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Tecogen Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 3/28/19, at 7:43pm ET   ·   As of:  3/29/19   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1537435-19-16   ·   File #:  1-36103

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 3/29/19  Tecogen Inc.                      10-K       12/31/18   91:9.1M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    744K 
 2: EX-10.47    Material Contract                                   HTML     24K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information Document and        HTML     53K 
                Entity Information                                               
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    125K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     37K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    110K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     78K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     30K 
                Parenthetical                                                    
20: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    136K 
21: R8          Nature of business and operations                   HTML     35K 
22: R9          Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML    108K 
23: R10         Income (loss) per common share                      HTML     39K 
24: R11         Acquisition of American DG Energy Inc. (Notes)      HTML     63K 
25: R12         Inventory                                           HTML     38K 
26: R13         Intangible assets other than goodwill               HTML    114K 
27: R14         Property, plant and equipment                       HTML     49K 
28: R15         Goodwill (Notes)                                    HTML     43K 
29: R16         Revolving line of credit, Convertible debentures    HTML     39K 
                and loan due to related party                                    
30: R17         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     44K 
31: R18         Product warranty                                    HTML     34K 
32: R19         Stockholders' equity                                HTML     86K 
33: R20         Fair Value Measurements (Notes)                     HTML     70K 
34: R21         Retirement plans                                    HTML     30K 
35: R22         Related party transactions                          HTML     55K 
36: R23         Segments (Notes)                                    HTML     69K 
37: R24         Income taxes                                        HTML     98K 
38: R25         Subsequent events                                   HTML     31K 
39: R26         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML    162K 
                (Policies)                                                       
40: R27         Summary of significant accounting policies Summary  HTML     41K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                      
41: R28         Income (Loss) Per Common Share (Tables)             HTML     39K 
42: R29         Acquisition of American DG Energy Inc. (Tables)     HTML     61K 
43: R30         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     39K 
44: R31         Intangible assets other than goodwill (Tables)      HTML    102K 
45: R32         Property, plant and equipment (Tables)              HTML     46K 
46: R33         Goodwill (Tables)                                   HTML     41K 
47: R34         Commitments and contingencies (Tables)              HTML     36K 
48: R35         Product warranty (Tables)                           HTML     34K 
49: R36         Stockholders' equity (Tables)                       HTML     76K 
50: R37         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     65K 
51: R38         Related party transactions (Tables)                 HTML     52K 
52: R39         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     69K 
53: R40         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML     91K 
54: R41         Nature of business and operations (Details)         HTML     46K 
55: R42         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     57K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
56: R43         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     41K 
                Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)                           
57: R44         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     33K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)                          
58: R45         Summary of significant accounting policies -        HTML     82K 
                Revenue (Details)                                                
59: R46         Income (loss) per common share - Schedule of Loss   HTML     47K 
                Per Common Share, Basic and Diluted (Details)                    
60: R47         Acquisition of American DG Energy Inc. -            HTML     56K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
61: R48         Acquisition of American DG Energy Inc. - Assets     HTML     73K 
                Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in Acquisition                  
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Acquisition of American DG Energy Inc. - Pro Forma  HTML     35K 
                Information (Details)                                            
63: R50         Inventory - Summary of Inventory (Details)          HTML     41K 
64: R51         Intangible assets other than goodwill - Narrative   HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R52         Intangible assets other than goodwill - Schedule    HTML     60K 
                of Intangible Assets (Details)                                   
66: R53         Intangible assets other than goodwill - Schedule    HTML     53K 
                of Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Details)               
67: R54         Property, plant and equipment - Summary of          HTML     66K 
                Property and Equipment (Details)                                 
68: R55         Property, plant and equipment -Depreciation         HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R56         Goodwill (Details)                                  HTML     39K 
70: R57         Revolving line of credit, Convertible debentures    HTML     96K 
                and loan due to related party (Details)                          
71: R58         Commitments and contingencies - Operating Lease     HTML     38K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
72: R59         Commitments and contingencies - Schedule of Future  HTML     44K 
                Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases                     
                (Details)                                                        
73: R60         Commitments and contingencies - Agreement with      HTML     29K 
                Digital Energy Corp. (Details)                                   
74: R61         Product warranty - Schedule of Product Warranty     HTML     36K 
                Reserve (Details)                                                
75: R62         Stockholders' equity - Common Stock and Receivable  HTML     37K 
                from Shareholder (Details)                                       
76: R63         Stockholders' equity - Stock-Based Compensation     HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R64         Stockholders' equity - Stock Option Activity        HTML     97K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R65         Stockholders' equity - Weighted Average             HTML     36K 
                Assumptions (Details)                                            
79: R66         Stockholders' equity - Restricted Stock Activity    HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R67         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     50K 
81: R68         Retirement plans (Details)                          HTML     29K 
82: R69         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML    109K 
83: R70         Related party transactions - Assets Acquired and    HTML     46K 
                Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                    
84: R71         Segments (Details)                                  HTML     53K 
85: R72         Income taxes - Reconciliation of Federal Statutory  HTML     82K 
                Income Tax Provision to Company's Actual Provision               
                (Details)                                                        
86: R73         Income taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets      HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R74         Income taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     41K 
88: R75         Subsequent events Subsequent Events (Details)       HTML     37K 
90: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    162K 
89: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    107K 
 8: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- tgen-20181231                       XML   2.07M 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tgen-20181231_cal               XML    283K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tgen-20181231_def                XML    850K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tgen-20181231_lab                     XML   1.95M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tgen-20181231_pre              XML   1.17M 
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91: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001537435-19-000016-xbrl      Zip    269K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — tgen-20181231_pre

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