Heliogen, Inc. (“Heliogen”) (OTCQX: HLGN), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrating solar energy technology, today provided its second quarter 2024 financial and operational results.

Financial and Operational Highlights

• No significant changes to contracts or backlog vs. prior quarter; outstanding proposals with 4 customers for early design stage projects representing 0.9 gigawatts
• First commercial-scale installation of Heliogen steam plant in west Texas continues to progress toward mechanical completion by year-end 2024
• $51.8 million in available liquidity as of June 30, 2024
• In May 2024, implemented a targeted plan, which included a workforce reduction, closing of the Long Beach manufacturing facility, and a reduction in third-party costs

“During the second quarter of 2024, we advanced on a number of fronts. We engaged with prospective customers on several open proposals for early design work on commercial-scale projects to deploy Heliogen’s technology. We also kicked off the next design phase of our Brenda power project. In addition, construction on our west Texas steam plant remains on-track for mechanical completion by the end this year, consistent with our goal for that project since its launch in mid-2023,” said Christie Obiaya, Heliogen’s Chief Executive Officer. “On the operations side, our team continues to focus on liquidity and opportunities to reduce non-billable costs.”

Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

For the second quarter 2024, Heliogen reported total revenue of $2.3 million, which was driven primarily by continued execution on its Capella Project – the engineering, procurement and construction of a new 5 MWe concentrated solar energy facility to be built in Mojave, California – and engineering services performed during the period.

On May 16, 2024, Heliogen made the strategic decision to implement a targeted plan, which included a workforce reduction, the closing of Heliogen’s manufacturing facility in Long Beach, California and a reduction in third-party costs. These actions are intended to further reduce structural costs and operating expenses and better align Heliogen’s operating structure for commercialization with a technology-centric and capital light model, as Heliogen continues to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives with its third-party financial advisor.

For the second quarter 2024, Heliogen reported a net loss of $(19.3) million, which was impacted by $4.1 million of impairment and other charges and an inventory reserve of $1.7 million to adjust for excess and obsolete inventories, that were recorded in association with Heliogen’s targeted plan. Heliogen’s Adjusted EBITDA was $(14.6) million for the second quarter 2024.

As of June 30, 2024, the Company had available liquidity of $51.8 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents and no debt.

About Heliogen

Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on decarbonizing industry and empowering a sustainable civilization. The company’s concentrating solar energy and thermal storage systems aim to deliver carbon-free heat, steam, or power at scale to support round-the-clock industrial operations. Powered by AI and computer vision, Heliogen is focused on providing robust clean energy solutions that accelerate the transition to renewable energy, without compromising reliability, availability, or cost. For more information about Heliogen, please visit heliogen.com.

Backlog

Contracted revenue backlog represents contracted revenue with customers and government entities we expect to realize for the construction of facilities, engineering services agreements, operating agreements, and products delivered under purchase agreements. We cannot guarantee that our revenue projected in our backlog will be realized or, if realized, will result in profits. In addition, project cancellations or scope adjustments may occur with respect to contracts reflected in our backlog. Accordingly, our backlog as of any particular date is an uncertain indicator of future earnings.

Non-GAAP Financial Information

Management uses certain financial measures, including EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, to evaluate our financial and operating performance that are calculated and presented on the basis of methodologies other than in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors and analysts to assess our ongoing financial performance because they provide improved comparability between periods through the exclusion of certain items that we believe are not indicative of our core operating performance, enhance the overall understanding of our past financial performance and future prospects, and remove items that may obscure our underlying business results and trends. These measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP, and our calculations thereof may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

EBITDA represents consolidated net loss before (i) interest (income) expense, net, (ii) income tax expense (benefit) and (iii) depreciation and amortization expense. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA adjusted for certain significant non-cash items and items that management believes are not attributable to or indicative of our on-going operations or that may obscure our underlying results and trends. Please see the accompanying tables for a reconciliation of net loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements that are not historical in nature, including the words “anticipate,” “expect,” “suggests,” “plan,” “believe,” “intend,” “estimates,” “targets,” “projects,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “will,” “forecast” and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the timing for mechanical completion of our commercial-scale installation steam plant and our intent to further reduce structural costs and operating expenses, to align our operating structure for commercialization with a technology-centric and capital light model to continue to explore and evaluate strategic alternatives. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) our financial and business performance, including risk of uncertainty in our financial projections and business metrics and any underlying assumptions thereunder; (ii) changes in our business and strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; (iii) our ability to execute our business model, including market acceptance of our planned products and services and achieving sufficient production volumes at acceptable quality levels and prices; (iv) our ability to access sources of capital to finance operations, growth and future capital requirements; (v) our ability to maintain and enhance our products and brand, and to attract and retain customers; (vi) our ability to scale in a cost effective manner; (vii) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (viii) developments and projections relating to our competitors and industry; (ix) unexpected adjustments and cancellations related to our backlog; (x) our ability to protect our intellectual property; and (xi) whether the objectives of the strategic alternative review process will be achieved. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the “Risk Factors” section in Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as supplemented in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and other documents filed by Heliogen from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Heliogen assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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