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Rampion Meet the Buyer Event February 2015 Rampion Project Update

Explore key milestones, design, construction, and operation details of the Rampion wind farm project off the Sussex coast. Learn about local content, skills training, and the indicative project timetable.

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Rampion Meet the Buyer Event February 2015 Rampion Project Update

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  1. Rampion Meet the Buyer Event February 2015Rampion Project Update Chris Tomlinson, Rampion Development Manager

  2. Presentation Overview : • Key milestonestodate • Final project design • Construction • Operations & maintenance • Supplychain - maximisinglocalcontent • Skills trainingandeducation • Indicativeprojecttimetable

  3. 1. Key project milestones, to date • 2010-11: Formulating draft proposals • Engineering & environmental surveys and environmental impact assessment inform early draft proposals for statutory and community consultation • 2012: Consultation • Combined total of 20 weeks, 14 public exhibitions, 4,700 people, 1,500 responses • 2013: DCO submission and examination • Onshore and offshore design changes following consultation responses • March: DCO submission • July 2013 - January 2014: DCO Examination including 14 public hearings • 2014: Consent granted • The Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change granted consent for Rampion, the first wind farm of the south coast of England, 16th July 2014

  4. 2. Final project design - offshore • 116 turbines • Hub height 84m / Tip height 140m • 13-20km off Sussex coast • 400MW installed electrical capacity • 72km2 wind farm site area • Inter array cables to one substation • Export cable route being finalised • Each year in numbers: • Generate 1,366GWh power output • Offset almost 600,000 tonnes of CO2 • Supply equivalent of over 290,000 homes, more than 4 in 10 homes in East & West Sussex, Brighton & Hove

  5. Final project design - onshore • Landfall at Brooklands, East Worthing • 27km long cable route • Buried underground for entire route • Ducting & HDD methods of installation • 2x 132/150kV circuits • 30m working width / 15m easement requiring haul road, topsoil and subsoil storage, and distance between circuits • New substation at Bolney connecting to 400kV National Transmission Grid • Active engagement with Local Liaison Group on final layout design, seeking to reduce site area, size and scale of buildings and protect hedges and trees

  6. 3. Construction - Offshore • Up to 3 year construction period commencing Q4 2015 / Q1 2016 • 250-300 jobs in the workforce during offshore construction • Project Management Facility for construction located at Newhaven Port: • Provides portside availability, flexibility of space and ease of access to site • Offers continuity throughout construction into operation • Temporary portakabins until O&M base is complete • Newhaven hub of activity creating up to 40 jobs and utilising local vessels

  7. Construction - onshore • Cable route • 2 year construction commencing Q2 2015 • 60-100 in workforce during onshore construction • Ducting installation method • Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) roads & railway • Tailored construction methodology for Tottington Mt • Onshore substation • 2 year construction commencing spring 2015 • 40-60 in workforce during construction • Civil/enabling, electrical build & commissioning • Transforms power up to 400kV and conditions power prior to entry into transmission system • Max height (transformers) 10.5m tall

  8. Construction programme overview Activity 2015 2016 2017 2018 Milestones Financial close Commissioning Construction activity Onshore construction Foundation installation Cable installation Electrical installation Turbine installation O&M activities

  9. Minimising the impacts of construction - DCO Requirements • DCO includes Requirements (similar to planning conditions) • Includes suite of management plans to reduce impact on local community: • Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) • Developed with, and for approval by WSCC Highways, Highways Agency • Includes HGV routes, wheel washing, limiting access points, • Communications with local interests (e.g. Lancing Business Park) • Construction Environment Management Plan(CEMP) • Includes controls for construction activities, e.g. noise management measures • Addresses invasive species and soil management techniques • Ecology and Landscape Management Plan • Details of ecological mitigation and enhancements (e.g. habitat creation) • Specific species method statements (e.g. Birds, Bats, Reptiles and Badgers) • Full arboricultural assessment and retention of high value trees • Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation • Methodology for minimising impact to unknown archaeology • Public Rights of Way Strategy • Mitigate impacts to users/communications plan (inclBrooklands)

  10. Raising community awareness of construction • Construction Communications Plans (for onshore stage) • Identify and inform communities of construction details to continue good relations and ensure construction is sensitive to needs of local communities. Plans to include: • Map showing area of works; • Description of works, potential impacts and activities and proposed mitigations; • Due start date and duration of works; • Lead contractor’s details; • Provision of notifications regarding exceptional working hours; • Proposed communications, e.g. engagement with parish councils and interest groups to disseminate information • Project Liaison Groups and Local Liaison Group (onshore substation • Community information events along the cable route • How to find out more information, e.g. website, phone and email services • Complaints procedure

  11. 4. Operations & Maintenance • Operations Base located at Newhaven Port, to include control room, office, warehouse and quayside infrastructure, benefiting the local economy by: • Triggering regeneration plans for NPP (already encouraged new tenants) • Creating opportunities for indirect local employment in the form of up to 30 support service contracts and other local expenditure • Creating up to 65 full time, permanent jobs Operation Base development process: 2014 - in discussions with Lewes District Council regarding the planning process 2015 - design proposals 2016 - construction commences 2017 - O&M base complete (used for PM)

  12. Operations Facility at Newhaven

  13. 5. Supply Chain - maximising UK and local content • E.ON recognise importance of securing local &UK content for a major project • Rampion Supply Chain Steering Group in partnership with local authorities • Meet the Buyer Event, Amex, Feb 2014, attracted 300 suppliers (mostly local) • Key local suppliers encouraged to register on database at: www.sussexwindenergy.org.uk • Intended as supplier “search portal” for the project and contractors • Details of supplier database was provided in all tender documentation • Three focused Meet the Buyer Events in 2015 - opportunities for subcontracts: • Onshore cabling & substation, 5thFebruary, Shoreham • Offshore balance of plant, April TBC • O&M, June TBC

  14. Supply Chain - maximising UK and local content Robin Rigg Case Study • Independent audit by BVG Associates on our last non-JV offshore project • 32% of capital value was retained in the UK, 12% in the region, despite turbines (representing over half of capex), unable to be sourced in UK • 86% of O&M expenditure in year 1 was retained in the UK, with half benefitting Cumbria itself Rampion Capex - targeting 30% UK content of circa £1bn • Potential contractors encouraged to identify proposed UK & local suppliers • UK bidders were invited to tender for supply of monopile, substation jacket, cables and staging port • Contracts already placed with local suppliers (met mast, geotech, vessels, PR) • Highlighting interest in local suppliers to landowners (along cable route) Rampion Opex - targeting 85% UK content over 25 years • Commitment to local recruitment for bulk of 60 permanent jobs

  15. 6. Skills training and education • 2 Wind Turbine Maintenance Apprentices a year for the first 3 years of Operation • Agreement with turbine supplier to train 38 technical staff on site • Commitment to focusing recruitment in the local area, with specific advertising Campaigns in Sussex • Support for Newhaven University Technical College • Exhibited at Worldskills Careers Fair, Brighton to 1,685 students • Working with Sussex EBP to identify possible ‘feeder schools’ for Rampion jobs and placements

  16. 7. Indicative project timetable

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