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Mountlucas Wind Farm Construction up-date March 2013

Mountlucas Wind Farm Construction up-date March 2013 John Reilly. Bord Na Mona PowerGen – Generating Assets. What We Do: Business Development Group.

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Mountlucas Wind Farm Construction up-date March 2013

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  1. Mountlucas Wind Farm Construction up-date March 2013 John Reilly

  2. Bord Na Mona PowerGen – Generating Assets

  3. What We Do: Business Development Group Target: Grow Generating capacity in a sustainable manner Strategy in Line with achievement of National & EU Policy Objectives

  4. Site Location 1,100 ha Site / 80 MW Potential

  5. Resource Assessment commenced 2005 Grid Connection Application 2006 Design work (layout) / optimisation 2007/8 Planning Application & EIS Submitted 2009 Planning Permission – Dec 2010 Project Development Milestones

  6. Energy Policy White Paper 2007 NREAP Submission July 2010 42% RES-E target (2020) Majority RES will be wind REFIT 2 – 3,900 MW Co-firing of peat stations (REFIT) ~30% by 2015 Grid 25 – Infrastructure Development & Gate 3+ Flexible plant needed to complement wind – remuneration of same Energy Policy Landscape

  7. Planning Permission – Dec 2010 (conditions) Gate 3 Grid Connection offer – Apr 2011 (€€’s) – Helps clarify project timelines Procurement Process: May 2010 – Oct 2012 Awaiting key policy & regulatory decisions: REFiT2 (off-take agreement) Treatment of curtailment Construction commenced – Feb 2012 Financial Close / Project Approval Oct 2012 Achieving Financial Close

  8. Public Road Up-grades R402 Upgrade – 1km stretch between Ballinagar & Daingean

  9. Wind Farm Substation

  10. 110 kV Network Connection Contestable Build: Critical Path

  11. Wind Turbine Supply & Commissioning Electrical Balance of Plant (EBOP) Works Civil Works Project Consortium CAREYS

  12. 28 x 3 MW wind turbines Turbine details Siemens 3.0 MW DD turbines 100m hub height, 150m blade tip Internal road network ~ 21km ~ 6.5 km public roads upgraded New 110 kV wind farm substation and collector network Project Works

  13. Public Road Up-grades R402 Upgrade – 3.25km stretch from Daingean to Killoneen Main street, Daingean

  14. Public Road Up-grades R402 Upgrade – 3.25km stretch from Daingean to Killoneen East of Daingean town

  15. Public Road Up-grades R402 Upgrade – 3.25km stretch from Daingean to Killoneen Killoneen Hill, east of Daingean

  16. Public Road Up-grades R400 Upgrade – ~ 2.25km From R402 to eastern site entrance

  17. Site Roads Eastern Site Entrance from R400

  18. Mountlucas Layout

  19. Site Roads

  20. Site Roads

  21. Site Roads

  22. Crane Hardstands

  23. Crane Hardstands

  24. Turbine Foundations - Excavation

  25. Turbine Foundations - Blinding

  26. Turbine Foundations – Steel Fixing

  27. Complete Internal Road network & north access to site – Summer 2013 Complete Network Connection: Site energisation May 2013 Complete construction of turbine foundations: Sept 2013 Turbine Delivery Nov 2013 Installation & Commissioning Q1 2014 Project Works: To Do

  28. Mountlucas Delivery Phase Direct Employment • 150 directly involved at peak construction summer 2013 • ~1,000 additional jobs constructing the wire • ~10 full time long term jobs in operations & maintenance • In-direct Employment • 00’s of jobs in spin-off activities • Services, accommodation, catering • Logistics Delivering Employment

  29. An Emerging Opportunity Mountlucas a “show case” project

  30. CONFIDENTIAL COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE Clean Energy Hub C. 20,000 ha located in East Midlands, ‘close’ to UK Large land parcels reduce impact of setback distances Most sites connected together reducing way-leave cost and impact of cable runs Mount Lucas Windfarm 80 MW on 1,100 ha site Mount Lucas x 15 = 1.2 GW Unique Nature of BnM Land Banks 50km 35km 80 MW Mount Lucas Site

  31. Bruckana/Lisheen ~100 MW 20 x Bruckana/Lisheen = 2 GW

  32. Powering the Midlands Economy A New Contract with Nature

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