATEMENT OF WORK
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The Seller shall provide all necessary services, material, equipment, and
facilities to perform the work as set forth in Appendix A, "Statement Of Work",
attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND DELIVERY
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a)   The performance of work under this Agreement shall commence on September 9,
     1997 and the Seller shall complete all work for the entire project as set
     forth in the Statement of Work, including the submission of all
     deliverables on or before March 9, 2000 (the term of this Agreement
     hereinafter called the "Project Budget Period").

b)   Since funding for this Agreement is being provided on an incremental basis,
     the current funding obligation covers the period from September 9, 1997
     through December 31, 1997 (such period hereinafter called the "Current
     Budget Period").
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ARTICLE III. ALLOWABLE COSTS/APPLICABLE COST PRINCIPLES
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a.   In accordance with the applicable cost principles cited below, the
     allowable costs of this award shall consist of the actual allowable direct
     costs incident to performance of the project, plus the allocable portion of
     the allowable indirect costs, if any, of the organization, less applicable
     credits and cost sharing. The allowable costs and cost sharing requirements
     are set forth in Appendix G, entitled "Special Terms and Conditions",
     attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement.

b.   The allowability of costs for work performed under this award and any
     subsequent lower tier subcontract will be determined in accordance with the
     Federal cost principles applicable to the Seller or lower tier
     subcontractors in effect on the effective date of this agreement or the
     date of any lower tier subcontracts, except as modified by other provisions
     of this Agreement or the lower tier subcontracts. The Seller or lower tier
     subcontracts shall specify in any cost-reimbursement contract under the
     award or lower tier subcontract the applicable cost principles cited in
     this provision.

c.   The applicable Federal cost principles for commercial firms and certain
     nonprofit organizations are included in Title 48 CFR Subpart 31.2, entitled
     "Contracts with Commercial Organizations," as supplemented by 48 CFR
     Subpart 931.2, applies to those nonprofit organizations not covered by OMB
     Circular A-122, and to all commercial organizations not covered by the cost
     principles set forth in title 45 CFR Part 74, Appendix E thereto entitled
     "Principles for Determining Costs Applicable to Research and Development
     under Grants and Contracts with Hospitals".

ARTICLE IV. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
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Appendix F, attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement is a completed EIA
459A, "Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist," a checklist of the reports
required under this Agreement. (See 10 CFR 600.151 for general reporting
requirements and 10 CFR 605.19 for reporting requirements for the Office of
Energy Research's Special Research Financial Assistance Program.)

ARTICLE V. COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS
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Any cost sharing shall defray only the allowable costs of the project in
accordance with the statutes, regulations, applicable cost principles, and other
terms and conditions governing this Agreement. Cost sharing contributions may be
incurred either as direct or indirect costs, and include cash or in-kind
contributions by the Seller and its subcontractors approved by the Buyer and
accepted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. The cost sharing may be in any
allowable budget category or combination of categories. When a direct cost item
represents some or all of the Seller's and its subcontractor's cost-sharing
contribution, any associated indirect costs may not be charged to the Buyer but
may be counted as part of the cost sharing. The

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classification of contributed costs as direct or indirect must be consistent
with the classification of similar items included in the Seller's and its
subcontractor's cost accounting systems which are charged to the Buyer and be
accepted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency.

ARTICLE VI. BUYER'S MAXIMUM OBLIGATION
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The Buyer's maximum obligation to the Seller is $680,248 and may be increased or
decreased from time to time subject to the availability of funds to be provided
by the DOE to the Buyer, as
more fully described in Section 4, of Appendix G. Buyer shall not be obligated
to make any additional, supplemental, continuation renewal, or other award for
the same or any other purpose.

ARTICLE VII. CHANGE OR ABSENCE OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OR
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DESIGNATED KEY PERSONNEL
------------------------

Since the DOE decision to fund a project is based, to a significant extent, on
the qualifications and level of participation of the principal investigators of
the prime contractor and subcontractors, any change of a principal investigator
or a significant change in responsibilities or level of effort of the principal
investigator identified below or, in certain cases, other key personnel
identified below as such is considered a change in the approved project. In
addition, any continuous absence of the principal investigator in excess of
three months, or plans for the principal investigator to become substantially
less involved in the project than was indicated in the Seller's proposal,
requires approval in writing from the Buyer. The Seller is encouraged to contact
the Buyer immediately upon becoming aware that any of these changes are likely
to be proposed, but in any event must do so and receive Buyer's approval before
effecting any such change.

                  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(s) OR KEY PERSONNEL
                  ------------------------------------------

                              William L. Mitchell

ARTICLE VIII. CHANGES IN OBJECTIVES OR SCOPE
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Any change in the objective or scope of this Agreement requires a modification
to this Agreement signed by the Buyer.

ARTICLE IX. TRANSFER OF SUBSTANTIVE PROGRAMMATIC EFFORT
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Except for the work effort to be subcontracted by the Seller as set forth in the
Statement of Work (Appendix A), or the Program Budget (Appendix D) attached
hereto and made a part of this Agreement, none of the substantive effort of the
program may be transferred or assigned by contract or subcontract to another
organization or person without the prior approval of the Buyer. This provision
does not apply to the procurement of equipment, supplies, materials, or general
support services; these services may, however, be subject to other prior
approval requirements

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(e.g., those found in the applicable cost principles or procurement standards).

ARTICLE X. PAPERWORK REDUCTION
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This Agreement is subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1980 as implemented by the Office of Management and Budget rules, "Controlling
Paperwork Burdens on the Public," published at 5 CFR 1320. These requirements
apply if the Seller will collect information from ten or more respondents at the
specific request of the Buyer, or if this Agreement requires specific Buyer
approval of the information collection or the collection procedures.

ARTICLE XI.  NONDISCRIMINATION
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This Agreement is subject to the provisions of 10 CFR 1040, Nondiscrimination in
Federally Assisted Programs.

ARTICLE XII. PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION
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a.   The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended, and the DOE
     implementing regulations (10 CFR 1004) requires the DOE to release certain
     documents and records regarding awards to any person who provides a written
     request. The intended use of the information will not be a criterion for
     release.  These requirements apply to information held by DOE and do not
     require the Seller and its lower tier subcontractors to permit public
     access to their records.

b.   Records maintained by DOE with respect to awards and are subject to the
     provisions of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and the DOE implementing
     regulations (10 CFR 1008) if those records constitute a "system of records"
     as defined in the Act and the regulations. Generally, records maintained by
     the Seller and its lower tier subcontractors are not subject to these
     requirements.

ARTICLE XIII. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SUPPORT  Publication of the results of the award
---------------------------------------
is encouraged, subject to any applicable restrictions set forth in this
Agreement and provided a copy of any public disclosure of information related to
this Agreement is provided to the Buyer prior to release of such information.
Any article published shall include an acknowledgment that the research was
supported, in whole or in part, by a DOE award (with the prime contract and
subcontract award numbers) and a statement that such support does not constitute
an endorsement by DOE or Buyer of the views expressed in the article.

ARTICLE XIV. SUSPENSIONS AND TERMINATION
----------------------------------------

a.   If the DOE suspends or terminates its Prime Contract with the Buyer under
     the provisions of 10 CFR 600.25 and 600.161, the Buyer may suspend or
     terminate this Agreement, in

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     whole or in part. In addition, the Buyer may suspend or terminate this
     Agreement in whole or part: (1) when the Buyer believes that the recipient
     has materially failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the award,
     (2) for any reason by mutual agreement between the Buyer and the Seller
     upon the request of either party, or (3) when the parties cannot mutually
     agree to the extent of a termination.

b.   Normally, the Buyer's action to suspend or terminate an Agreement for cause
     will be taken only after the Buyer has informed the recipient of any
     deficiency on its part and given an opportunity to correct it. However, the
     Buyer may immediately suspend or terminate the award without prior notice
     when it believes such action is necessary to protect the interests of the
     Buyer and/or the Government.

c.   No costs incurred during a suspension period or after the effective date of
     a termination will be allowable, except those costs which, in the opinion
     of the Buyer and DOE, the Seller could not reasonably avoid or eliminate or
     which were otherwise authorized by the suspension or termination notice,
     provided such costs would otherwise be allowable under the terms of the
     award and the applicable Federal cost principles.

d.   Final allowable costs under a termination settlement shall be in accordance
     with the terms of the award, including this term, and the appropriate
     Federal cost principles. In no event will the total of payments under a
     terminated award exceed the amount obligated under this Agreement or the
     Buyer's pro rata share when cost-sharing was required, whichever is less.
             --------

e.   Within 80 days after the termination of the award, the Seller shall submit
     any final financial, performance, and other reports required by the terms
     and conditions of the award. (See 10 CFR 600.151 and 600.152).

ARTICLE XV. FOREIGN TRAVEL
--------------------------

No Foreign travel is authorized under this Agreement.

ARTICLE XVI. PAYMENT
--------------------

Three copies of each invoice submitted no more frequently than once every month
shall be prepared in accordance with the Billing Instructions set forth in
Appendix E, attached hereto and made a part hereof. All invoices shall be
submitted to:

     Mr. W. Sumigray
     Plug Power, L.L.C.
     968 Albany-Shaker Road
     Latham, New York 12110

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ARTICLE XVII. PRESERVATION/PACKAGING/PACKING
--------------------------------------------

The Seller shall provide preservation, packaging and packing which shall afford
adequate protection against physical damage during shipment for all deliverable
items.

ARTICLE XVIII. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
----------------------------------

In the event of inconsistency among the documents constituting this Agreement,
unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the inconsistency shall be resolved
in the following order, the first listed documents having the highest
precedence.

     1.   This Schedule.
     2.   Intellectual Property Provisions - Assistance; Large Business, State
          and Local Governments, or Foreign Organizations, Appendix B.
     3.   Special Terms and Conditions, Appendix G
     4.   DOE Acquisition Regulations (10 CFR Part 600 as amended by Subparts A
          and B, including Appendix A to Subpart B); Appendix C
     5.   Statement of Work, Appendix A.
     6.   Federal Assistance Reporting Checklist, Appendix F.
     7.   Program Budget, Appendix D.
     8.   Billing Instructions, Appendix E

ARTICLE XIX. SHIPPING AND MARKING INSTRUCTIONS
----------------------------------------------

     a.  Shipments shall be made to Plug Power, L.L.C., 968 Albany-Shaker Road,
Latham, New York, 12110, marked for: Mr. David Hicks.

     b.  The F.O.B. point for all items to be shipped by Seller shall be Plug
Power, L.L.C., 968 Albany-Shaker Road, Latham, New York, 12110.

ARTICLE XX. PURCHASING REPRESENTATIVES
--------------------------------------

The Purchasing Representative for the Buyer is:

     Mr. William P. Sumigray
     Contracts Manager
     Plug Power L.L.C.
     968 Albany-Shaker Road
     Latham, New York 12110
     (518) 785-2276
     FAX: 518-785-2425

The Program Manager for the Buyer is:

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     Mr. David Hicks
     Program Manager
     Plug Power, L.L.C.
     968 Albany-Shaker Road
     Latham, New York 12110
     (518) 785-2499
     FAX: (518)-785-2425

ARTICLE XXI. QUALITY ASSURANCE/CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
---------------------------------------------------

Documentation shall be maintained to verify conformance with Seller's Quality
Assurance/Control Procedures and such documentation shall be available for
review by representatives of the Buyer and DOE.

ARTICLE XXII. DISPUTES
----------------------

Either party hereto may litigate any dispute arising under or relating to this
Agreement before any court of competent jurisdiction. Pending resolution of any
such dispute by settlement or by final judgment, the parties shall proceed
diligently with performance. Seller's performance shall be in accordance with
Buyer's written instructions.

ARTICLE XXIII. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
----------------------------------

The Seller may use its own property management standards and procedures provided
it observes the provisions of Sections 600.131 through 600.137 of 10 CFR Part
600, Subpart B.

ARTICLE XXIV. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS
----------------------------------------------

The clauses set forth in Appendix B entitled, "Intellectual Property Provisions
- Assistance; Large Business, State and Local Government, or Foreign
Organizations" are attached and made a part of this Agreement in their entirety,
except as modified by the terms of this Agreement and as follows:

1)   Substitute "Agreement" for "Contract", as appropriate.

2)   Substitute "Seller" for "Contractor", as appropriate.

The parties hereto understand that the DOE is considering the issuance of a
class waiver of patent rights. Under the terms of the waiver, DOE will waive its
principle title rights to all inventions conceived or first actually reduced to
practice under each award issued under DOE's Program Research and Development
Program entitled "Integrated Fuel Cell Systems and Components for Transportation
and Buildings". The waiver shall be granted to the participant (Buyer) and the
participant's subcontractors (the Seller) and lower-tiered subcontractors,
provided such parties

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accept the terms and conditions of the waiver. If the class waiver is approved
by the DOE, the patent clause set forth in Appendix B shall be deleted in its
entirety and the DOE approved patent waiver clause shall be substituted in lieu
thereof and any other DOE changes to the terms in Appendix B shall also be
incorporated into Appendix B.

ARTICLE XXV. REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF SELLER
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The EPACT Representation for Awards $100,000 and Over form, Certifications
Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; And
Drug-Free Workplace Requirements form, Assurance of Compliance,
Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs prepared by the Seller and
provided to the Buyer are incorporated by reference and made a part of this
Agreement as are all others obtained in connection with this Agreement.

ARTICLE XXVI. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
-------------------------------------

It is understood by the parties hereto that each party may have to disclose its
trade secrets or proprietary information to the other party in order to
successfully fulfill their sole or mutual work obligations under this Agreement.
If required, the parties hereto agree to negotiate and execute an amendment to
this Agreement which shall set forth the duties and obligations of each party to
protect the confidentiality of such information to be provided solely for the
express purpose of conducting work related to this Agreement.

ARTICLE XXVII. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------

a)   The DOE Assistance Regulations set forth in 10 CFR Part 600, as amended by
     Subparts A and B, including Appendix A to Subpart B to Part 600, which are
     applicable to subcontracts issued under Cooperative Agreements are
     incorporated herein and made a part hereof as Appendix C. Substitute
     "Buyer" for "DOE" and "Seller" for "recipient", as appropriate.

b)   The Seller shall incorporate such regulations in all of its lower tier
     subcontracts under this Agreement. The Seller shall protect, indemnify and
     hold harmless the Buyer from and against all liabilities, losses, claims,
     damages. judgments penalties, causes of action, costs and expensed
     (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses) imposed upon
     or incurred by or asserted against the Buyer resulting from, arising out of
     or relating to the lower tier subcontracts made by the Seller under this
     Agreement.

ARTICLE XXVIII. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
--------------------------------

This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Buyer
and Seller and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to
the subject matter hereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein,
this Agreement may be changed, waived,

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discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing, signed by the party
against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is
sought.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Subcontract as of the day and
year first above written.

ARTHUR D. LITTLE INC.

BY:     /s/ Judith Blinn

       -----------------------

TITLE:  Judith Blinn
        Contracting Officer

       -----------------------

DATE:   12/31/97

       -----------------------

PLUG POWER, L.L.C.

BY:     /s/ Gary Mittleman

       -----------------------

TITLE:  President & CEO

       -----------------------

DATE:   Jan. 6, 1998

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                                  APPENDIX A

                               Statement of Work

Task "0". 500 watt Demonstration of Breadboard System

This task will integrate the current ADL 50 kWe fuel processor with a Los Alamos
National Laboratory PROX CO clean-up device and a 500 watt (or similar) Plug
Power PEM fuel cell module. This task will serve as a proof-of-concept
demonstration of gasoline to electricity. It is not intended to illustrate
preferred system integration schemes; although, some useful information
concerning stack operation under actual reformate will be obtained. This task
will be carried out in the ADL reformer laboratory.

Task 1-1. 10 kWe Brassboard Evaluation

Task 1-1-1 Develop Fuel Processor Configuration.  In order to insure efficient
system operation, the POX front end of the ADL fuel processor must be designed
in order to convert a multitude of fuels including ethanol, methanol, natural
gas, and all of the constituents found in RFG. Performance will be evaluated
under typical and worst case fuels (sulfur, aromatics). ADL will work with
Texaco R&D in order to speciate and quantify the output of the POX reactor by
operating a 5 kWe experimental POX reactor in the Texaco laboratories. Testing
will be carried out in order to determine POX operating points and fuel
formulation effects on reformate quality, yielding an optimized POX design. In a
parallel path, ADL will design an integrated 10 kWe fuel processor based on
existing hardware designs that will accept the optimized POX reactor design
developed based on test data furnished by Texaco. The 10 kWe design will include
steady-state controls using automotive or industrial components.

Task 1-1-2 Catalyst Development.  Develop and test steam reforming and shift
reactor catalysts optimized for operation in a transportation power system
fueled by gasoline. The degree of conversion of CO to H2 achieved should be
appropriate for the PROX fuel cell system while the reactor size should be in
keeping with the space, weight and start-up time requirements of the system.
Assess whether any of the state of the art WGS catalyst systems could provide
improved activity or sulfur tolerance. Using a 5 kWe meso-scale reactor, perform
tests using best currently available catalyst technology or catalyst technology
identified from research studies.

For the PROX reactor development, ADL will perform a limited number of small-
scale tests to refine the kinetics parameters needed to scale up the catalyst
bed, and then construct a PROX reactor sized to handle a reformate stream
equivalent to a 10 kWe load. Next, ADL will operate the 10 kWe reactor with the
brassboard system to acquire data on reaction kinetics, heat and mass transfer.

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                                  APPENDIX A
                               STATEMENT OF WORK

Task 1-3. Integrate Existing 10kW Stack/Fuel Processor System

This task will integrate a 10 kWe brassboard system based on existing designs
for the fuel reformer and the fuel cell. Other major balance of plant items such
as the air handling system will not be addressed; rather the task will focus on
the close integration of the reformer and fuel cell to optimize key system
operating parameters. Testing will include trade-off studies to determine
reformer and PROX operating characteristics on PEMFC operation. Fuels to be
tested in this task include ethanol, methanol, natural gas, and reformulated
gasoline (RFG) or other simulated RFG blends. The results of these benchtop
experiments will be key operating state-points that will be used to drive the 50
kWe system design from the standpoint of fluid flowrates, temperatures, and
pressures. Further, this study will help direct the design of the 50 kWe
components such as the PEMFC gas flow channels, air compressor, and the reformer
catalyst volumes.

Task 1-5 - 50 kWe Design

Task 1-5-2 Selection of Operating Conditions and Control Strategy.  Utilizing
proprietary detailed computer simulations of polymer electrolyte fuel cell
systems for mobile applications that Arthur D. Little has developed, and
combined with the results from Task 1-1, the ADL fuel cell system model will be
modified in order to duplicate the operation of the ADL/Plug Power hardware. The
model will then be utilized to perform tradeoff studies to optimize the fully
integrated system operating points, including all balance of plant components.
The model will include consideration of:

 .    Developing a consistent approach to sizing of the reformer and fuel
     processing system
 .    Developing conceptual block flow diagrams to identify interaction of waste
     heat and other streams with units in the fuel cell propulsion system.
 .    Establishing the critical dimensions and arrangement of the units.
 .    Steady-state heat and mass balances for the selected option(s) will be
     performed.
 .    Calculate heat duties for various heat exchangers.

The control strategy for the fuel processor and integrated fuel cell system will
be developed with a consideration for the integrated operation of the systems
three main sub-systems: reformer, fuel cell and air handling system. The control
system (and responsibility) will initially be considered as five individual
modules:

 .    Fuel cell control (thermal conditions, electrical output) - Plug Power
 .    Reformer gas flow conditions (flow rate, temperature) - ADL
 .    Air handling sub-systems operating point - Plug Power
 .    Thermal and water management - Plug Power and ADL
 .    Supervisory (or coordinating) control - Plug Power

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                                  APPENDIX A
                               STATEMENT OF WORK

With baseline performance defined from Task 1-1, better optimized reformer
control systems will be designed and tested against the benchmark performance
already defined. Further, the robust controller will be designed to integrate
with the remainder of the control system which will be developed through
cooperative efforts between ADL and Plug Power. There will be a detailed design
in which the specification developed throughout this phase is transformed into a
definition of data and algorithms. The control system proven in Task 1-1 will
establish the processing and memory requirements of the "target" hardware. The
ADL and Plug Power team will review a range of control system types including
fast industrial process control systems as well as automotive controls. ADL will
work with Plug Power to integrate the ADL fuel processor controller with the
Plug Power supervisory controller.

At the conclusion of this effort, ADL will support Plug Power in the preparation
for and the conduct of a 1 day Design Review with the DOE.

Task 2-2. 50 kW Fuel Processor Development

Task 2-2-1 Primary Fuel Processor Hardware Configuration. Using the design
output from Task 1-3-1 and 1-3-2, ADL will fabricate a multi-fuel fuel processor
for testing using ADL proprietary components and technology. Working with Plug
Power, ADL will develop a fuel processor specification. The specification will
cite the specific design goals set forth in the PRDA program objectives, and the
specification will define specific mechanical, electrical, thermal, fluidic and
flow stream composition interfaces. Special considerations related to testing,
instrumentation and safety will also be defined. ADL's multi-fuel fuel processor
design will be modified to accommodate any changes dictated by the specification
or results of ADL's ongoing testing and technology development programs. A
Sulfur removal capability will also be integrated into the fuel processor based
on the gasoline and JP-8 fuel processor work that has been carried out by ADL
during the past 2 years, with an objective of achieving less than 1 ppm output
of sulfur is from the reformer. ADL will also work to optimize the fuel
processor geometry and address specific system integration issues to provide the
maximum conversion efficiency of gasoline to hydrogen while minimizing the
carbon monoxide output. Although performance will be optimized on gasoline,
comparable performance should be realized for ethanol, methanol, and natural gas
fuels. ADL will work with Modine Manufacturing Company to perform a design for
manufacturability and cost analysis on this design in order to identify cost
savings for the final version of the fuel processor. Furthermore, Modine will
supply all of the necessary heat exchangers for the complete system.

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                                  APPENDIX A
                               STATEMENT OF WORK

Task 2-2-2 Catalyst Development.  Using the steam reformer and WGS catalyst data
from Task 1-3-2, ADL will work with the Universal Oil Products Research Center,
an industrial catalyst manufacturer, to further optimize, develop and test
catalysts for application in small-scale fuel processors.

Using the PROX data from Task 1-3-2, ADL will design and construct a full scale
(50 kWe) brassboard PROX reactor and operate it to acquire data on its
performance. Those data will be used to refine the design of a second
generation, full scale reactor.

ADL will test the brassboard prototype, packaged reactor both as a stand alone
unit and as part of the integrated fuel processor system. The result of the PROX
work will be a vehicle ready device capable of handling transients and quick-
start that is wholly integrated into the existing fuel processor hardware to
meet the program goals of reduced system volume and mass. Finally, ADL will
utilize their existing agreements with Los Alamos National Laboratories and
Johnson Matthew to test their 50 kWe PROX devices as they become available, and
to utilize these devices as back-up technology should the ADL PROX device not
perform as anticipated.

Task 2-5-2. Qualification Tests of Fuel Processor Subsystem - Utilizing existing
facilities, test stands, support instrumentation, and test procedures from
previous programs, ADL will evaluate the performance of the 50 kWe multi-fuel
reformer. Major components (POX, shift reactors, sulfur removal, etc.) will be
evaluated based upon thermal and chemical analysis. Shakedown tests will be
conducted to verify proper operation of instrumentation and test hardware. A
test procedure will be developed by all team members. Efficiency, emissions, and
hydrogen gas purity will be key system level measurements. Intermediate
temperature, pressure, and chemistry measurements will be used to establish the
operating characteristics of important components and subsystems. The proposed
testing will be developed in order to confirm achievement of all PRDA
operational and performance goals.

At the conclusion of this effort, ADL will support Plug Power in the preparation
for and the conduct of a 1 day Design Review with the DOE.

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                                  APPENDIX A
                               STATEMENT OF WORK

Task 3-3 Brassboard Fuel Processor Fabrication and System Integration

Task 3-3-1 - Brassboard System Integration and Testing - Utilizing the fuel
processor developed and tested in Task 2-2, (or another processor or a
refurbished processor from task 2) ADL will work with Plug Power to integrate
the unit into the programs "Brassboard" integrated system. System integration
activities will be accomplished at Plug Powers Latham, NY facilities.

At the conclusion of this effort, ADL will support Plug Power in the preparation
for and the conduct of a 1 day Design Review with the DOE.

Task 3-6 Endurance Testing Support - ADL will support Plug Power and the
endurance testing program that will be conducted to demonstrate 500 hours of
system operation. Personnel, spare parts and other technical assistance will be
provided as required during this activity.

Task 4-3. Fuel Processor Fabrication - Based upon the outcome of Task 2-2-1,
Task 3-3-1, and the Modine manufacturability analysis, ADL will design and build
a pre-commercial prototype multi-fuel processor for final 50kWe system
integration. Possible updates to the design constructed in previous tasks may
include hardware updates identified from both ongoing design work and endurance
testing. Further updates may arise from the use of improved catalyst system,
including the use of a fuel processor integrated PROX reactor. The proposed
testing will be developed in order to confirm achievement of all PRDA
operational and performance goals as shown in Table 1. This roadmap compares the
current performance of the ADL fuel processor with the PRDA goals and lists
activities planned in order to achieve the PRDA goals.

ADL will work with Plug Power designers to optimize the mechanical layout of the
integrated system to achieve PRDA system volumetric and weight objectives.

Prior to the final integration of the systems, ADL will support Plug Power in
the preparation for and the conduct of a 1 day Design Review with the DOE.

ADL will support Plug Power in the integration and testing of the final pre-
commercial prototype system. The system will be integrated at Plug Power
facilities in Latham, NY and after being extensively tested, the system will be
delivered to Texaco Beacon laboratories for emission, efficiency and driving
cycle performance testing.

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                                            APPENDIX A
                                         STATEMENT OF WORK

                    Table 1. ADL Fuel Processor Technology Advancement Roadmap

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
Characteristic       Current Performance of          Planned Activities                   Performance          PRDA
Per PNGV             ADL Fuel Processor              Under PRDA                           Goal                 Goal
Technical Roadmap
August 1996
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<S>                  <C>                             <C>                                  <C>                  <C>
Multi-Fuel           Feasibility testing complete    Establish range of characteristics   Multi-fuel           Multi-fuel
Capability                                           of gasoline and other fuels          capability           capability
                     Gasoline (retail)               (geography, season)

                     Ethanol (E-95)                  Evaluate POX performance on range
                                                     of fuels available nationally
                     Hydrated ethanol                (gasoline, Etoh)

                     Natural gas testing
                     in-process                      Evaluate performance of
                                                     tailored fuels deliverable
                                                     through petroleum
                                                     infrastructure (Texaco)

                                                     Conduct thorough ethanol
                                                     performance testing
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Energy Efficiency    Ethanol = 78%/1/                Maintain general thermal integration Ethanol = 78%/2/     70%
                     Gasoline = 76%/1/
                                                     Develop PROX with 10:1 CO:H\2\       Gasoline = 76%/2/
                                                     selectivity
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Power Density        520/2/                          Develop single-stage, monolith       600\2\ W/L           600 W/L
(W/L)                                                shift catalyst

                                                     Integrate PROX into reformer shell

                                                     Evaluate 5 atm reformer

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</TABLE>
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
==================================================================================================================================
Characteristic       Current Performance of          Planned Activities                   Performance          PRDA
Per PNGV             ADL Fuel Processor              Under PRDA                           Goal                 Goal
Technical Roadmap
August 1996
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<S>                  <C>                             <C>                                  <C>                  <C>
Specific Power       700/2/                          Develop monolith catalysts to        800/2/W/L            600 W/kg
(W/kg)                                               reduce support material weight
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___st (high-volume   ADL est. $16-25/1/              Eliminate low temperature            $25/kW/2/            $30/KW/2/
Production) ($/kwe)                                  shift catalyst
                     Chrysler est. $45/1/
                                                     Replace finned tube steam generator

                                                     Replace loose catalysts with
                                                     monoliths

                                                     Utilize SS409 for most components
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Start-up to Full     10                              Eliminate low temperature shift      2 min                2 min
Power (20(degrees)C)                                 catalyst
(min)
                                                     Revise thermal integration to
                                                     increase heat input to shift
                                                     catalysts
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Transient Response   ADL est.(( 20  sec/1/           Develop transient capable F.P.      ((20sec/2/          20 s
(10-90% rated                                        control system using automotive
output)                                              components

                                                     Conduct 10 kW and 50 kW transient
                                                     tests

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Emissions/3/        ((Tier 2                         Repackage existing tailgas          ((Tier 2             ((Tier 2
                                                     burner/converter
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</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
==================================================================================================================================
Characteristic       Current Performance of          Planned Activities                   Performance          PRDA
Per PNGV             ADL Fuel Processor              Under PRDA                           Goal                 Goal
Technical Roadmap
August 1996
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<S>                  <C>                             <C>                                  <C>                  <C>
Durability (no       200 h demonstrated              Eliminate low temperature shift      500 h demonstrated   2000 h
catalyst                                             catalyst
replacement)                                                                              2000 h projected
                                                     Monolith catalysts to avoid
                                                     crumbling
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CO Content Steady    *1.0%/1/ measured               Develop 50 kW transient PROX with    50 ppm/4/            10 ppm
State                                                controls
-----------------------------------------------------                                     ----------------------------------------

CO Content Transient *1.0%/1/ measured                                                    100 ppm/4/           100 ppm
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H2S Content          1 ppm measured                  Conduct sulfur break-through tests   1 ppm over 200 h     0 ppm
                                                     utilizing max sulfur content         operation/4/
                                                     gasoline
==================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

/1/PROX not included                /3/From anode burner - does not include
                                       evap. emissions
/2/With PROX                        /4/Fuel processor levels to be harmonized
                                       with fuel cell anode requirements

* less than

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                                   APPENDIX A
                                STATEMENT OF WORK

                            Schedule and Deliverables

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
      Task                              Description                                 Dates                     Deliverables/1/
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<S>                <C>                                                     <C>                       <C>
0                  500 watt Demonstration                                  9/15-11/18
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0.1                Interface Development w/PP&LANL                         9/15-9/30                 Test Plan
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0.2                Test POX/PROX system                                    10/1-10/15                Test Data
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0.3                Test POX/PROX/PEM system                                10/15-11/11
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0.4                Review Test Results                                     11/11-11/18               Test Report
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1                  System Definition                                       10/1-6/1/98
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1.1                10 kWe Brassboard Evaluation                            10/1-3/3/98
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1.1.1              F.P. Design & Specification
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1.1.1.1            10 kWe F.P. Design & Spec.                              10/1-10/21                Design Specs
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1.1.1.2            5 kWe F.P. Texaco Design & Spec.                        10/1-10/21
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1.1.1.3            5&10 kWe Hardware Assembly & Shakedown at ADL           10/21-1/13/98             5&10 kWe Hardware
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1.1.1.4            10 kWe F.P. Testing at ADL                              1/13-2/24                 Test Plan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.1.1.5            Review 10 kWe Testing Results                           2/24-3/3                  Test Report
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1.1.2              Catalyst Development
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1.1.2.1            5 kWe POX Testing at Texaco                             12/9-2/24/98              Test Plan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.1.2.2            Review Texaco Testing Results                           2/24-3/3                  Test Report
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1.1.2.3            10 kWe PROX Design & Assy.                              10/1-12/9                 Test Plan PROX Hardware
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1.1.2.4            10 kWe PROX Testing at ADL                              12/9-3/3/98               Test Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.3                10 kWe Brassboard Testing at ADL                        3/3-6/1
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</TABLE>

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                                   APPENDIX A
                                STATEMENT OF WORK

                            Schedule and Deliverables

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
      Task                              Description                                 Dates                     Deliverables/1/
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<S>                <C>                                                     <C>                       <C>
1.3.1              System Assembly/Shakedown                               3/3-3/31                  Test Plan
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.3.2              System Testing                                          3/31-5/26                 10 kWe System
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.3.3              Review System Testing Results                           5/26-6/1                  Test Report
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1.5                System Definition
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1.5.2              Operating Conditions/Control Strategy                   1/14/98-12/30/98
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1.5.2.1            System Modeling                                         1/14-3/16                 System Sim. Analysis
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1.5.2.2            Steady-State Controls Development and Control           1/14-12/30                Control Interface Spec.
                   Interface Spec
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2                  50kWe Subsystem Development
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2.2                50kWe Fuel Processor Subsystem Development              3/15/98-10/25/98
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2.2.1              50 kWe Fuel Processor
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2.2.1.1            50 kWe Design/Spec                                      3/15-4/15                 Design Specs
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2.2.1.2            50 kWe Assy/Shakedown                                   4/16-7/31                 50kWe Hardware
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2.2.1.3            50 kWe Operating Map Testing                            8/1-9/14                  Test Plan
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2.2.1.4            Review 50 kWe Results                                   9/15-9/30                 Test Results
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2.2.2              Catalyst Develop/Refinement
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2.2.2.1            UOP Catalyst Development                                3/15 - 5/15
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2.2.2.1.1          UOP Catalyst Fabrication                                4/15 - 6/15
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2.2.2.1.2          UOP Cat. Screening @ ADL                                6/15 - 9/1
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2.2.2.1.3          UOP Cat. Screening Review                               9/1 - 9/14
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2.2.2.2            50 kWe Transient PROX                                                             PROX Hardware
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</TABLE>

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                                   APPENDIX A
                                STATEMENT OF WORK

                            Schedule and Deliverables

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
      Task                              Description                                 Dates                     Deliverables/1/
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<S>                <C>                                                     <C>                       <C>
2.2.2.2.1          50 kWe PROX Design/Assy                                 5/15 - 7/15               Test Plan
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2.2.2.2.2          50 kWe PROX Testing                                     7/16 - 9/14               Test Report
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2.4                Control Strategy/Hardware Dev.
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2.4.x              F.P. Transient Control                                  3/15 - 10/25              Control Spec./Interface
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2.5                Subsystem Qualification Testing
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2.5.2              50 kWe F.P./PROX Testing
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2.5.2.1            Steady-State Testing                                    9/15-10/15                Test Plan
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2.5.2.2            Transient Testing                                       10/16-10/31               Test Plan
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2.5.2.3            Review 50 kWe F.P./PROX Results                         11/1-11/14                Test Report
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                   DOE Review                                              11/15/98
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3                  50 kWe Brassboard System Fabrication and Integration    11/15/98-8/1/99
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3.1                System Design                                           11/16-1/8
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3.3                50 kWe "Alpha" F.P. Unit                                11/16-5/5
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3.3.1              50 k We "Alpha" Design/Spec                             11/16-1/8/99              Design Specs
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                   DOE Review                                              1/15/99
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3.3.2              50 kWe "Alpha" Assy/Shakedown                           1/9-4/1                   50kWe Hardware
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3.3.3              50 kWe "Alpha" PROX                                     11/16-4/1                 PROX Hdware
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3.4                System Integration and Tests at P-P                     4/7- 5/16
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3.6                Endurance Testing Support                               5/17-8/1
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4                  Final System Design                                     4/1-2/28/00
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</TABLE>

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<PAGE>

                                   APPENDIX A
                                STATEMENT OF WORK

                            Schedule and Deliverables

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
====================================================================================================================================
      Task                              Description                                 Dates                     Deliverables/1/
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<S>                <C>                                                     <C>                       <C>
4.3                50 kWe "Beta" F.P. Unit                                 4/1-8/6
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4.3.1              50 kWe "Beta" Design/Spec                               4/1-5/1                   Design Specs
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4.3.2              50 kWe "Beta" Assy/Shakedown                            5/2-7/2                   Test Plan
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4.3.3              50 kWe "Beta" Test                                      7/2-8/6                   50kWe Hardware
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4.3.4              50 kWe "Beta" PROX                                      4/1-8/6                   PROX Hdware
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4.3.5              50 kWe "Beta" Controls                                  4/1-8/6                   Control Spec./Interface
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                   DOE Review                                              8/15/1999
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4.4                "Beta" System Assembly                                  8/17-10/17
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4.5                "Beta" System Shakedown/Tests                           10/18-2/15
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

/1/  Does not necessarily mean delivery to Plug Power - i.e., these are overall
program deliverables for DOE; some hardware may remain at Arthur D. Little.

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<PAGE>

                                  APPENDIX B

                 Intellectual Property Provisions - Assistance

                 LARGE BUSINESS, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
                           OR FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS
                   (Research, Development or Demonstration)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 CLAUSE           REFERENCE                                   TITLE                               PAGE
 ------           --------                                    -----                               ----
<S>    <S>                            <C>                                                         <C>
01.       48 C.F.R. 52.227-1          Authorization and Consent (JUL 1995), Alternate I             1

02.       48 C.F.R. 52.227-2          Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright          1
                                      Infringement (AUG 1996)
                                      This clause is not applicable if the award is for
                                      less than $100,000.

03.       48 C.F.R. 952.227-9         Refund of Royalties (FEB 1995)                                l

04.       48 C.F.R. 952.227-13        Patent Rights - Acquisition by the Government                 2
                                      (FEB 1995)

05.       43 C.F.R. 52.227-14         Rights in Data - General (JUN 1937), with Alternates         10
                                      I and V and paragraph (d)(3) as supplemented by 10
                                      C.F.R. Part 600.27:
                                      If this award requires the use or delivery of
                                      limited rights data and/or restricted computer
                                      software, Alternates II and III are incorporated,
                                      unless modified upon recommendation of Patent
                                      Counsel.

06.       43 C.F.R. 52.227-16         Additional Data Requirements (JUN 1987)                      15

07.       48 C.F.R. 52.227-23         Rights to Proposal Data (Technical) (JUN 1987)               16

       Attachment 1 (for reference):  Patent Rights - Retention by Contractor (Short Form)
                                      (FEB 1995); 48 C.F.R.952.227-11
</TABLE>

                                      B-1
<PAGE>

52.227-1 Authorization and Consent; Alternate I (APR 1984)

     AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT

(a)  The Government authorizes and consents to all use and manufacture of any
invention described in and covered by a United States patent in the performance
of this contract or any subcontract at any tier.

(b)  The Contractor agrees to include, and require inclusion of, this clause,
suitably modified to identify the parties, in all subcontracts at any tier for
supplies or services (including construction, architect-engineer services, and
materials, supplies, models, samples, and design or testing services expected to
exceed the simplified acquisition threshold); however, omission of this clause
from any subcontract, including those at or below the simplified acquisition
threshold, does not affect this authorization and consent.

(End of clause)

52.227-2 Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement.

     NOTICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (AUG
     1996)

(a)  The Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer, promptly and in
reasonable written detail, each notice or claim of patent or copyright
infringement based on the performance of this contract of which the Contractor
has knowledge.

(b)  In the event of any claim or suit against the Government on account of any
alleged patent or copyright infringement arising out of the performance of this
contract or out of the use of any supplies furnished or work or services
performed under this contract, the Contractor shall furnish to the Government,
when requested by the Contracting Officer, all evidence and information in
possession of the Contractor pertaining to such suit or claim. Such evidence and
information shall be furnished at the expense of the Government except where the
Contractor has agreed to indemnify the Government.

(c)  The Contractor agrees to include, and require inclusion of, this clause in
all subcontracts at any tier for supplies or services (including construction
and architect-engineer subcontracts and those for material, supplies, models,
samples, or design or testing services) expected to exceed the simplified
acquisition threshold at FAR 2.101.

(End of clause)

952.227-9 Refund of Royalties

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     REFUND OF ROYALTIES (FEB 1995)

(a)  The contract price includes certain amounts for royalties payable by the
Contractor or subcontractors or both, which amounts have been reported to the
Contracting Officer.

(b)  The term "royalties" as used in this clause refers to any costs or charges
in the nature of royalties, license fees, patent or license amortization costs,
or the like, for the use of or for rights in patents and patent applications in
connection with performing this contract or any subcontract here-under. The term
also includes any costs or charges associated with the access to, use of, or
other right pertaining to data that is represented to be proprietary and is
related to the performance of this contract or the copying of such data or data
that is copyrighted.

(c)  The Contractor shall furnish to the Contracting Officer, before final
payment under this contract, a statement of royalties paid or required to be
paid in connection with performing this contract and subcontracts hereunder
together with the reasons.

(d)  The Contractor will be compensated for royalties reported under paragraph
(c) of this clause, only to the extent that such royalties were included in the
contract price and are determined by the Contracting Officer to be properly
chargeable to the Government and allocable to the contract. To the extent that
any royalties that are included in the contract price are not, in fact, paid by
the Contractor or are determined by the Contracting Officer not to be properly
chargeable to the Government and allocable to the contract, the contract price
shall be reduced. Repayment or credit to the Government shall be made as the
Contracting Officer directs. The approval by DOE of any individual payments or
royalties shall not prevent the Government from contesting at any time the
enforceability, validity, scope of, or title to, any patent or the proprietary
nature of data pursuant to which a royalty or other payment is to be or has been
made.

(e)  If, at any time within 3 years after final payment under this contract, the
Contractor for any reason is relieved in whole or in part from the payment of
the royalties included in the final contract price as adjusted pursuant to
paragraph (d) of this clause, the Contractor shall promptly notify the
Contracting Officer of that fact and shall reimburse the Government in a
corresponding amount.

(f)  The substance of this clause, including this paragraph (f), shall be
included in any subcontract in which the amount of royalties reported during
negotiation of the subcontract exceeds $250.

(End of clause)

952.227-13 Patent Rights - Acquisition by the Government

     PATENT RIGHTS-ACQUISITION BY THE GOVERNMENT (FEB 1995)

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(a)  Definitions.

     "Invention", as used in this clause, means any invention or discovery which
is or may be patentable or otherwise protectable under title 35 of the United
States Code or any novel variety of plant that is or may be protectable under
the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321, et seq.).

     "Practical application", as used in this clause, means to manufacture, in
the case of a composition or product; to practice, in the case of a process or
method; or to operate, in the case of a machine or system; and, in each case,
under such conditions as to establish that the invention is being utilized and
that its benefits are, to the extent permitted by law or Government regulations,
available to the public on reasonable terms.

     "Subject invention", as used in this clause, means any invention of the
Contractor conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the course of or
under this contract.

     "Patent Counsel", as used in this clause, means the Department of Energy
Patent Counsel assisting the procuring activity.

     "DOE patent waiver regulations", as used in this clause, means the
Department of Energy patent waiver regulations at 41 CFR 9-9.109-6 or successor
regulations.

     "Agency licensing regulations" and "applicable agency licensing
regulations", as used in this clause, mean the Department of Energy patent
licensing regulations at 10 CFR Part 781.

(b)  Allocations of principal rights.

     (1)  Assignment to the Government. The Contractor agrees to assign to the
Government the entire right, title, and interest throughout the world in and to
each subject invention, except to the extent that rights are retained by the
Contractor under subparagraph (b)(2) and paragraph (d) of this clause.

     (2) Greater rights determinations.

          (i) The contractor, or an employee-inventor after consultation with
the Contractor, may request greater rights than the nonexclusive license and the
foreign patent rights provided in paragraph (d) of this clause on identified
inventions in accordance with the DOE patent waiver regulations. A request for a
determination of whether the Contractor or the employee-inventor is entitled to
acquire such greater rights must be submitted to the Patent Counsel with a copy
to the Contracting Officer at the time of the first disclosure of the invention
pursuant to subparagraph (e)(2) of this clause, or not later than 8 months
thereafter, unless a longer period is authorized in writing by the Contracting
Officer for good cause shown in writing by the Contractor. Each determination of
greater rights under this contract shall be subject to paragraph (c) of this
clause,

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<PAGE>

unless otherwise provided in the greater rights determination, and to the
reservations and conditions deemed to be appropriate by the Secretary of Energy
or designee.

          (ii)   Within two (2) months after the filing of a patent application,
the Contractor shall provide the filing date, serial number and title, a copy of
the patent application (including an English-language version if filed in a
language other than English), and, promptly upon issuance of a patent, provide
the patent number and issue date for any subject invention in any country for
which the Contractor has been granted title or the right to file and prosecute
on behalf of the United States by the Department of Energy.

          (iii)  Not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration of the
response period for any action required by the Patent and Trademark Office,
notify the Patent Counsel of any decision not to continue prosecution of the
application.

          (iv)   Upon request, the Contractor shall furnish the Government an
irrevocable power to inspect and make copies of the patent application file.

(c)  Minimum rights acquired by the Government.

     (1)  With respect to each subject invention to which the Department of
Energy grants the Contractor principal or exclusive rights, the Contractor
agrees as follows:

          (i)    The Contractor hereby grants to the Government a nonexclusive,
nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up license to practice or have practiced each
subject invention throughout the world by or on behalf of the Government of the
United States (including any Government agency).

          (ii)   The Contractor agrees that with respect to any subject
invention in which DOE has granted it title, DOE has the right in accordance
with the procedures in the DOE patent waiver regulations to require the
Contractor, an assignee, or exclusive licensee of a subject invention to grant a
nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive license in any field of use to a
responsible applicant or applicants, upon terms that are reasonable under the
circumstances, and if the Contractor, assignee, or exclusive licensee refuses
such a request, DOE has the right to grant such a license itself if it
determines that--

                   (A) Such action is necessary because the Contractor or
assignee has not taken, or is not expected to take within a reasonable time,
effective steps to achieve practical application of the subject invention in
such field of use;

                   (B) Such action is necessary to alleviate health or safety
needs which are not reasonably satisfied by the Contractor, assignee, or their
licensees;

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<PAGE>

                   (C) Such action is necessary to meet requirements for public
use specified by Federal regulations and such requirements are not reasonably
satisfied by the Contractor, assignee, or licensees; or

                   (D) Such action is necessary because the agreement required
by paragraph (i) of this clause has neither been obtained nor waived or because
a licensee of the exclusive right to use or sell any subject invention in the
United States is in breach of such agreement.

          (iii)  The Contractor agrees to submit on request periodic reports no
more frequently than annually on the utilization of a subject invention or on
efforts at obtaining such utilization of a subject invention or on efforts at
obtaining such utilization that are being made by the Contractor or its
licensees or assignees. Such reports shall include information regarding the
status of development, date of first commercial sale or use, gross royalties
received by the Contractor, and such other data and information as DOE may
reasonably specify. The Contractor also agrees to provide additional reports as
may be requested by DOE in connection with any march-in proceedings undertaken
by that agency in accordance with subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of this clause. To the
extent data or information supplied under this section is considered by the
Contractor, its licensee, or assignee to be privileged and confidential and is
so marked, the Department of Energy agrees that, to the extent permitted by law,
it will not disclose such information to persons outside the Government.

          (iv)   The Contractor agrees, when licensing a subject invention, to
arrange to avoid royalty charges on acquisitions involving Government funds,
including funds derived through a Military Assistance Program of the Government
or otherwise derived through the Government, to refund any amounts received as
royalty charges on a subject invention in acquisitions for, or on behalf of, the
Government, and to provide for such refund in any instrument transferring rights
in the invention to any party.

          (v)    The Contractor agrees to provide for the Government's paid-up
license pursuant to subparagraph (c)(1)(i) of this clause in any instrument
transferring rights in a subject invention and to provide for the granting of
licenses as required by subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of this clause, and for the
reporting of utilization information as required by subparagraph (c)(1)(iii) of
this clause, whenever the instrument transfers principal or exclusive rights in
a subject invention.

     (2) Nothing contained in this paragraph (c) shall be deemed to grant to the
Government any rights with respect to any invention other than a subject
invention.

(d)  Minimum rights to the Contractor.

     (1) The Contractor is hereby granted a revocable, nonexclusive, royalty-
free license in each patent application filed in any country on a subject
invention and any resulting patent in which the Government obtains title, unless
the Contractor fails to disclose the subject invention within the times
specified in subparagraph (e)(2) of this clause. The Contractor's license
extends

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to its domestic subsidiaries and affiliates, if any, within the corporate
structure of which the Contractor is a part and includes the right to grant
sublicenses of the same scope to the extent the Contractor was legally obligated
to do so at the time the contract was awarded. The license is transferable only
with the approval of DOE except when transferred to the successor of that part
of the Contractor's business to which the invention pertains.

     (2) The Contractor's domestic license may be revoked or modified by DOE to
the extent necessary to achieve expeditious practical application of the subject
invention pursuant to an application for an exclusive license submitted in
accordance with applicable provisions in 37 CFR Part 404 and agency licensing
regulations. This license will not be revoked in that field of use or the
geographical areas in which the Contractor has achieved practical applications
and continues to make the benefits of the invention reasonably accessible to the
public. The license in any foreign country may be revoked or modified at the
discretion of DOE to the extent the Contractor, its licensees, or its domestic
subsidiaries or affiliates have failed to achieve practical application in that
foreign country.

     (3) Before revocation or modification of the license, DOE will furnish the
Contractor a written notice of its intention to revoke or modify the license,
and the Contractor will be allowed 30 days (or such other time as may be
authorized by DOE for good cause shown by the Contractor) after the notice to
show cause why the license should not be revoked or modified. The Contractor has
the right to appeal, in accordance with applicable agency licensing regulations
and 37 CFR Part 404 concerning the licensing of Government-owned inventions, any
decision concerning the revocation or modification of its license.

     (4) The Contractor may request the right to acquire patent rights to a
subject invention in any foreign country where the Government has elected not to
secure such rights, subject to the conditions in subparagraphs (d)(4)(i) through
(d)(4)(vii) of this clause. Such request must be made in writing to the Patent
Counsel as part of the disclosure required by subparagraph (e)(2) of this
clause, with a copy to the DOE Contracting Officer. DOE approval, if given, will
be based on a determination that this would best serve the national interest.

          (i)  The recipient of such rights, when specifically requested by DOE,
and three years after issuance of a foreign patent disclosing the subject
invention, shall furnish DOE a report stating:

                 (A) The commercial use that is being made, or is intended to be
made, of said invention, and

                 (B) The steps taken to bring the invention to the point of
practical application or to make the invention available for licensing.

          (ii) The Government shall retain at least an irrevocable,
nonexclusive, paid-up license to make, use, and sell the invention throughout
the world by or on behalf of the

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Government (including any Government agency) and States and domestic municipal
governments, unless the Secretary of Energy or designee determines that it would
not be in the public interest to acquire the license for the States and domestic
municipal governments.

          (iii)  If noted elsewhere in this contract as a condition of the grant
of an advance waiver of the Government's title to inventions under this
contract, or, if no advance waiver was granted but a waiver of the Government's
title to an identified invention is granted pursuant to subparagraph (b)(2) of
this clause upon a determination by the Secretary of Energy that it is in the
Government's best interest, this license shall include the right of the
Government to sublicense foreign governments pursuant to any existing or future
treaty or agreement with such foreign governments.

          (iv)   Subject to the rights granted in subparagraphs (d)(1), (2), and
(3) of this clause, the Secretary cf Energy or designee shall have the right to
terminate the foreign patent rights granted in this subparagraph (d)(4) in whole
or in part unless the recipient of such rights demonstrates to the satisfaction
of the Secretary of Energy or designee that effective steps necessary to
accomplish substantial utilization of the invention have been taken or within a
reasonable time will be taken.

          (v)    Subject to the rights granted in subparagraphs (d)(1), (2), and
(3) of this clause, the Secretary of Energy or designee shall have the right,
commencing four years after foreign patent rights are accorded under this
subparagraph (d)(4), to require the granting of a nonexclusive or partially
exclusive license to a responsible applicant or applicants, upon terms
reasonable under the circumstances, and in appropriate circumstances to
terminate said foreign patent rights in whole or in part, following a hearing
upon notice thereof to the public, upon a petition by an interested person
justifying such hearing:

                    (A) If the Secretary of Energy or designee determines, upon
review of such material as he deems relevant, and after the recipient of such
rights or other interested person has had the opportunity to provide such
relevant and material information as the Secretary or designee may require, that
such foreign patent rights have tended substantially to lessen competition or to
result in undue market concentration in any section of the United States in any
line of commerce to which the technology relates; or

                    (B) Unless the recipient of such rights demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the Secretary of Energy or designee at such hearing that the
recipient has taken effective steps, or within a reasonable time thereafter is
expected to take such steps, necessary to accomplish substantial utilization of
the invention.

          (vi)   If the contractor is to file a foreign patent application on a
subject invention, the Government agrees, upon written request, to use its best
efforts to withhold publication of such invention disclosures for such period of
time as specified by Patent Counsel, but in no event shall the Government or its
employees be liable for any publication thereof.

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<PAGE>

          (vii)  Subject to the license specified in subparagraphs (d)(1), (2),
and (3) of this clause, the contractor or inventor agrees to convey to the
Government, upon request, the entire right, title, and interest in any foreign
counts in which the contractor or inventor fails to have a patent application
filed in a timely manner or decides not to continue prosecution or to pay any
maintenance fees covering the invention. To avoid forfeiture of the patent
application or patent, the contractor or inventor shall, not less than 60 days
before the expiration period for any action required by any patent office,
notify the Patent Counsel of such failure or decision, and deliver to the Patent
Counsel, the executed instruments necessary for the conveyance specified in this
paragraph.

(e)  Invention identification, disclosures, and reports.

     (1) The Contractor shall establish and maintain active and effective
procedures to assure that subject inventions are promptly identified and
disclosed to Contractor personnel responsible for patent matters within 6 months
of conception and/or first actual reduction to practice, whichever occurs first
in the performance of work under this contract. These procedures shall include
the maintenance of laboratory notebooks or equivalent records and other records
as are reasonably necessary to document the conception and/or the first actual
reduction to practice of subject inventions, and records that show that the
procedures for identifying and disclosing the inventions are followed. Upon
request, the Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer a description of
such procedures for evaluation and for determination as to their effectiveness.

     (2) The Contractor shall disclose each subject invention to the DOE Patent
Counsel with a copy to the Contracting Officer within 2 months after the
inventor discloses it in writing to Contractor personnel responsible for patent
matters or, if earlier, within 6 months after the Contractor becomes aware that
a subject invention has been made, but in any event before any on sale, public
use, or publication of such invention known to the Contractor. The disclosure to
DOE shall be in the form of a written report and shall identify the contract
under which the invention was made and the inventor(s). It shall be sufficiently
complete in technical detail to convey a clear understanding, to the extent
known at the time of the disclosure, of the nature, purpose, operation, and
physical, chemical, biological, or electrical characteristics of the invention.
The disclosure shall also identify any publication, on sale, or public use of
the invention and whether a manuscript describing the invention has been
submitted for publication and, if so, whether it has been accepted for
publication at the time of disclosure. In addition, after disclosure to DOE, the
Contractor shall promptly notify Patent Counsel of the acceptance of any
manuscript describing the invention for publication or of any on sale or public
use planned by the Contractor. The report should also include any request for a
greater rights determination in accordance with subparagraph (b)(2) of this
clause. When an invention is disclosed to DOE under this paragraph, it shall be
deemed to have been made in the manner specified in Sections (a)(1) and (a)(2)
of 42 U.S.C. 5908, unless the Contractor contends in writing at the time the
invention is disclosed that is was not so made.

     (3) The Contractor shall furnish the Contracting Officer the following:

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          (i)    Interim reports every 12 months (or such loner period as may be
specified by the Contracting Officer) from the date of the contract, listing
subject inventions during that period, and certifying that all subject
inventions have been disclosed (or that there are not such inventions) and that
the procedures required by subparagraph (e)(1) of this clause have been
followed.

          (ii)   A final report, within 3 months after completion of the
contracted work listing all subject inventions or certifying that there were no
such inventions, and listing all subcontracts at any tier containing a patent
rights clause or certifying that there were no such subcontracts.

     (4) The Contractor agrees to require, by written agreement, its employees,
other than clerical and nontechnical employees, to disclose promptly in writing
to personnel identified as responsible for the administration of patent matters
and in a format suggested by the Contractor each subject invention made under
contract in order that the Contractor can comply with the disclosure provisions
of paragraph (c) of this clause, and to execute all papers necessary to file
patent applications on subject inventions and to establish the Government's
rights in the subject inventions. This disclosure format should require, as a
minimum, the information required by subparagraph (e)(2) of this clause.

     (5) The Contractor agrees, subject to FAR 27.302(j), that the Government
may duplicate and disclose subject invention disclosures and all other reports
and papers furnished or required to be furnished pursuant to this clause.

(f)  Examination of records relating to inventions.

     (1) The Contracting Officer or any authorized representative shall, until 3
years after final payment under this contract, have the right to examine any
books (including laboratory notebooks), records, and documents of the Contractor
relating to the conception or first actual reduction to practice of inventions
in the same field of technology as the work under this contract to determine
whether--

          (i)    Any such inventions are subject inventions;

          (ii)   The Contractor has established and maintains the procedures
required by subparagraphs (e)(1) and (4) of this clause;

          (iii)  The Contractor and its inventors have complied with the
procedures.

     (2) If the Contracting Officer learns of an unreported Contractor invention
which the Contracting Officer believes may be a subject invention, the
Contractor may be required to disclose the invention to DOE for a determination
of ownership rights.

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     (3) Any examination of records under this paragraph will be subject to
appropriate conditions to protect the confidentiality of the information
involved.

(g)  Withholding of payment (NOTE: This paragraph does not apply to
     subcontracts).

     (1) Any time before final payment under this contract, the Contracting
Officer may, in the Government's interest, withhold payment until a reserve not
exceeding $50,000 or 5 percent of the amount of this contract, whichever is
less, shall have been set aside if, in the Contracting Officer's opinion, the
Contractor fails to--

          (i)   Convey to the Government, using a DOE-approved form, the title
and/or rights of the Government in each subject invention as required by this
clause.

          (ii)  Establish, maintain, and follow effective procedures for
identifying and disclosing subject inventions pursuant to subparagraph (e)(1) of
this clause;

          (iii) Disclose any subject invention pursuant to subparagraph (e)(2)
of this clause;

          (iv)  Deliver acceptable interim reports pursuant to subparagraph
(e)(3)(i) of this clause; or

          (v)   Provide the information regarding subcontracts pursuant to
subparagraph (h)(4) of this clause.

     (2) Such reserve or balance shall be withheld until the Contracting Officer
has determined that the Contractor has rectified whatever deficiencies exist and
has delivered all reports, disclosures, and other information required by this
clause.

     (3) Final payment under this contract shall not be made before the
Contractor delivers to the Contracting Officer all disclosures of subject
inventions required by subparagraph (e)(2) of this clause, and acceptable final
report pursuant to subparagraph (e)(3)(ii) of this clause, and the Patent
Counsel has issued a patent clearance certification to the Contracting Officer.

     (4) The Contracting Officer may decrease or increase the sums withheld up
to the maximum authorized above. No amount shall be withheld under this
paragraph while the amount specified by this paragraph is being withheld under
other provisions of the contract. The withholding of any amount or the
subsequent payment thereof shall not be construed as a waiver of any Government
rights.

(h)  Subcontracts.

     (1) The contractor shall include the clause at 48 CFR 952.227-11 (suitably
modified to identify the parties) in all subcontracts, regardless of tier, for
experimental, developmental,

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demonstration, or research work to be performed by a small business firm or
domestic nonprofit organization, except where the work of the subcontract is
subject to an Exceptional Circumstances Determination by DOE. In all other
subcontracts, regardless of tier, for experimental, developmental,
demonstration, or research work, the contractor shall include this clause
(suitably modified to identify the parties). The contractor shall not, as part
of the consideration for awarding the subcontract, obtain rights in the
subcontractor's subject inventions.

     (2) In the event of a refusal by a prospective subcontractor to accept such
a clause the Contractor---

          (i)  Shall promptly submit a written notice to the Contracting Officer
setting forth the subcontractor's reasons for such refusal and other pertinent
information that may expedite disposition of the matter; and

          (ii) Shall not proceed with such subcontract without the written
authorization of the Contracting Officer.

     (3) In the case of subcontracts at any tier, DOE, the subcontractor, and
Contractor agree that the mutual obligations of the parties created by this
clause constitute a contract between the subcontractor and DOE with respect to
those matters covered by this clause.

     (4) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer in writing
upon the award of any subcontract at any tier containing a patent rights clause
by identifying the subcontractor, the applicable patent rights clause, the work
to be performed under the subcontract, and the dates of award and estimated
completion. Upon request of the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall
furnish a copy of such subcontract, and, no more frequently than annually, a
listing of the subcontracts that have been awarded.

     (5) The contractor shall identify all subject inventions of the
subcontractor of which it acquires knowledge in the performance of this contract
and shall notify the Patent Counsel, with a copy to the contracting officer,
promptly upon identification of the inventions.

(i) Preference United States industry. Unless provided otherwise, no Contractor
that receives title to any subject invention and no assignee of any such
Contractor shall grant to any person the exclusive right to use or sell any
subject invention in the United States unless such person agrees that any
products embodying the subject invention will be manufactured substantially in
the United States. However, in individual cases, the requirement may be waived
by the Government upon a showing by the Contractor or assignee that reasonable
but unsuccessful efforts have been made to grant licenses on similar terms to
potential licensees that would be likely to manufacture substantially in the
United States or that under the circumstances domestic manufacture is not
commercially feasible.

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(j)  Atomic energy.

     (1) No claim for pecuniary award of compensation under the provisions of
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, shall be asserted with respect to any
invention or discovery made or conceived in the course of or under this
contract.

     (2) Except as otherwise authorized in writing by the Contracting Officer,
the Contractor will obtain patent agreements to effectuate the provisions of
subparagraph (e)(1) of this clause from all persons who perform any part of the
work under this contract, except nontechnical personnel, such as clerical
employees and manual laborers.

(k)  Background Patents.

     (1) Background Patent means a domestic patent covering an invention or
discovery which is not a subject invention and which is owned or controlled by
the Contractor at any time through the completion of this contract:

          (i)  Which the contractor, but not the Government, has the right to
license to others without obligation to pay royalties thereon, and

          (ii) Infringement of which cannot reasonably be avoided upon the
practice of any specific process, method, machine, manufacture, or composition
of matter (including relatively minor modifications thereof) which is a subject
of the research, development, or demonstration work performed under this
contract.

     (2) The Contractor agrees to and does hereby grant to the Government a
royalty-free, nonexclusive license under any background patent for purposes of
practicing a subject of this contract by or for the Government in research,
development, and demonstration work only.

     (3) The Contractor also agrees that upon written application by DOE, it
will grant to responsible parties, for purposes of practicing a subject of this
contract, nonexclusive licenses under any background patent on terms that are
reasonable under the circumstances. If, however, the Contractor believes that
exclusive rights are necessary to achieve expeditious commercial development or
utilization, then a request may be made to DOE for DOE approval of such
licensing by the Contractor.

     (4) Notwithstanding subparagraph (k)(3) of this clause, the contractor
shall not be obligated to license any background patent if the Contractor
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Energy or designee that:

          (i)  a competitive alternative to the subject matter covered by said
background patent is commercially available or readily introducible from one or
more other sources; or

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          (ii) the Contractor or its licensees are supplying the subject matter
covered by said background patent in sufficient quantity and at reasonable
prices to satisfy market needs, or have taken effective steps or within a
reasonable time are expected to take effective steps to so supply the subject
matter.

(l)  Publication. It is recognized that during the course of the work under this
contract, the Contractor or its employees may from time to time desire to
release or publish information regarding scientific or technical developments
conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the course of or under this
contract. In order that public disclosure of such information will not adversely
affect the patent interests of DOE or the Contractor, patent approval for
release of publication shall be secured from Patent Counsel prior to any such
release or publication.

(m)  Forfeiture of rights in unreported subject inventions.

     (1) The Contractor shall forfeit and assign to the Government, at the
request of the Secretary of Energy or designee, all rights in any subject
invention which the Contractor fails to report to Patent Counsel within six
months after the time the Contractor:

          (i)  Files or causes to be filed a United States or foreign patent
application thereon; or

          (ii) Submits the final report required by subparagraph (e)(2)(ii) of
this clause, whichever is later.

     (2) However, the Contractor shall not forfeit rights in a subject invention
if, within the time specified in subparagraph (m)(1) of this clause, the
Contractor:

          (i)   Prepares a written decision based upon a review of the record
that the invention was neither conceived nor first actually reduced to practice
in the course of or under the contract and delivers the decision to Patent
Counsel, with a copy to the Contracting Officer; or

          (ii)  Contending that the invention is not a subject invention, the
Contractor nevertheless discloses the invention and all facts pertinent to this
contention to the Patent Counsel, with a copy to the Contracting Officer; or

          (iii) Establishes that the failure to disclose did not result from the
Contractor's fault or negligence.

     (3) Pending written assignment of the patent application and patents on a
subject invention determined by the Secretary of Energy or designee to be
forfeited (such determination to be a final decision under the Disputes clause
of this contract), the Contractor shall be deemed to hold the invention and the
patent applications and patents pertaining thereto in trust for the Government.
The forfeiture provision of this paragraph (m) shall be in addition to and shall
not

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supersede other rights and remedies which the Government may have with respect
to subject inventions.

(End of clause)

52.227-1.4 Rights in Data - General, with Alternates I and V, and paragraph
(d)(3)

     RIGHTS IN DATA - GENERAL (JUN 1987)

(a)  Definitions.
     -----------

     "Computer software," as used in this clause, means computer programs,
computer data bases, and documentation thereof.

     "Data," as used in this clause, means recorded information, regardless of
form or the media on which it may be recorded. The term includes technical data
and computer software. The terms does not include information incidental to
contract administration, such as financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or
management information.

     "Form, fit, and function data," as used in this clause, means data relating
to items, components, or processes that are sufficient to enable physical and
functional interchangeability, as well as data identifying source, size,
configuration, mating, and attachment characteristics, functional
characteristics, and performance requirements; except that for computer software
it means data identifying source, functional characteristics, and performance
requirements but specifically excludes the source code, algorithm, process,
formula, and flow charts of the software.

     "Limited rights data," as used in this clause, means data (other than
computer software) developed at private expense that embody trade secrets or are
commercial or financial and confidential or privileged.

     "Technical data," as used in this clause, means data (other than computer
software) which are of a scientific or technical nature.

     "Restricted computer software," as used in this clause, means computer
software developed at private expense and that is a trade secret; is commercial
or financial and is confidential or privileged; or is published copyrighted
computer software; including minor modifications of such computer software.

     "Unlimited rights," as used in this clause, means the right of the
Government to use, disclose, reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute
copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, in any manner
and for any purpose, and to have or permit others to do so.

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     "Limited rights," as used in this clause, means the rights of the
Government in limited rights data as set forth in the Limited Rights Notice of
subparagraph (g)(2) if included in this clause.

     "Restricted rights," as used in this clause, means the rights of the
Government in restricted computer software, as set forth in a Restricted Rights
Notice of subparagraph (g)(3) if included in this clause, or as otherwise may be
provided in a collateral agreement incorporated in and made part of this
contract, including minor modifications of such computer software.

(b)  Allocation of rights.
     --------------------

     (1) Except as provided in paragraph (c) below regarding copyright, the
Government shall have unlimited rights in:

          (i)   Data first produced in the performance of this contract;

          (ii)  Form, fit, and function data delivered under this contract;

          (iii) Data delivered under this contract (except for restricted
computer software) that constitute manuals or instructional and training
material for installation, operation, or routine maintenance and repair items,
components, or processes delivered or furnished for use under this contract; and

          (iv)  All other data delivered under this contract unless provided
otherwise for limited rights data or restricted computer software in accordance
with paragraph (g) below.

     (2) The Contractor shall have the right to:

          (i)   Use, release to others, reproduce, distribute, or publish any
data first produced or specifically used by the Contractor in the performance of
this contract, unless provided otherwise in paragraph (d) below;

          (ii)  Protect from unauthorized disclosure and use those data which
are limited rights data or restricted computer software to the extent provided
in paragraph (g) below;

          (iii) Substantiate use of, add or correct limited rights, restricted
rights, or copyright notices and to take other appropriate action, in accordance
with paragraphs (e) and (f) below; and

          (iv)  Establish claim to copyright subsisting in data first produced
in the performance of this contract to the extent provided in subparagraph
(c)(1) below.

(c) Copyright.
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     (1) Data first produced in the performance of this contract. Unless
provided otherwise in subparagraph (d) below, the Contractor may establish,
without prior approval of the Contracting Officer, claim to copyright subsisting
in scientific and technical articles based on or containing data first produced
in the performance of this contract and published in academic, technical or
professional journals, symposia proceedings or similar works. The prior, express
written permission of the Contracting Officer is required to establish claim to
copyright subsisting in all other data first produced in the performance of this
contract. When claim to copyright is made, the Contractor shall affix the
applicable copyright notices of 17 U.S.C. 401 or 402 and acknowledgment of
Government sponsorship (including contract number) to the data when such data
are delivered to the Government, as well as when the data are published or
deposited for registration as a published work in the U.S. Copyright Office. For
data other than computer software the Contractor grants to the Government, and
others acting on its behalf, a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide
license in such copyrighted data to reproduce, prepare derivative works,
distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by
or on behalf of the Government. For computer software, the Contractor grants to
the Government and others acting in its behalf, a paid-up nonexclusive,
irrevocable worldwide license in such copyrighted computer software to
reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly and display publicly
by or on behalf of the Government.

     (2) Data not first produced in the performance of this contract. The
Contractor shall not, without prior written permission of the Contracting
Officer, incorporate in data delivered under this contract any data not first
produced in the performance of this contract and which contains the copyright
notice of 17 U.S.C. 401 and 402, unless the Contractor identifies such data and
grants to the Government, or acquires on its behalf, a license of the same scope
as set forth in subparagraph (1) above; provided, however, that if such data are
computer software the Government shall acquire a copyright license as set forth
in subparagraph (g)(3) below if included in this contract or as otherwise may be
provided in a collateral agreement incorporated in or made part of this
contract.

     (3) Removal of copyright notices. The Government agrees not to remove any
copyright notices place on data pursuant to this paragraph (c), and to include
such notices on all reproductions of the data.

(d) Release, publication and use of data.

     (1) The Contractor shall have the right to use, release to others,
reproduce, distribute, or publish any data first produced or specifically used
by the Contractor in the performance of this contract, except to the extent such
data may be subject to the Federal export control or national security laws or
regulations, or unless otherwise provided below in this paragraph or expressly
set forth in this contract.

     (2) The Contractor agrees that to the extent it receives or is given access
to data necessary for the performance of this contract which contain restrictive
markings, the Contractor shall treat

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the data in accordance with such markings unless otherwise specifically
authorized in writing by the Contracting Officer.

     (3) The Contractor agrees not to establish claim to copyright in computer
software first produced in the performance of this contract without prior
written permission of the Contracting Officer. When such permission is granted,
the Contracting Officer shall specify appropriate terms to assure dissemination
of the software. The Contractor shall promptly deliver to the Contracting
Officer or to the Patent Counsel designated by the Contracting Officer a duly
executed and approved instrument fully confirmatory of all rights to which the
Government is entitled, and other terms pertaining to the computer software to
which claim to copyright is made.

(e)  Unauthorized marking of data.
     ----------------------------

     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this contract concerning
inspection or acceptance, if any data delivered under this contract are marked
with the notices specified in subparagraphs (g)(2) or (g)(3) below and use of
such is not authorized by this clause, or if such data bears any other
restrictive or limiting markings not authorized by this contract, the
Contracting Officer may at any time either return the data to the Contractor, or
cancel or ignore the markings. However, the following procedures shall apply
prior to canceling or ignoring the markings.

          (i)   The Contracting Officer shall make written inquiry to the
contractor affording the Contractor 30 days from receipt of the inquiry to
provide written justification to substantiate the propriety of the markings;

          (ii)  If the Contractor fails to respond or fails to provide written
justification to substantiate the propriety of the markings within the 30-day
period (or a longer time not exceeding 90 days approved in writing by the
Contracting Officer for good cause shown), the Government shall have the right
to cancel or ignore the markings at any time after said period and the data will
not longer be made subject to any disclosure prohibitions.

          (iii) If the Contractor provides written justification to substantiate
the propriety of the markings within the period set in subdivision (i) above,
the Contracting Officer shall consider such written justification and determine
whether or not the markings are to be canceled or ignore. If the Contracting
Officer determines that the markings are authorized, the Contractor shall be so
notified in writing. If the Contracting Officer determines, with concurrence of
the Head of the Contracting Activity, that the markings are not authorized, the
Contracting Officer shall furnish the Contractor a written determination, which
determination shall become the final agency decision regarding the
appropriateness of the markings unless the Contractor files suit in a court of
competent jurisdiction within 90 days of receipt of the Contracting Officer's
decision. The Government shall continue to abide by the markings under this
subdivision (iii) until final resolution of the matter either by the Contracting
Officers determination becoming final (in which instance the Government shall
thereafter have the right to cancel or ignore the markings at

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any time and the data will no longer be made subject to any disclosure
prohibitions), or by final disposition of the matter by court decision if suit
is filed.

     (2) The time limits in the procedures set forth in subparagraph (1) above
may be modified in accordance with agency regulations implementing the Freedom
of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) if necessary to respond to a request
thereunder.

     (3) This paragraph (e) does not apply if this contract is for a major
system or for support of a major system by a civilian agency other than NASA and
the U.S. Coast Guard subject to the provisions of Title III of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

     (4) Except to the extent the Government's action occurs as the result of
final disposition of the matter by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
Contractor is not precluded by this paragraph (e) from bringing a claim under
the Contract Disputes Act, including pursuant to the Disputes clause of this
contract, as applicable, that may arise as the result of the Government removing
or ignoring authorized markings on data delivered under this contract.

(f)  Omitted or incorrect markings.
     -----------------------------

     (1) Data delivered to the Government without either the limited rights or
restricted rights notice as authorized by paragraph (g) below, or the copyright
notice required by paragraph (c) above, shall be deemed to have been furnished
with unlimited rights, and the Government assumes no liability for disclosure,
use, or reproduction of such data. However, to the extent the data has not been
disclosed without restriction outside the Government, the Contractor may
request, within 6 months (or a longer time approved by the Contracting Officer
for good cause shown) after delivery of such data, permission to have notices
placed on qualifying data at the Contractor's expense, and the Contracting
Officer may agree to do so if the Contractor:

          (i)   Identifies the data to which the omitted notice is to be
applied;

          (ii)  Demonstrates that the omission of the notice was inadvertent;

          (iii) Establishes that the use of the proposed notice is authorized;
and

          (iv)  Acknowledges that the Government has no liability with respect
to the disclosure, use, or reproduction of any such data made prior to the
addition of the notice or resulting from the omission of the notice.

     (2) The Contracting Officer may also (i) permit correction at the
Contractor's expense of incorrect notices if the Contractor identifies the data
on which correction of the notice is to be made, and demonstrates that the
correct notice is authorized, or (ii) correct any incorrect notices.

(g)  Protection of limited rights data and restricted computer software.
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     (1) When data other than that listed in subparagraphs (b)(1)(i), (ii), and
(iii) above are specified to be delivered under this contract and qualify as
either limited rights data or restricted computer software, if the Contractor
desires to continue protection of such data, the Contractor shall withhold such
data and not furnish them to the Government under this Contract. As a condition
to this withholding, the Contractor shall identify the data being withheld and
furnish form, fit, and function data in lieu thereof. Limited rights data that
are formatted as a computer data base for delivery to the Government is to be
treated as limited rights data and not restricted computer software.

     (2) [Reserved.]

     (3) [Reserved.]

(h)  Subcontracting.
     --------------

     The Contractor has the responsibility to obtain from its subcontractors all
data and rights therein necessary to fulfill the Contractor's obligations to the
Government under this contract. If a subcontractor refuses to accept terms
affording the Government such rights, the Contractor shall promptly bring such
refusal to the attention of the Contracting Officer and not proceed with
subcontract award without further authorization.

(i)  Relationship to patents.
     -----------------------

     Nothing contained in this clause shall imply a license to the Government
under any patent or be construed as affecting the scope of any license or other
right otherwise granted to the Government.

(j)  The Contractor agrees, except as may be otherwise specified in this
     contract for specific data items listed as not subject to this paragraph,
     that the Contracting Officer or an authorized representative may, up to
     three years after acceptance of all items to be delivered under this
     contract, inspect at the Contractor's facility any data withheld pursuant
     to paragraph (g)(1) above, for purposes of verifying the Contractor's
     assertion pertaining to the limited rights or restricted rights status of
     the data or for evaluating work performance. Where the Contractor whose
     data are to be inspected demonstrates to the Contracting Officer that there
     would be a possible conflict of interest if the inspection where made by a
     particular representative, the Contracting Officer shall designate an
     alternate inspector.

(End of clause)

                                 ALTERNATE II

     (g)(2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (g)(1) of this clause, the contract may
identify and specify the delivery of limited rights data, or the Contracting
Officer may require by written

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request the delivery of limited rights data that has been withheld or would
otherwise be withholdable. If delivery of such data is so required, the
Contractor may affix the following "Limited Rights Notice" to the data and the
Government will thereafter treat the data, subject to the provisions of
paragraphs (e) and (f) of this clause, in accordance with such Notice:

                       LIMITED RIGHTS NOTICE (JUN 1987)

     (a) These data are submitted with limited rights under Government contract
No. ___________ (and subcontract No. __________, if appropriate). These data may
be reproduced and used by the Government with the express limitation that they
will not, without written permission of the Contractor, be used for purposes of
manufacture nor disclosed outside the Government; except that the Government may
disclose these data outside the Government for the following purposes, if any,
provided that the Government makes such disclosure subject to

prohibition against further use and disclosure:

     -[Agencies may list additional purposes as set forth in 27.404(d)(l) or if
none, so state]

     (b) This Notice shall be marked on any reproduction of these data, in whole
or in part.

                                (End of notice)

                                 ALTERNATE III

     (g)(3)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (g)(1) of this clause, the contract
may identify and specify the delivery of restricted computer software, or the
Contracting Officer may require by written request the delivery of restricted
computer software that has been withheld or would otherwise be withholdable. If
delivery of such computer software is so required, the Contractor may affix the
following "Restricted Rights Notice" to the computer software and the Government
will thereafter treat the computer software, subject to paragraphs (e) and (f)
of this clause, in accordance with the Notice:

                      RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE (JUN 1987)

     (a) This computer software is submitted with restricted rights under
Government Contract No. ____________ (and subcontract_____________, if
appropriate). It may not be used, reproduced, or disclosed by the Government
except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Notice or as otherwise expressly
stated in the contract.

     (b) This computer software may be:

          (1) Used or copied for use in or with the computer or computers for
which it was acquired, including use at any Government installation to which
such computer or computers may be transferred;

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          (2) Used or copied for use in a backup computer if any computer for
which it was acquired is inoperative;

          (3) Reproduced for safekeeping (archives) or backup purposes;

          (4) Modified, adapted, or combined with other computer software,
provided that the modified, combined, or adapted portions of the derivative
software incorporating restricted computer software are made subject to the same
restricted rights;

          (5) Disclosed to and reproduced for use by support service Contractors
in accordance with subparagraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this clause, provided the
Government makes such disclosure or reproduction subject to these restricted
rights; and

          (6) Used or copied for use in or transferred to a replacement
computer.

     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this computer software is published
copyrighted computer software, it is licensed to the Government, without
disclosure prohibitions, with the minimum rights set forth in paragraph (b) of
this clause.

     (d) Any others rights or limitations regarding the use, duplication, or
disclosure of this computer software are to be expressly stated in, or
incorporated in, the contract.

     (e) This Notice shall be marked on any reproduction of this computer
software, in whole or in part.

                                (End of notice)

     (ii) Where it is impractical to include the Restricted Rights Notice on
restricted computer software, the following short-form Notice may be used in
lieu thereof:

                           RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE
                             SHORT FORM (JUN 1987)

     Use, reproduction, or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in
     Contract No.___________ (and subcontract ______________, if appropriate)
     with ______________ (name of Contractor and subcontractor)."

                                (End of notice)

     (iii) If restricted computer software is delivered with the copyright
notice of 17 U.S.C. 401, it will be presumed to be published copyrighted
computer software licensed to the Government without disclosure prohibitions,
with the minimum rights set forth in paragraph (b)

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of this clause, unless the Contractor includes the following statement with such
copyright notice: "Unpublished-rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the
United States."

(End of clause)

48 CFR 52.227-16 Additional Data Requirements

     ADDITIONAL DATA REQUIREMENTS (JUN 1987)

(a) In addition to the data (as defined in the clause at 52.227-14, Rights in
Data-General clause or other equivalent included in this contract) specified
elsewhere in this contract to be delivered, the Contracting Officer may, at any
time during contract performance or within a period of 3 years after acceptance
of all items to be delivered under this contract, order any data first produced
or specifically used in the performance of this contract.

(b) The Rights in Data-General clause or other equivalent included in this
contract is applicable to all data ordered under this Additional Data
Requirements clause. Nothing contained in this clause shall require the
Contractor to deliver any data the withholding of which is authorized by the
Rights in Data-General or other equivalent clause of this contract, or data
which are specifically identified in this contract as not subject to this
clause.

(c) When data are to be delivered under this clause, the Contractor will be
compensated for converting the data into the prescribed form, for reproduction,
and for delivery.

(d) The Contracting Officer may release the Contractor from the requirements of
this clause for specifically identified data items at any time during the 3-year
period set forth in paragraph (a) of this clause.

(End of clause)

48 CFR 52.227-23 Rights to Proposal Data

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                                  APPENDIX C

                          DOE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS
                        (10 CFR PART 600 AS AMENDED BY
             SUBPARTS A AND B, INCLUDING APPENDIX A TO SUBPART B)

This Agreement incorporates 10 Code of Federal Register Part 600, as amended by
Subparts A and B, including Appendix A to Subpart B, with the appropriate
changes in the terms in the clauses to reflect the Buyer/Seller relationship.

                                      C-1
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                                      APPENDIX D

                     Schedule of Cost Sharing/Co-Funding Summary

     ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC
     ADL REF.: 2-5377

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES                     TOTAL               YEAR 1             YEAR 2             YEAR 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                       <C>                 <C>                 <C>               <C>
                                          $  4,164,967        $1,975,007          $1,856,042        $  333,917
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Other Direct Costs:
     (Support Expense,
      Consultants, & Travel)
                                               243,079           118,515             117,305             7,259
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Subcontractors:

     Texaco                                    390,000           234,000             156,000                 0
     Universal Oil Products                    400,000           400,000                   0                 0
     Modine                                    309,700           108,500             201,200                 0
                                                     0
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Materials                                      603,500           438,500             165,000                 0
                                                     0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Material Overhead                              110,708            76,765              33,943                 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G&A On ODC's                                    48,616            23,703              23,461             1,452
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subtotal                                    $6,270,570        $3,374,990          $2,552,952          $342,627
                                                     0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total Program Cost                          $6,270,570        $3,374,990          $2,552,952          $342,627
                                                     0                 0                   0                 0
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Total Program Value                         $6,270,570        $3,374,990          $2,552,952          $342,627
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cost-Share/Co-Funding ADL                    ($704,618)        ($337,443)          ($312,006)         ($55,169)
                                                     0                                                      $0
     Texaco                                   (195,000)        ($117,000)           ($78,000)               $0
     Universal Oil Products                   (100,000)        ($100,000)                 $0                $0
     Modine                                   (309,700)         (108,500)           (201,200)                0

     Cash Contribution (Illinois)             (325,000)         (130,000)           (130,000)          (65,000)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                             D-1
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES                     TOTAL               YEAR 1             YEAR 2             YEAR 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                       <C>                 <C>                 <C>               <C>
Total Cost-Share/Co-Funding                ($1,634,317)        ($792,942)          ($721,206)        ($120,169)
                                                     0                                                       0
                                                     0
                                                     0                 0                   0                 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total Cost-Share/Co-Funding                ($1,634,317)        ($792,942)          ($721,206)        ($120,169)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Co-Funding/Cost Share %                          26.06%            23.49%              28.25%            35.07%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total DOE Funding Required                  $4,636,254        $2,582,048          $1,831,746        $  222,458
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

_______                                                       $2,582,048          $4,413,794        $4,636,252
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                             D-2
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
                                                                                    APPENDIX D.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOE F 4620.1                          U.S. Department of Energy                OMB Control No.
(04-93)                                      Budget Page                             1910-1400
All Other Editions Are Obsolete    (See reverse for Instructions)        OMB Burden Disclosure
                                                                          Statement on Reverse
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORGANIZATION                                                                  Budget Page
                                                                              No:  1
                                                                                  ---
     Arthur D. Little, Inc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI)/PROJECT DIRECTOR (PD)                             Requested
                                                                              Duration:___
     Jeffrey Bentley                                                          (Months)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A.  SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PO, Co-Pfs,
    Faculty and Other Senior Associates
    (List each separately with Nos. A.7.                  DOE Funded
    show number in bracket(s))                           Person -  mo.        DOE       Cost Share        TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                             <C>      <C>                 <C>       <C>                <C>
                                                CAL          ACAD            SHARE     by Applicant       COSTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.  (  ) OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON
    BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.  (  ) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B.  OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN
    BRACKETS)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.  (  ) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.  (  ) OTHER PROFESSIONALS
    (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.  (  ) GRADUATE STUDENTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.  (  ) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.  (  ) SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.  (  ) OTHER
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C.  FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C) see attached       1,648,702    326,305      1,975,007
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</TABLE>

                                     D.1-1
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                 <C>           <C>               <C>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D.   PERMANENT EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH
     ITEM)

     TOTAL PERMANENT EQUIPMENT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E.   TRAVEL     1.  DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)
                2.  FOREIGN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            TOTAL TRAVEL                                                14,536           0             14,536
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F.   TRAINEE/PARTICIPANT COSTS
     1.     STIPENDS (itemize levels, types
                -  totals on budget justification page)
     2.     TUITION & FEES
     3.     TRAINEE TRAVEL
     4.     OTHER (fully explain on justification page)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (   ) TOTAL COST
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G.   OTHER DIRECT COSTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     1.     MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES                                     438,500           0            438,500
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     2.     PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     3.     CONSULTANT SERVICES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     4.     COMPUTER (ADP) SERVICES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     5.     SUBCONTRACTS                                               417,000     325,500            742,500
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     6.     OTHER Support Expense, Misc. ODC                           103,979           0            103,979
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS                           959,479     325,500          1,284,979
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H.   TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)                                2,622,717     651,805          3,274,522
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I.   INDIRECT COSTS (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

                    TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS                                89,330      11,138            100,468
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
J.   TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)                         2,712,047     662,943          3,374,990
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
K.   AMOUNT OF ANY REQUIRED COST-SHARING FROM NON-FEDERAL                          130,000
     SOURCES CASH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
L.   TOTAL COST OF PROJECT                                           2,582,047     792,943          3,374,990
                                                                    -----------------------------------------
                                                                         DOE      Applicant      TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                     D.1-2
<PAGE>

                                                                    APPENDIX D.1

<TABLE>
<S>                                               <C>    <C>              <C>       <C>            <C>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOE F 4620.1                            U.S. Department of Energy                             OMB Control No.
(04-93)                                        Budget Page                                          1910-1400
All Other Editions Are Obsolete       (See reverse for Instructions)                    OMB Burden Disclosure
                                                                                         Statement on Reverse
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORGANIZATION                                                                                   Budget Page
                                                                                               No:  2
                                                                                                   ---
     Arthur D. Little, Inc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI)/PROJECT DIRECTOR (PD)                                              Requested
                                                                                               Duration: ___
     Jeffrey Bentley                                                                           (Months)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A.   SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PO, Co-Pfs,
     Faculty and Other Senior Associates
     (List each separately with Nos. A.7. show            DOE Funded
     number in bracket(s))                               Person - most     DOE       Cost Share    TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  CAL       ACAD          SHARE     by Applicant   COSTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.   (   ) OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON
     BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.   (   ) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B.   OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN
     BRACKETS)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.   (   ) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.   (   ) OTHER PROFESSIONALS
     (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.   (   ) GRADUATE STUDENTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.   (   ) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.   (   ) SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.   (   ) OTHER
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C.   FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C) see attached   1,549,394      306,648    1,856,042
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                     D.1-3
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                <C>           <C>               <C>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D.  PERMANENT EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH
    ITEM)

    TOTAL PERMANENT EQUIPMENT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E.  TRAVEL 1.  DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)
           2.  FOREIGN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL TRAVEL                                                       14,092           0             14,092
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
F.  TRAINEE/PARTICIPANT COSTS
    1.     STIPENDS (itemize levels, types
               - totals on budget justification page)
    2.     TUITION & FEES
    3.     TRAINEE TRAVEL
    4.     OTHER (fully explain on justification page)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (   ) TOTAL COST
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G.  OTHER DIRECT COSTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1.     MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES                                     165,000           0            165,000
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2.     PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    3.     CONSULTANT SERVICES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4.     COMPUTER (ADP) SERVICES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    5.     SUBCONTRACTS                                                78,000     279,200            357,200
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    6.     OTHER Support Exp., Misc. ODC                              103,213           0            103,213
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS                                          346,213     279,200            625,413
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H.  TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)                                1,909,699     585,848          2,495,547
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I.  INDIRECT COSTS (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

                                                                       52,046       5,358             57,404

           TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
J.  TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)                         1,961,745     591,206          2,552,951
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
K.  AMOUNT OF ANY REQUIRED COST-SHARING FROM NON-FEDERAL                          130,000
    SOURCES CASH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
L.  TOTAL COST OF PROJECT                                           1,831,745     721,206          2,552,951
                                                                   ------------------------------------------
                                                                        DOE      Applicant           TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                     D.1-4
<PAGE>

                                                                    APPENDIX D.1

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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DOE F 4620.1                            U.S. Department of Energy                             OMB Control No.
(04-93)                                        Budget Page                                          1910-1400
All Other Editions Are Obsolete       (See reverse for Instructions)                    OMB Burden Disclosure
                                                                                         Statement on Reverse
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORGANIZATION                                                                                   Budget Page
                                                                                               No:  3
                                                                                                   ---
     Arthur D. Little, Inc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI)/PROJECT DIRECTOR (PD)                                              Requested
                                                                                               Duration:___
     Jeffrey Bentley                                                                           (Months)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A.   SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PO, Co-Pfs,
     Faculty and Other Senior Associates
     (List each separately with Nos. A.7. show            DOE Funded
     number in bracket(s))                               Person - most     DOE       Cost Share       TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  CAL       ACAD          SHARE     by Applicant      COSTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>    <C>              <C>       <C>               <C>
1.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.   (   ) OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON
     BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.   (   ) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B.   OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN
     BRACKETS)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.   (   ) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.   (   ) OTHER PROFESSIONALS
     (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.   (   ) GRADUATE STUDENTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.   (   ) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5.   (   ) SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.   (   ) OTHER
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C.   FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE
                              BENEFITS (A + B + C) see attached           278,748         55,169      333,917
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                     D.1-5
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                                                              <C>            <C>                 <C>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D.  PERMANENT EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH
    ITEM)

    TOTAL PERMANENT EQUIPMENT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E.  TRAVEL 1.  DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)
           2.  FOREIGN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              TOTAL TRAVEL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

F.  TRAINEE/PARTICIPANT COSTS
    1.     STIPENDS (itemize levels, types
               - totals on budget justification page)
    2.     TUITION & FEES
    3.     TRAINEE TRAVEL
    4.     OTHER (fully explain on justification page)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              TOTAL PARTICIPANTS (   ) TOTAL COST
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G.  OTHER DIRECT COSTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1      MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    2.     PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    3.     CONSULTANT SERVICES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4.     COMPUTER (ADP) SERVICES
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    5.     SUBCONTRACTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    6.     OTHER  Support Exp., misc. ODC                              7,259          --              7,259
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS                 7,259          --              7,259
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H.  TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)                                 286,007      55,169            341,176
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I.  INDIRECT COSTS (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

    TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS                                               1,452          --              1,452
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
J.  TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)                          287,459      55,169            342,628
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
K.  AMOUNT OF ANY REQUIRED COST-SHARING FROM NON-FEDERAL                          65,000
    SOURCES CASH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
L.  TOTAL COST OF PROJECT                                            222,459     120,169            342,628
                                                                 --------------------------------------------
                                                                      DOE       Applicant            TOTAL
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                     D.1-6
<PAGE>

                                  APPENDIX F
              U.S. Department of Energy  Error! Bookmark not defined.
                      FEDERAL ASSISTANCE REPORTING CHECKLIST

(09-92)
Replaces EIA-469A
All Other Editions are Obsolete

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.  Identification Number:                   2.   Program/Project Title:

    DE-FC02-97EE50472                             Integrated Power System for Transportation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>              <C>             <C>
3.  Recipient: Plug Power, LLC

    Pl William D. Ernst
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.  Reporting Requirements:                            Frequency   No. of Copies   Addressees
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT                                                         See Block 5 below
REPORTING
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] DOE F 4600.3, "Federal Assistance                      Y          Orig + 2     Orig B, C, & D
Milestone Plan"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] DOE F 4600.3A, "Milestone Log"                         M          Orig + 2     Orig B, C, & D
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] DOE F 4600.4, "Federal                                 A          Orig + 2     Orig B, C, & D
Assistance Budget Information"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] Program Management Plan,                               Y          Orig + 4     Orig B, 2cy to C & D
(See Attachment 1)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] DOE F 4600.6, "Federal Assistance                      M          Orig + 2     Orig B, C, & D
Program/Project Status Report"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] SF-269A, "Financial Status                             M          Orig + 2     Orig B, C, & E
Report" Long Form
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TECHNICAL INFORMATION REPORTING
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] Biweekly Technical Progress                   Every Other Week       FAX       FAX to C and D below
Report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] Technical Progress Report**                            Q          Orig + 4     Orig + 1cy B, 2 C, 1 D
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] Topical Report**                                       A          Orig + 4     Orig + 1cy B, 2 C, 1 D
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] Final Technical Report**                               F          Orig + 4     Orig + 1cy B, 2 C, 1 D
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[X] Review Meeting/Meeting Agenda-10                       Q          Orig + 2     Orig B, C, & D
days prior to any meeting.

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</TABLE>

                                      F-1
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                                <C>                                       <C>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FREQUENCY CODES AND DUE DATES:

A  -  As Necessary; within 5 calendar days after events.

F  -  Final; 90 calendar days after the performance of the effort ends.

Q  -  Quarterly; within 30 days after end of calendar quarter or portion thereof.

O  -  One time after project starts; within 30 days after award.

X  -  Required with proposals or the application or with significant planning changes.

Y  -  Yearly; 30 days after the end of program year.  (Financial Status Reports 90 days).

S  -  Semiannually; within 30 days after end of program fiscal half year.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5.  Special Instructions:

A.  **All scientific, technical documents, and technical reports ie. monthly, quarterly, annual
    progress reports, periodic scientific, topical, final report, and conference papers shall be
    submitted with 2 copies of DOE Form 1332.15. Recommendations for the Announcement and
                                                 ----------------------------------------
    Distribution of Department of Energy (DOE) Scientific and Technical Information (STI).
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B.  MAIL REPORTS TO:  Original -   Contracting Officer
                                   U.S. Department Of Energy
                                   Chicago Operations Office
                                   9800 South Cass Avenue
                                   Argonne, Illinois 60439

C.  JoAnn Milliken, EE-32          D.  Walt Podolski                         E.  Financial Service Group
    Department of Energy               Argonne National Laboratory               Department of Energy
    Germantown, MD 20874-1290          Building No. 205                          9800 S. Cass Avenue
    FAX (202) 586-9811                 Argonne, Illinois 60439                   Argonne, Illinois 60439
                                       FAX (630) 252-4176
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6.  Prepared by: (Signature and Date)             7.  Reviewed by: (Signature and Date)

/s/ James Miller                   3-12-97        James Miller                            3-12-97
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                      F-2
<PAGE>

                         SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 1
                                      TO
                       SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT NO. PP80205

     This Supplemental Agreement No. l entered into on March 30, 1998, by and
between Plug Power, L.L.C., a limited liability corporation duly organized under
the laws of Delaware and having offices at 918 Albany-Shaker Road, Latham, New
York, (hereinafter called "Buyer") and Authur D. Little, Inc., having an office
in Acorn Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts (hereinafter called "Seller").

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Subcontract, the parties hereto desire to amend
the agreement to increase the Buyer's maximum obligation to the Seller as
hereinafter described; and

NOW THEREFORE, parties do mutually agree as follows:

REVISIONS:

1) The end date of the Current Budget Period under Article II of the Schedule is
changed from December 31, 1997 to May 29, 1998.

2) The Buyer's maximum obligation under Article VI of the Schedule is increased
from $680,248 to $1,200,000.

3) Changes to Paragraph 4,b of the Special Terms and Condition (Appendix G) are:

a) The Current Program Budget is increased from $920,000 to $1,622,938.

b) The Buyer's estimated cost (cumulative obligation) is increased from $680,248
to $1,200,000.

c) The Seller's estimated cost (cost sharing) is increased from $239,752 to
$422,938.

Except as provided herein, all other terms and conditions of this Subcontract
remain in full force and effect.

                                       1
<PAGE>

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Supplemental Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC.

BY:  /s/ Judith Blinn

     ________________________

TITLE:   Judith Blinn
         Contracting Officer

     ________________________

DATE: 4/2/98

     ________________________

PLUG POWER, L.L.C.

BY:  /s/ William P. Sumigray

     ________________________

TITLE:   Contract Manager

     ________________________

DATE:   March 30, 1998

     ________________________

                                       2
<PAGE>

                         SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 2
                                      TO
                       SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT NO. PP80205

     This Supplemental Agreement No. 2 entered into on June 22, 1998, by and
between Plug Power, L.L.C., a limited liability corporation duly organized under
the laws of Delaware and having offices at 968 Albany-Shaker Road, Latham, New
York, (hereinafter called "Buyer") and Authur D. Little, Inc., having an office
in Acorn Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts (hereinafter called "Seller").

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Subcontract, the parties hereto desire to amend
the agreement to increase the Buyer's maximum obligation to the Seller as
hereinafter described; and

NOW THEREFORE, parties do mutually agree as follows:

REVISIONS:

1) The end date of the Current Budget Period under Article II of the Schedule is
changed from May 29, 1998 to September 30, 1998.

2) The Buyer's maximum obligation under Article VI of the Schedule is increased
from $1,200,000 to 2, 000,000.

3) Changes to Paragraph 4,b of the Special Terms and Condition (Appendix G) are:

a) The Current Program Budget is increased from S 1,622,938 to $2,704,896.

b) The Buyer's estimated cost (cumulative obligation) is increased from
$1,200,000 to $2,000,000.

c) The Seller's estimated cost (cost sharing) is increased from $422,938 to
$704,896.

4) The attached "Patent Rights - Waiver (JUL 1996) as modified by 10 C.F.R. 784,
DOE Patent Waiver Regulations" is substituted for the clause entitled "Patent
Rights -Acquisition by the Government (FEB 1995)" set forth in Appendix B to
Subcontract No. PP80205, except as modified as follows:

                                       1
<PAGE>

     (1) Substitute "Agreement" for "Contract", as appropriate.

     (2) Substitute "Seller" for "Contractor", as appropriate.

     (3) Add paragraph (u) as follows:

     "(u) Joint Inventions.

     The Buyer shall have all rights to joint inventions conceived by the
     employees of the parties to this Agreement related to fuel cell
     applications, except for the Government's rights to such patents as
     described in this clause. The Seller agrees to assign to either the Buyer
     or the Government all rights, title and interest to joint inventions
     related to fuel cells applications, and to provide all documents and
     assistance required by either the Buyer or the Government to pursue patent
     applications.

     The Seller shall have all rights to joint inventions conceived by the
     employees of the parties to this Agreement related to fuel processor
     applications, except for the Government's rights and interest to such
     patents as described in this clause. The Buyer agrees to assign to either
     the Seller or the Government all rights, title and interest to joint
     inventions related to fuel processor applications, and to provide all
     documents and assistance required by the either the Seller or the
     Government to pursue patent applications.

     All other joint inventions shall be mutually owned by the parties hereto,
     except for the Government's rights to such patents as described in this
     clause."

Except as provided herein, all other terms and conditions of this Agreement
remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Supplemental Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC.          PLUG POWER, L.L.C
----------------------          -----------------

BY:      /s/ Judith Blinn       BY:        /s/ Gary Mittleman
       -----------------------          ---------------------------

TITLE: Judith Blinn             TITLE:  President & Chief Executive
       Contracting Officer              Officer
       -----------------------          ---------------------------

DATE:   7/30/98                 DATE:     June 23, `98
       -----------------------          ---------------------------

                                       2
<PAGE>

Replaces

     Clause No. 04., 48 C.F.R. 952.227-13 Patent Rights

                                       3
<PAGE>

52.227-12 - Patent Rights - Waiver (JUL 1996), as modified by 10 C.F.R. 784, DOE
Patent Waiver Regulations

PATENT RIGHTS - WAIVER (JUL 1996)

(a) Definitions.  As used in this clause:

Background patent means a domestic patent covering an invention or discovery
which is not a Subject Invention and which is owned or controlled by the
Contractor at any time through the completion of this contract: (i) Which the
Contractor, but not the Government, has the right to license to others without
obligation to pay royalties thereon, and (ii) Infringement of which cannot
reasonably be avoided upon the practice of any specific process, method,
machine, manufacture or composition of matter (including relatively minor
modifications thereof) which is a subject of the research, development, or
demonstration work performed under this contract.

Contract means any contract, grant, agreement, understanding, or other
arrangement, which includes research, development, or demonstration work, and
includes any assignment or substitution of parties.

DOE patent waiver regulations means the Department of Energy patent waiver
regulations at 10 CFR Part 784.

Invention as used in this clause, means any invention or discovery which is or
may be patentable or otherwise protectable under Title 35 of the United States
Code or any novel variety of plant that is or may be protectable under the Plant
Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.).

Made when used in relation to any invention means the conception or first actual
reduction to practice of such invention.

Nonprofit organization means a university or other institution of higher
education or an organization of the type described in section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)) and exempt from taxation under
section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(a)) or any nonprofit
scientific or educational organization qualified under a state nonprofit
organization statute.

Patent Counsel means the Department of Energy Patent Counsel assisting the
procuring activity.

Practical application means to manufacture, in the case of a composition or
product; to practice, in the case of a process or method; or to operate, in the
case of a machine or system; and, in each case, under such conditions as to
establish that the invention is being utilized and that its benefits are, to the
extent permitted by law or Government regulations, available to the public on
reasonable terms.

                                       1
<PAGE>

Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.

Small business firm means a small business concern as defined at Section 2 of
the Pub.  L.  85-536 (15 U.S.C. 632) and implementing regulations of the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.  For the purpose of this
clause, the size standards for small business concerns involved in Government
procurement and subcontracting at 13 CFR 121.3-8 and 13 CFR 121.3-12,
respectively, will be used.

Subject invention means any invention of the Contractor conceived or first
actually reduced to practice in the course of or under this contract, provided
that in the case of a variety of plant, the date of determination (as defined in
section 41(d) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C.  2401(d)) must also
occur during the period of contract performance.

(b)  Allocation of principal rights.  Whereas DOE has granted a waiver of rights
to subject inventions to the Contractor, the Contractor may elect to retain the
entire right, title, and interest throughout the world to each subject invention
subject to the provisions of this clause and 35 U.S.C.  (S)202 and 203.  With
respect to any subject invention in which the Contractor elects to retain title,
the Federal Government shall have a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable,
paid-up license to practice or have practiced for or on behalf of the United
States the subject invention throughout the world.

(c)  Invention disclosure, election of title, and filing of patent applications
by Contractor.

(1)  The Contractor shall disclose each subject invention to the Patent Counsel
within six months after conception or first actual reduction to practice,
whichever occurs first in the course of or under this contract, but in any
event, prior to any sale, public use, or public disclosure of such invention
known to the Contractor.  The disclosure to the Patent Counsel shall be in the
form of a written report and shall identify the inventors and the contract under
which the invention was made.  It shall be sufficiently complete in technical
detail to convey a clear understanding, to the extent known at the time of the
disclosure, of the nature, purpose, operation, and physical, chemical,
biological, or electrical characteristics of the invention.  The disclosure
shall also identify any publication, on sale, or public use of the invention and
whether a manuscript describing the invention has been submitted for publication
and, if so, whether it has been accepted for publication at the time of
disclosure.  In addition, after disclosure to the Patent Counsel, the Contractor
shall promptly notify the Patent Counsel of the acceptance of any manuscript
describing the invention for publication or of any on sale or public use planned
by the Contractor.

(2)  The Contractor shall elect in writing whether or not to retain title to any
such invention by notifying the Patent Counsel at the time of disclosure or
within 8 months of disclosure, as to those countries (including the United
States) in which the Contractor will retain title; provided, than in any case
where  publication, on sale, or public use has initiated the 1-year statutory
period wherein valid patent protection can still be obtained in the United
States, the period of election of

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title may be shortened by the Agency to a date that is no more than 60 days
prior to the end of the statutory period. The Contractor shall notify the Patent
Counsel as to those countries (including the United States) in which the
Contractor will retain title not later than 60 days prior to the end of the
statutory period.

(3)  The Contractor shall file its United States patent application on an
elected invention within 1 year after election, but not later than at least 60
days prior to the end of any statutory period wherein valid patent protection
can be obtained in the United States after a publication, on sale, or public
use.  The Contractor shall file patent applications in additional countries
(including the European Patent Office and under the Patent Cooperation Treaty)
within either 10 months of the corresponding initial patent application or 6
months from the date permission is granted by the Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks to file foreign patent applications where foreign filing has been
prohibited by a Secrecy Order.

(4) Requests for extension of the time for disclosure to the Patent Counsel,
election, and filing may, at the discretion of DOE, be granted, and will
normally be granted unless the Patent Counsel has reason to believe that a
particular extension would prejudice the Government's interest.

(d)  Conditions when the Government may obtain title notwithstanding an existing
waiver.  The Contractor shall convey to DOE, upon written request, title to any
subject invention--

(1)  If the Contractor elects not to retain title to a subject invention;

(2)  If the Contractor fails to disclose or elect the subject invention within
the times specified in paragraph (c) of this clause (provided that DOE may only
request title within 60 days after learning of the Contractor's failure to
report or elect within the specified times);

(3)  In those countries in which the Contractor fails to file patent
applications within the times specified in paragraph (c) of this clause;
provided, however, that if the Contractor has filed a patent application in a
country after the times specified in paragraph (c) of this clause, but prior to
its receipt of the written request of DOE, the Contractor shall continue to
retain title in that country;

(4)  In any country in which the Contractor decides not to continue the
prosecution of any application for, to pay the maintenance fees on, or defend in
reexamination or opposition proceeding on, a patent on a subject invention; or

(5) If the waiver authorizing the use of this clause is terminated as provided
in paragraph (p) of this clause.

(e) Minimum rights to Contractor when the Government retains title.

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(1) The Contractor shall retain a nonexclusive, royalty-free license throughout
the world in each subject invention to which the Government obtains title under
paragraph (d) of this clause except if the Contractor fails to disclose the
subject invention within the times specified in paragraph (c) of this clause.
The Contractor's license extends to its domestic subsidiaries and affiliates, if
any, within the corporate structure of which the Contractor is a part and
includes the right to grant sublicenses of the same scope to the extent the
Contractor was legally obligated to do so at the time the contract was awarded.
The license is transferable only with the approval of DOE except when
transferred to the successor of that part of the Contractor's business to which
the invention pertains.

(2) The Contractor's domestic license may be revoked or modified by DOE to the
extent necessary to achieve expeditious practical application of the subject
invention pursuant to an application for an exclusive license submitted in
accordance with applicable provisions in 37 CFR part 404 and DOE licensing
regulations.  This license shall not be revoked in that field of use or the
geographical areas in which the Contractor has achieved practical application
and continues to make the benefits of the invention reasonably accessible to the
public.  The license in any foreign country may be revoked or modified at the
discretion of DOE to the extent the Contractor, its licensees, or its domestic
subsidiaries or affiliates have failed to achieve practical application in that
foreign country.

(3) Before revocation or modification of the license, DOE shall furnish the
Contractor a written notice of its intention to revoke or modify the license,
and the Contractor shall be allowed 30 days (or such other time as may be
authorized by DOE for good cause shown by the Contractor) after the notice to
show cause why the license should not be revoked or modified.  The Contractor
has the right to appeal, in accordance with applicable agency licensing
regulations and 37 CFR part 404 concerning the licensing of Government-owned
inventions, any decision concerning the revocation or modification of its
license.

(f) Contractor action to protect the Government's interest.

(1) The Contractor agrees to execute or to have executed and promptly deliver to
DOE all instruments necessary to:

(i) establish or confirm the rights the Government has throughout the world in
those subject inventions to which the Contractor elects to retain title, and

(ii) convey title to DOE when requested under paragraphs (d) and (n)(2) of this
clause, and to enable the Government to obtain patent protection throughout the
world in that subject invention.

(2) The Contractor agrees to require, by written agreement, its employees, other
than clerical and nontechnical employees, to disclose promptly in writing to
personnel identified as responsible for the administration of patent matters and
in a format suggested by the Contractor each subject invention made under
contract in order that the Contractor can comply with the disclosure

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provisions of paragraph (c) of this clause, and to execute all papers necessary
to file patent applications on subject inventions and to establish the
Government's rights in the subject inventions. This disclosure format should
require, as a minimum, the information required by paragraph (c)(1) of this
clause. The Contractor shall instruct such employees through employee agreements
or other suitable educational programs on the importance of reporting inventions
in sufficient time to permit the filing of patent applications prior to U.S. or
foreign statutory bars.

(3) The Contractor shall notify DOE of any decision not to continue the
prosecution of a patent application, pay maintenance fees, or defend in a
reexamination or opposition proceeding on a patent, in any country, not less
than 30 days before the expiration of the response period required by the
relevant patent office.

(4) The Contractor agrees to include, within the specification of any United
States patent application and any patent issuing thereon covering a subject
invention, the following statement: "This invention was made with Government
support under (identify the contract) awarded by DOE.  The Government has
certain rights in this invention."

(5) The Contractor shall establish and maintain active and effective procedures
to assure that subject inventions are promptly identified and disclosed to
Contractor personnel responsible for patent matters within 6 months of
conception and/or first actual reduction to practice, whichever occurs first in
the course of or under this contract.  These procedures shall include the
maintenance of laboratory notebooks or equivalent records and other records as
are reasonably necessary to document the conception and/or the first actual
reduction to practice of subject inventions, and records that show that the
procedures for identifying and disclosing the inventions are followed.  Upon
request, the Contractor shall furnish the Patent Counsel a description of such
procedures for evaluation and for determination as to their effectiveness.

(6) The Contractor agrees, when licensing a subject invention, to arrange to
avoid royalty charges on acquisitions involving Government funds, including
funds derived through Military Assistance Program of the Government or otherwise
derived through the Government; to refund any amounts received as royalty
charges on the subject invention in acquisitions for, or on behalf of, the
Government; and to provide for such refund in any instrument transferring rights
in the invention to any party.

(7) The Contractor shall furnish the Patent Counsel the following:

(i) Interim reports every 12 months (or such longer period as may be specified
by the Patent Counsel) from the date of the contract, listing subject inventions
during that period and certifying that all subject inventions have been
disclosed or that there are no such inventions.

(ii) A final report, within 3 months after completion of the contracted work,
listing all subject inventions or certifying that there were no such inventions,
and listing all subcontracts at any tier containing a patent rights clause or
certifying that there were no such subcontracts.

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(8) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Patent Counsel in writing upon the
award of any subcontract at any tier containing a patent rights clause by
identifying the subcontractor, the applicable patent rights clause, the work to
be performed under the subcontract, and the dates of award and estimated
completion.  Upon request of the Patent Counsel, the Contractor shall furnish a
copy of such subcontract, and no more frequently than annually, a listing of the
subcontracts that have been awarded.

(9) The Contractor shall provide, upon request, the filing date, serial number
and title, a copy of the patent application (including an English-language
version if filed in a language other than English), and patent number and issue
date for any subject invention for which the Contractor has retained title.

(10) Upon request, the Contractor shall furnish the Government an irrevocable
power to inspect and make copies of the patent application file.

(g) Subcontracts.

(1) Unless otherwise directed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall
include the clause at 48 CFR 952.227-11, suitably modified to identify the
parties, in all subcontracts, regardless of tier, for experimental,
developmental, or research work to be performed by a small business firm or
nonprofit organization, except where the work of the subcontract is subject to
an Exceptional Circumstances Determination by DOE.  In all other subcontracts,
regardless of tier, for experimental, developmental, demonstration, or research
work, the Contractor shall include the patent rights clause at 48 CFR 952.227-13
(suitably modified to identify the parties).

(2) The Contractor shall not, as part of the consideration for awarding the
subcontract, obtain rights in the subcontractor's subject inventions.

(3) In the case of subcontractors at any tier, the Department, the
subcontractor, and Contractor agree that the mutual obligations of the parties
created by this clause constitute a contract between the subcontractor and the
Department with respect to those matters covered by this clause.

(4) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer in writing upon
the award of any subcontract at any tier containing a patent rights clause by
identifying the subcontractor, the applicable patent rights clause, the work to
be performed under the subcontract, and the dates of award and estimated
completion.  Upon request of the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer
shall furnish a copy of such subcontract, and, no more frequently than annually,
a listing of the subcontracts that have been awarded.

(h) Reporting on utilization of subject inventions.  The Contractor agrees to
submit on request periodic reports no more frequently than annually on the
utilization of a subject invention or on efforts at obtaining such utilization
that are being made by the Contractor and any of its licensees

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or assignees. Such reports shall include information regarding the status of
development, date of first commercial sale or use, gross royalties received by
the Contractor, and such other data and information as DOE may reasonably
specify. The Contractor also agrees to provide additional reports as may be
requested by DOE in connection with any march-in proceedings undertaken by DOE
in accordance with paragraph (j) of this clause. To the extent data or
information supplied under this paragraph is considered by the Contractor, its
licensee or assignee to be privileged and confidential and is so marked, DOE
agrees that, to the extent permitted by law, it shall not disclose such
information to persons outside the Government.

(i) Preference for United States industry.  Notwithstanding any other provision
of this clause, the Contractor agrees that neither it nor any assignee will
grant to any person the exclusive right to use or sell any subject invention in
the United States unless such person agrees that any products embodying the
subject invention will be manufactured substantially in the United States.
However, in individual cases, the requirement for such an agreement may be
waived by DOE upon a showing by the Contractor or its assignee that reasonable
but unsuccessful efforts have been made to grant licenses on similar terms to
potential licensees that would be likely to manufacture substantially in the
United States or that under the circumstances domestic manufacture is not
commercially feasible.

(j) March-in rights.

The Contractor agrees that with respect to any subject invention in which it has
acquired title, DOE has the right in accordance with the procedures in 48 CFR
27.304-1(g) to require the Contractor, an assignee, or exclusive licensee of a
subject invention to grant a nonexclusive, partially exclusive, or exclusive
license in any field of use to a responsible applicant or applicants, upon terms
that are reasonable under the circumstances, and if the Contractor, assignee, or
exclusive licensee refuses such a request, DOE has the right to grant such a
license itself if DOE determines that

(1) Such action is necessary because the Contractor or assignee has not taken,
or is not expected to take within a reasonable time, effective steps to achieve
practical application of the subject invention in such field of use;

(2) Such action is necessary to alleviate health or safety needs which are not
reasonably satisfied by the Contractor, assignee, or their licensees;

(3) Such action is necessary to meet requirements for public use specified by
Federal regulations and such requirements are not reasonably satisfied by the
Contractor, assignee, or licensees; or

(4) Such action is necessary because the agreement required by paragraph (1) of
this clause has not been obtained or waived or because a licensee of the
exclusive right to use or sell any subject invention in the United States is in
breach of such agreement.

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(k) Background Patents.

(l) The Contractor agrees:

(i) to grant to the Government a royalty-free, nonexclusive license under any
Background Patent for purposes of practicing a subject of this contract by or
for the Government in research, development, and demonstration work only.

(ii) that, upon written application by DOE, it will grant to responsible parties
for purposes of practicing a subject of this contract, nonexclusive licenses
under any Background Patent on terms that are reasonable under the
circumstances.  If, however, the Contractor believes that exclusive or partially
exclusive rights are necessary to achieve expeditious commercial development or
utilization, then a request may be made to DOE for DOE approval of such
licensing by the Contractor.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (k)(1)(ii), the Contractor shall not be obligated
to license any Background Patent if the Contractor demonstrates to the
satisfaction of the Secretary or his designee that:

(i) a competitive alternative to the subject matter covered by said Background
Patent is commercially available from one or more other sources; or

(ii) the Contractor or its licensees are supplying the subject matter covered by
said Background Patent in sufficient quantity and at reasonable prices to
satisfy market needs, or have taken effective steps or within a reasonable time
are expected to take effective steps to so supply the subject matter.

(l) Communications.  All reports and notifications required by this clause shall
be submitted to the Patent Counsel unless otherwise instructed.

(m) Other inventions.  Nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to grant
to the Government any rights with respect to any invention other than a subject
invention, except with respect to Background Patents, above.

(n) Examination of records relating to inventions.

(1) The Contracting Officer or any authorized representative shall, until 3
years after final payment under this contract, have the right to examine any
books (including laboratory notebooks), records, and documents of the Contractor
relating to the conception or first actual reduction to practice of inventions
in the same field of technology as the work under this contract to determine
whether-

(i) Any such inventions are subject inventions;

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(ii) The Contractor has established and maintains the procedures required by
paragraphs (f)(2) and (f)(5) of this clause; and

(iii) The Contractor and its inventor have complied with the procedures.

(2) If the Contracting Officer determines that an inventor has not disclosed a
subject invention to the Contractor in accordance with the procedures required
by paragraph (f)(5) of this clause, the Contracting Officer may, within 60 days
after the determination, request title in accordance with paragraphs (d)(2) and
(d)(3) of this clause.  However, if the Contractor establishes that the failure
to disclose did not result from the Contractor's fault or negligence, the
Contracting Officer shall not request title.

(3) If the Contracting Officer learns of an unreported Contractor invention
which the Contracting Officer believes may be a subject invention, the
Contractor may be required to disclose the invention to DOE for a determination
of ownership rights.

(4) Any examination of records under this paragraph shall be conducted in such a
manner as to protect the confidentiality of the information involved.

(o) Withholding of payment.  NOTE: This paragraph does not apply to subcontracts
or grants.

(1) Any time before final payment under this contract, the Contracting Officer
may, in the Government's interest, withhold payment until a reserve not
exceeding $50,000 or 5 percent of the amount of the contract, whichever is less,
shall have been set aside if, in the Contracting Officer's opinion, the
Contractor fails to B (i) Establish, maintain, and follow effective procedures
for identifying and disclosing subject inventions pursuant to paragraph (f)(5)
of this clause; (ii) Disclose any subject invention pursuant to paragraph (c)(1)
of this clause; (iii) Deliver acceptable interim reports pursuant to paragraph
(f)(7)(I) of this clause; or (iv) Provide the information regarding subcontracts
pursuant to paragraph (f)(6) of this clause, (v) Convey to the Government, using
a DOE-approved form, the title and/or rights of the Government in each subject
invention as required by this clause.

(2) Such reserve or balance shall be withheld until the Contracting Officer has
determined that the Contractor has rectified whatever deficiencies exist and has
delivered all reports, disclosures, and other information required by this
clause.

(3) Final payment under this contract shall not be made before the Contractor
delivers to the Patent Counsel all disclosures of subject inventions required by
paragraph (c)(1) of this clause, an acceptable final report pursuant to
paragraph (f)(7)(ii), and all past due confirmatory instruments, and the Patent
Counsel has issued a patent clearance certification to the Contracting Officer.

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(4) The Contracting Officer may decrease or increase the sums withheld up to the
maximum authorized above.  If the maximum amount authorized above is already
being withheld under other provisions of the contract, no additional amount
shall be withheld under this paragraph.  The withholding of any amount or the
subsequent payment thereof shall not be construed as a waiver of any Government
right.

(p) Waiver Terminations.  Any waiver granted to the Contractor authorizing the
use of this clause (including any retention of rights pursuant thereto by the
Contractor under paragraph (b) of this clause) may be terminated at the
discretion of the Secretary or his designee in whole or in part, if the request
for waiver by the Contractor is found to contain false material statements or
nondisclosure of material facts, and such were specifically relied upon by DOE
in reaching the waiver determination.  Prior to any such termination, the
Contractor will be given written notice stating the extent of such proposed
termination and the reasons therefor, and a period of 30 days, or such longer
period as the Secretary or his designee shall determine for good cause shown in
writing, to show cause why the waiver of rights should not be so terminated.
Any waiver termination shall be subject to the Contractor's minimum license as
provided in paragraph (e) of this clause.

(q) Atomic Energy.  No claim for pecuniary award or compensation under the
provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, shall be asserted by
the Contractor or its employees with respect to any invention or discovery made
or conceived in the course of or under this contract.

(r) Publication.  It is recognized that during the course of work under this
contract, the contractor or its employees may from time to time desire to
release or publish information regarding scientific or technical developments
conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the course of or under this
contract.  In order that public disclosure of such information will not
adversely affect the patent interests of DOE or the contractor, approval for
release of publication shall be secured from Patent Counsel prior to any such
release or publication.  In appropriate circumstances, and after consultation
with the contractor, Patent Counsel may waive the right of prepublication
review.

(s) Forfeiture of rights in unreported subject inventions.

(1) The contractor shall forfeit and assign to the Government, at the request of
the Secretary of Energy or designee, all rights in any subject invention which
the contractor fails to report to Patent Counsel within six months after the
time the contractor: (i) Files or causes to be filed a United States or foreign
patent application thereon; or (ii) Submits the final report required by
paragraph (e)(2)(ii) of this clause, whichever is later.

(2) However, the Contractor shall not forfeit rights in a subject invention if,
within the time specified in paragraph (m)(1) of this clause, the contractor:
(i) Prepares a written decision based upon a review of the record that the
invention was neither conceived nor first actually reduced to

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practice in the course of or under the contract and delivers the decision to
Patent Counsel, with a copy to the Contracting Officer; or (ii) Contending that
the subject invention is not a subject invention, the contractor nevertheless
discloses the subject invention and all facts pertinent to this contention to
the Patent Counsel, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, or (iii) Establishes
that the failure to disclose did not result from the contractor's fault or
negligence.

(3) Pending written assignment of the patent application and patents on a
subject invention determined by the Contracting Officer to be forfeited (such
determination to be a Final Decision under the Disputes clause of this
contract), the contractor shall be deemed to hold the invention and the patent
applications and patents pertaining thereto in trust for the Government.  The
forfeiture provision of this paragraph shall be in addition to and shall not
supersede any other rights and remedies which the Government may have with
respect to subject inventions.

(t) U.S. COMPETITIVENESS  The Contractor agrees that any products embodying any
waived invention or produced through the use of any waived invention will be
manufactured substantially in the United States unless the Contractor can show
to the satisfaction of the DOE that it is not commercially feasible to do so.
The Contractor further agrees to make the above condition binding on any
assignees or licensees or any entity otherwise acquiring rights to any waived
invention, including subsequent assignees or licensees.  Should the Contractor
or other such entity receiving rights in any waived invention undergo a change
in ownership amounting to a controlling interest, then the waiver, assignment,
license or other transfer of rights in the waived invention is suspended until
approved in writing by DOE.  In the event DOE agrees to foreign manufacture,
there will be a requirement that the Government's support of the technology be
recognized in some appropriate manner, e.g., recoupment of the government's
investment, etc.
(End of clause)

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                        SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 3
                                     TO
                       SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT NO. PP80205

This Supplemental Agreement No. 3 entered into on December 21, 1998, by and
between Plug Power, L.L.C., a limited liability corporation duly organized under
the laws of Delaware and having offices at 968 Albany-Shaker Road, Latham, New
York, (hereinafter called "Buyer") and Authur D. Little, Inc., having an office
in Acorn Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts (hereinafter called "Seller").

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Subcontract, the parties hereto desire to amend
the agreement to increase the Buyer's maximum obligation to the Seller as
hereinafter described; and

NOW THEREFORE, parties do mutually agree as follows:

REVISIONS:

1)   The end date of the Current Budget Period under Article II of the Schedule
is changed from September 30, 1998 to June 30, 1999.

2)   The Buyer's maximum obligation under Article VI of the Schedule is
increased from $2, 000,000 to $4,300,000.

3)   Changes to Paragraph 4,b of the Special Terms and Condition (Appendix G)
are:

a)   The Current Program Budget is increased from $2,704,896 to $5,815,526:

b)   The Buyer's estimated cost (cumulative obligation) is increased from
$2,000,000 to $4,300,000.

c)   The Seller's estimated cost (cost sharing) is increased from $704,896 to
$1,515,526.

Except as provided herein, all other terms and conditions of this Agreement
remain in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Supplemental Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC.              PLUG POWER, L.L.C.

BY:      /s/ Judith Blinn           BY:       Gary Mittleman    AG
       ---------------------------         ---------------------------

TITLE: Contracting Officer          TITLE: President & Chief Executive
                                           Officer
       ---------------------------         ---------------------------

DATE:         1/19/99               DATE:
       ---------------------------         ---------------------------

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                        SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 4
                                     TO
                       SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT NO. PP80205

This Supplemental Agreement No. 4 entered into on September 27, 1999, by and
between Plug Power, L.L.C., a limited liability corporation duly organized under
the laws of Delaware and having offices at 968 Albany-Shaker Road, Latham, New
York, (hereinafter called "Buyer") and Authur D. Little, Inc., having an office
in Acorn Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts (hereinafter called "Seller").

WHEREAS, Buyer and Seller are parties to Subcontract Agreement No. PP80205
("Agreement") for the purpose of performing a program entitled, "Integrated
Power System for Transportation", and

WHEREAS, the Seller desires to perform additional work entitled "Epyx Advanced
Atmospheric Fuel Processor Development", and

WHEREAS, Buyer, in accordance with Seller's proposal, made a proposal to DOE
under it prime contract no. DE-FC02-97EE50472, and

WHEREAS, DOE approved such proposal and authorized funding to perform and
complete the work set forth in such proposal, and

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Agreement, the parties hereto desire to amend the
Agreement to increase the scope of work, the total program authorization, the
performance period, and the Buyer's maximum obligation to the Seller, in
accordance with Seller's proposal, as hereinafter described; and

NOW THEREFORE, parties do mutually agree as follows:

REVISIONS:

1)   The Seller shall provide all necessary services, material, equipment, and
facilities to perform the additional work effort as set forth in Attachment A,
Statement of Work entitled, "Epyx Advanced Atmospheric Fuel Processor
Development".

2)   The completion date for the Project Budget Period set forth in Article II
of the Schedule to the Agreement is changed from March 9, 2000 to August 31,
2000.

3)   The Total Program Budget as set forth in Appendix G, Article 4a of the
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           Original Mod. 3                    New Mod. 4
                            Total Program                    Total Program
                                Budget         Change           Budget
                           ---------------  ---------------- ----------------
<S>                       <C>               <C>              <C>
Buyer's Share                   $4,636,254          $696,486       $5,332,740

Seller's Cost Sharing            1,634,317           232,162        1,866,479
                           ---------------  ---------------- ----------------
     Totals                     $6,270,571          $928,648       $7,199,219

</TABLE>

Note: DOE requires that the Total Program Budget have independent budgets for
the initial Core Program and the Atmospheric Fuel Processor Development Program
incorporated into this Agreement by virtue of this Supplemental Agreement No. 4,
as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           Total Core       Total Atmospheric   Total Program
                           Program Budget     Program Budget        Budget
                           ---------------  ----------------  ----------------
<S>                        <C>              <C>               <C>
Buyer's Share                  $4,636,254           $696,486        $5,332,740

Seller's Cost Sharing           1,634,317            232,162         1,866,479
                           ---------------  ----------------  ----------------

     Totals                    $6,270,571           $928,648        $7,199,219
</TABLE>

       4) The Current Program Budget, as set forth in Appendix G, Article 4b of
the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           Original Mod. 3     Core Program     Atmospheric          New Mod. 4
                           Current Program                                         Current Program
                                Budget                                                 Budget
                           ---------------    ----------------  ----------------   ---------------
<S>                        <C>                <C>               <C>                <C>
Buyer's Share                   $4,300,000            $280,619          $190,746        $4,771,095

Seller's Cost Sharing            1,515,526              99,179            63,492         1,678,197
                           ---------------    ----------------  ----------------   ---------------

     Totals                     $5,815,526            $379,798          $253,968        $6,449,292

</TABLE>

Note: DOE requires that the Current Program Budget have independent budgets for
the initial Core Program and the Atmospheric Fuel Processor Development Program
incorporated into this Agreement by virtue of this Supplemental Agreement No. 4,
as follows:

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                                                   Current
                            Current Core         Atmospheric     Total Program
                           Program Budget      Program Budget       Budget
                         -----------------   -----------------   --------------

Buyer's Share               $4,580,619            $190,476           $4,771,095

Seller's Cost Sharing        1,614,705              63,492            1,678,197
                         -----------------   -----------------   --------------

     Totals                 $6,195,324            $253,968           $6,449,292

5)  The end date of the Current Budget Period under Article II of the Schedule
to the Agreement is changed from June 30, 1999 to August 31, 2000.

6)  Article XVI of the Schedule to the Agreement entitled, "Payment" is revised
to read as follows:

    Three copies of each invoice shall be submitted no more frequently than once
    every month. The invoices shall be prepared in accordance with the Billing
    Instructions set forth in Appendix E, attached hereto and made a part
    hereof. In order to comply with DOE funding and billing instructions, each
    invoice shall provide a separate cost element breakdown of expenses for the
    initial core program and the atmospheric program. All invoices shall be
    submitted to:

    Mr. Joseph Cronin
    Plug Power, L.L.C.
    968 Albany-Shaker Road
    Latham, New York 12110

7)  Paragraph a) of Article XIX of the Schedule to the Agreement entitled,
"Shipping and Marking Instructions" is revised as follows:

    a. Shipments shall be made to Plug Power, L.L.C., 968 Albany-Shaker Road,
    Latham, New York, 12110. Mark all packages "Attention David Smith".

8)  In Article XX of the Schedule to the Agreement entitled; "Purchasing
Representatives", the Program Manager is changed to Mr. David Smith.

Except as provided herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement
remain in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Supplemental Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC.                  PLUG POWER, L.L.C.

BY:       /w/ Judith Blinn              BY:     /s/ Gary Mittleman     AG
       -----------------------------            -----------------------------

TITLE: J. Blinn                         TITLE:  President & Chief Executive
       Contracting Officer                      Officer
       -----------------------------            -----------------------------

DATE:      9/29/99                      DATE:    September 27, 1999
       -----------------------------            -----------------------------

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                        SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 5
                                     TO
                       SUBCONTRACT AGREEMENT NO. PP80205

     This Supplemental Agreement No. 5 entered into on July 24, 2000, by and
between Plug Power Inc., a Delaware corporation and having offices at 968
Albany-Shaker Road, Latham, New York, (hereinafter called "Buyer") and Authur D.
Little, Inc., having an office in Acorn Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts
(hereinafter called "Seller").

WHEREAS, Buyer and Seller are parties to Subcontract Agreement No. PP80205
("Agreement") for the purpose of performing a program entitled, "Integrated
Power System for Transportation", and a program entitled "Advanced Atmospheric
Fuel Processor Development".

WHEREAS, the Buyer and Seller desire to revise the program entitled "Integrated
Power System for Transportation".

WHEREAS, Buyer, in accordance with Seller's proposal dated October 21, 1999,
made a proposal to DOE under it prime contract no. DE-FC02-97EE50472, and

WHEREAS, DOE approved such proposal and authorized funding to perform and
complete the work set forth in the Seller's proposal, and

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Agreement, the parties hereto desire to amend the
Agreement to revise the Statement of Work, increase the total program
authorization and the Buyer's maximum obligation to the Seller, and to extend
the performance period as hereinafter described; and

NOW THEREFORE, parties do mutually agree as follows:

REVISIONS:

  1)   Attachment A, entitled "Revisions to the Statement of Work (Dated July
24, 2000) is hereby incorporated into the Agreement. The Seller shall provide
all necessary services, material, equipment, and facilities to perform the work
set forth in the Statement of Work dated November 7, 1997, the Statement of Work
entitled, "Epyx Advanced Atmospheric Fuel Processor Development" dated March 22,
1999, and the revisions to the work statements as set forth in Attachment A.

  2)   The completion date for the Project Budget Period set forth in Article II
of the Schedule to the Agreement is changed from August 31, 2000 to December 31,
2000.

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  3)   The Total Program Budget as set forth in Appendix G, Article 4a of the
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

                            Original Mod. 4                          Mod. 5
                             Total Program                        Total Program
                                 Budget              Change          Budget
                           -----------------       -----------   --------------

Buyer's Share                 $5,332,740           $1,703,961     $7,036,701
Seller's Cost Sharing          1,866,479              567,998      2,434,477
                              --------------       -----------   --------------
     Totals                   $7,199,219           $2,271,959     $9,471,178

Note:  DOE requires that the Total Program Budget have independent budgets for
the initial Core Program and the Atmospheric Fuel Processor Development Program
(incorporated into this Agreement by virtue of this Supplemental Agreement No.
4), as follows:

                            Total Core       Total Atmospheric    Total Program
                          Program Budget      Program Budget         Budget
                         ----------------   ------------------   ---------------
Buyer's Share              $6,340,215          $696,486            $7,036,701
Seller's Cost Sharing       2,202,315           232,162             2,464,477
                         ----------------   ------------------   ---------------
     Totals                $8,542,530          $928,648            $9,471,178

4)  The Current Program Budget, as set forth in Appendix G, Article 4b of the
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

                            Current Program Budget
                            ----------------------

                                                Atmospheric
                            Core Program          Program         Total Program
                         ----------------   ------------------   ---------------

Buyer's Share:
-------------
Previous Authorization     $4,580,619            $190,476          $4,771,095
Increase                   $1,029,544            $      0          $1,029,544
                         ----------------   ------------------   --------------
   Total Buyer's Share     $5,610,163            $190,476          $5,800,639

Seller's Share:
--------------
Previous Amount            $1,614,705            $ 63,492          $1,678,197
Increase                   $  343,194            $      0          $  343,194
                         ----------------   ------------------   --------------
   Total Seller's Share    $1,957,899            $ 63,492          $2,021,391

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                                                 Atmospheric
                              Core Program         Program        Total Program
                              ------------     ----------------  ---------------

Total Current Program Budget   $7,568,062          $253,967         $7,822,030

5)   The end date of the Current Budge Period under Article II of the Schedule
to the Agreement is changed from August 31, 2000 to December 31, 2000.

Except as provided herein, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement
remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Supplemental Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.

ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC.                  PLUG POWER, L.L.C.

BY:      /s/ Judith Blinn               BY:     /s/ William D. Ernst
       -----------------------------            -----------------------------

TITLE: Judith Blinn                     TITLE:  Vice President & Chief Scientist
       Contracting Officer
       -----------------------------            -----------------------------

DATE:     July 26, 2000                 DATE:      July 24, 2000
       -----------------------------            -----------------------------

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Plug Power Subcontract: PP80205,
Attachment A to Supplemental Agreement No. 5

                                   Revisions
                                    to the
                               Statement of Work
                            dated November 7, 1997

                      Additions to the Statement of Work

Phase II - 50 kW\\e\\ Subsystem Development

Task 2.7 - Second 10 kW\\e\\ Integration: A second 10 kW. integration will
address the technical challenges that were discovered during the first 10
kW\\e\\ integration and further the attainment of a fully integrated system in
Phase 4. The second 10 kW\\e\\ integration must meet interim performance goals
in order to demonstrate to the DOE that Plug Power and ADL can meet the
program's performance targets by the end of Phase 4. The second integration will
meet the following targets:

  1)   Achieve 10 kW\\e\\ power output,

  2)   Interim efficiency targets (fuel cell subsystem high 40's, fuel processor
system low to-mid 70's, integrated system without parasitics mid-30's), and

  3)   Successfully demonstrate integrated system operation on multiple
transportation fuels (including the addition of M-85 and Fischer-Tropsch
gasoline). In addition to meeting these performance targets, the second
integration will enable Plug Power and ADL to gain additional operational
experience with an integrated system that will facilitate attainment of the
fully integrated system requested by the DOE for Phase 4.

  4)   Demonstrate low emissions when integrated with a fuel cell system on
multiple fuels.

This 10 kW\\e\\ demonstration will utilize the test stand developed in Task 2.6
and a 10 kW\\e\\ fuel cell stack built to the same design as the proposed Phase
3 stacks. The stack built for this task will utilize a different plate design
developed during Phase 2 and will be made from different plate materials than
what was used in the stack built for Task 2.6. The demonstration will provide
Plug Power an opportunity to test the Phase 3 stack design under actual
operating conditions. Additionally, experience will be gained operating the test
stand with real reformate (as opposed to dry synthetic reformate).

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Fuel Processor Build: Over the course of the first 12 months of the program, ADL
designed and tested a new generation of reformer technology, which resulted in a
significant improvement in the fuel processor subsystem performance. This new
reformer design, referred to as "Model B" has been successfully operated on
methanol, ethanol, natural gas, low sulfur gasoline, Pischer-Tropsch fuel and
California Phase II gasoline. With each of these fuels, the ADL Model B reformer
has demonstrated hydrogen concentrations in excess of 40% and reformer
efficiencies in excess of the ADL performance goal of 76%. The second 10 kW\\e\\
integration will use the existing Model B reformer (sized at approximately 15
kW\\e\\) and will validate the Model B design with an integration with a Plug
Power fuel cell stack.

Prox Build: In these tests ADL will also use the Prox technology developed in
Phase 1 of this program. A two stage Prox reactor and associated control schemes
will be developed for these tests. Steady state performance of the Prox has been
demonstrated at the 45 kW\\e\\ thermal input with multiple fuels.

TGC Build: In order to demonstrate low emissions ADL will make modifications to
the Phase 1 TGC design to improve performance with anode exhaust. In addition
ADL will rent emissions analyzers and set up an emissions metering bench that
will measure steady state emissions of all criteria pollutants (CO, CO2, NOx and
hydrocarbons). These measurements will be conducted at the 1/4, 1/2 and full
power points. These measurements will demonstrate the ability of low emissions
from a fuel cell power system.

System Shakedown: Art integrated fuel processing system will be developed for
the 10 kW\\e\\ integration. The Model B reformer, Prox, TGC, heat exchangers,
valves, sensors, actuators and other balance of plant will be integrated to
support these tests. Once the system is integrated a series of shakedown tests
will be conducted to evaluate performance of the integrated system with respect
to the targets for the integration with the fuel cell.

Integrated Testing: After demonstrating performance on the fuel processing
system, it will be integrated with the Plug Power fuel processing system.
Following shakedown of the integrated system detailed characterization of
efficiency, emissions and multi fuel

operation will be demonstrated.

Phase 3 - 50 kW\\e\\ Brassboard System Integration

Task 3.5 - Subsystem Design Upgrade

Task 3.5.2 - 50 kW\\e\\ Integrated Fuel Processor Assembly Testing at ADL

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In Phase 3 of the program 50 kW\\e\\ fuel processing hardware will be integrated
at ADL to evaluate the following issues: system functionality, efficiency,
emissions, pressure drop and its effect on parasitic's and water management.
While some of these issues are explored at the 10 kWe level in Task 2.7.2 the
performance at the 50 kW\\e\\ is expected to be different due to non linear
scaling of the many factors involved. The 50 kW\\e\\ subsystems developed and
tested will be tightly packaged onto a skid for reduction in thermal losses and
pressure drops and tested as a complete fuel processing system. The skid will
include all the balance of plant and will not be dependent on the laboratory
facilities except for air and fuel supply. Following shakedown and detailed
characterization of the system the system will be shipped to Plug Power, Latham
NY for integration with a fuel cell system.

Phase 4 50 kW\\e\\ Prototype System Package

Task 4.3 - Fuel Processor Subsystem Development

Fuel Processor: Based on the results of Phase 2 and the testing of the 50
kW\\e\\ brassboard system in Phase 3, the Prox and TGC will be designed and
fabricated to meet the subsystem targets of performance, weight and volume. In
Phase 4, ASME standards will not be used for pressure vessel designs. Instead
internal standards of safety will be implemented. In these designs, recent
advances in catalyst technology (especially with the Low Temperature Shift (LTS)
catalyst advances) will be incorporated to reduce reactor weights and volumes.
Over the course of the program ADL has developed a significant understanding of
fuel processor and reactor devclopment technology. This knowledge will be
implemented in Phase 4 to meet the fully integrated system -requirements. As
major modifications in the reformer design are anticipated, ADL will test the
unit before shipment to Plug Power. Any testing of the Phase 4 subsystems at ADL
will be done on the Phase 3 skid, which will be returned to ADL at the
completion of Phase 3. The test will include shakedown and detailed
characterization.

TGC Development: Advances in the Phase 2 and Phase 3 TGC's will be incorporated
into the Phase 4 design. One of the biggest challenges is to operate the TGC
with anode and cathode exhaust streams that are both dilute in fuel and oxidant.
ADL will also work aggressively to reduce the weight and volume of the TGC.

Fuel Processor - Heat Exchanger Development: In keeping with the plan to build a
fully integrated system an additional heat exchanger/water separator was added
to the fuel processor system during the latter portion of Phase 2. Additionally,
weight and volume reduction of the heat exchangers is more challenging than
originally anticipated and further development effort is required. ADL has been
working with Modine Manufacturing to develop low cost compact heat exchangers
for the fuel processing systems. ADL will be testing the performance of the
first generation of these heat exchangers during Phase 3 of this program and
will utilize them in the Phase 4 system.

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Prox Development: In the Phase 4 Prox the same catalyst materials that were used
in the Phase l and 2 systems will be used. The key challenge is to maintain low
pressure drop through the Prox and advance the controls such that there is
minimal loss of hydrogen in the process. The Prox will be a two stage device
with a heat exchanger between the two stages.  We will be evaluating this scheme
in Phase 3 and make any necessary adjustments for a Phase 4 design. While no new
designs will be implemented in Phase 4. modeling studies will be used to reduce
catalyst volume and hence cost.

Fuel Processor Controls Development and System: Results of controls testing in
Phase 3 will be used to finalize the control strategy for Phase 4. This will
lead to a significant reduction in the number of sensors and control hardware in
the system. The goal for Phase 4 controls is a fully automated fuel processing
system that is capable of following the reformate demand of the fuel cell
system. In this effort ADL will also implement automotive controllers to reduce
weight, volume, and cost of the balance of plant. The control scheme for the
CMEU and its effect on the fuel processor and fuel cell controls will be
identified and implemented in Phase 3.  These components will be designed to
meet the requirements of the fully integrated system and will operate off the
Phase 4 DC power bus.

Beta System Assembly and Tests: The Phase 4 system build will be done at Plug
Power on one skid. Due to budgetary constraints, the integration of the fuel
processing hardware and all balance of plant will be conducted at Plug Power by
Plug Power technician staff with oversight from one ADL engineer. Plug Power
technician staff will carry out all controls hardware build and wiring from the
elements on the skid to control data acquisition hardware. ADL mechanical
hardware and controls engineers will provide adequate documentation or guidance
for this effort. ADL engineers will support all shakedown tests and
characterization tests.

Task 4.4 - System Assembly: The fully integrated system will be assembled at
Plug Power. All components or subassemblies will be weighed and volumes will be
determined. The components and subassemblies will be assembled using the design
determined in Task 4.1. Instrumentation required for monitoring subsystem and
component performance will be installed. The subassemblies will be united into
an overall system package. The system will then be installed in Plug Power's
test cell and connected to the programmable load bank, instrumentation and data
acquisition system, fuel supply/measurement system, combustion air
supply/measurement system, and the radiator cooling air ducts.

          Deletion: The following Task 3.6 is deleted in its entirety

Task 3.6 - 500 Hour Endurance Test: The primary intent of the Phase 3 50 kW\\e\\
brassboard system is to gain operational experience with a higher level of
integration between the fuel processor and fuel cell subsystems. The primary
goals of the Phase 3 system are to demonstrate a highly integrated operational
system at the 50 kW\\e\\ level and to evaluate the performance

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(efficiency and emissions) of the system. At the conclusion of Phase 3 the
performance of individual components will be evaluated and improvements will be
identified for incorporation into the final Phase 4 system. It is proposed that
DOE carry out the endurance test on the final Phase 4 system after it is
delivered to ANL rather than having Plug Power test the Phase 3 system.

                   Revision: Task 4.6 is revised as follows:

Task 4.6 - Qualification Test and Delivery: Qualification testing, as outlined
in Task 4.6 of the Statement of Work dated November 7, 1997, will be performed
at Plug Power rather than at Texaco's Beacon Laboratory. With the recent
construction of Plug Power's automotive laboratories, and the emissions test
equipment outlined under Task 3.5, Plug Power will be able to perform all
qualification testing at our own facilities with the exception of environmental
chamber (low temperature) testing. This change to the program eliminates the
logistical issues involved with moving and mobilizing the Phase 4 system at a
remote location.

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