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RAMP (RENEWABLE ASSET MONITORING PLATFORM)

2nd April 2020

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WARMLY WELCOME

With our hearts and minds with the people around the world suffering the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic …

"Safety is the heart of our mission and drives every decision we make. While the evolving coronavirus situation has presented new challenges, UL is

well-prepared to continue to respond with the best interests of our employees, customers and communities at the center of our decision-making

and processes," Jennifer Scanlon, UL President and CEO.

UL positively impacts our planet, its people and their prosperity as we work for a Safer, more Secure and Sustainable world. These principles drive every

decision we make. And this is our company Mission.

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AGENDA

UL Renewables Introduction

RAMP, Highlights (15 min)

RAMP, Platform Demo Visualization (10 min)

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100+COUNTRY LOCATIONS OF UL RENEWABLE ENERGY CUSTOMERS

500+ UL RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPERTS

INDEPENDENT / OWNER’S ENGINEER ON

500+ WIND & SOLAR PROJECTS*

*SINCE 2012

200,000+ MWTOTAL RENEWABLE ENERGY MEGAWATTS (MW) ASSESSED

55+

ADVISED

90%OF THE WIND & SOLAR INDUSTRY’S TOP PROJECT DEVELOPERS AND PLANT OWNERS

FORECAST PROVIDER FOR

60+ GWOF INSTALLED RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS

YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY

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Project Development

Support

Asset Management Grid SolutionsDue Diligence & Bankability

Testing & Inspection

Certification

Cybersecurity

Software & Data

UL PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Standards Research & Advanced Studies

RAMP – Renewables Asset Management Platform

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AGENDA

UL Renewables Introduction

RAMP, Highlights (15 min)

RAMP, Platform Demo Visualization (10 min)

WHAT IS RAMP?

ACCURACYCUSTOMIZATION

RIGOREXPERTISE

USABILITY

INDEPENDENCE

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Survey on Renewable Generation Plants (2019). What are your challenges?

62%

65% 20%

11% 5%89%• Your assets produce less than

expected:

• Are the reasons of shortfalls identified and well quantified:

89%

62%

20%

11% 5%68%

17% 34%• The reasons are?….

WHY RAMP? RESONS FOR SHORTFALLS

ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES

CURTAILMENTS

RESOURCE ANOMALY AVAILABILITY

EFFICIENCY

OTHERS

Multiple-causes are often combined what creates more difficulties to make accurate assessments of production.

RESOURCE

ENERGY RESOURCE is the variable impacting most on the plant production. Solar and Wind potential can vary significantly on daily, monthly and even yearly basis. Precise characterization is key to be able to categorize losses accurately.

UL uses a weighted combination of the Wind and Solar Indexes (percentage deviation on average wind speed or irradiation to long term values) and adjusted local measurements using UL scripts to correlate and characterize the Resource Anomaly.

RESOURCE

ENERGY RESOURCE is the variable impacting most on the plant production. Solar and Wind potential can vary significantly on daily, monthly and even yearly basis. Precise characterization is key to be able to categorize losses accurately.

UL uses a weighted combination of the Wind and Solar Indexes (percentage deviation on average wind speed or irradiation to long term values) and adjusted local measurements using UL scripts to correlate and characterize the Resource Anomaly.

AVAILABILITY

One example: is the AVAILABILITY of your plant properly calculated? Is the reference well applied (IEC, contract, time/energy, etc)?

Figure: RAMP Availability Insights

EFFICIENCY

EFFICIENCY has an enormous impact on production. The guaranteed levels are only achieved under certain circumstances and proper data meaning is essential to determine the real efficiency and deviation causes.

The use of an accurately adjusted Wind Speed Reference is key to use wind speed readings in a reliable way.

ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAUSES

Figure: RAMP "Waterfall"

The WATERFALLfunctionality is RAMP star feature. It present the Industry most accurate categorization of gain/losses. This functionality is key for our clients to determine all actionable measures to optimize production.

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Contract ReviewResource Assessment

PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING

WHERE THE EXPERTISE COMES FROM

Curva Potencia Solar TechnologyWind Technology

Plants design Grid and market Alarms and errors Availability

>250.000MW analyzed >3500 tests and certifications >2300 tests and certifications >600 Due Diligence

>70GW forecasting>50GW Owners Engineering >1100 types in database >95GW operational analysis

MAKE YOUR ASSETS PREDICTABLE

Proper and accurate operational assessment ensures adjusting production and making it predictable

HOW RAMP WORKS

SETTINGS: YOUR ASSETS ARE UNIQUEEach plant is treated uniquely to ensure specific assessment of each loss category. This effort is key to ensure results fit the highest accuracy.

SeasonalizedBudgets

AlarmsCategorizationDefault

Losses

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WHERE IS RAMP (April 2020)

Highlights

2 000

836

MWs are trusting on RAMP

Wind Farms

PV Plants

Many Industry key players are now moving to RAMP!

RAMP AS PART OF YOUR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Analytics: Coming from UL Domain Expertise

Monitoring: The more MWs, the better statistics

Models: Energy & Financial Projections + Risk Assessment + Forecasting

Accuracy Cycle

Figure: UL Openwind

Figure: RAMP Monitoring

Figures: RAMP Analytics

Optionals very soon in RAMP

• Measurement Mast Management – Windographer Compatibility• CMMS: Computerized Maintenance Management System• Flow Models – Compatibility Openwind• GIS data Solar – SolarNavigator• Financial Module• Inspections Database – Compatibility WTI Tool• Loads/Fatigue/Damage Real Time• CMS• Modeling Storage• H&S

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WHY UL?

Because we’re the most trusted independent experts in wind and solar technology.

We’ve been doing groundbreaking work in renewable energy since the industry’s

nascence, helping our clients mitigate risk and navigate complexity.

Our clients trust that we will detect issues not found by others, that we will advise them on the correct path forward, and help them to obtain a better return on their renewable

investments.

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AGENDA

UL Renewables Introduction

RAMP, Highlights (15 min)

RAMP, Platform Demo Visualization (10 min)

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Q&A

Thank you very much for your attention!

Josu.Gaztambide@ul.com (Head of Scada, Asset Management, UL Renewables)Pedro.Talavera@ul.com (Business Development Manager, UL Renewables)

RAMP (RENEWABLE ASSET MONITORING PLATFORM)

2nd April 2020

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