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NAVITUS BAY UPDATE
Sean MatthewsProject Engineer
20 March 2013
➤ UK overview
➤ Project stages
➤ Navitus Bay specifics
➤ Update on activity
➤ Conclusions
AGENDA
UK OFFSHORE WIND
➤ 2.7GW in 2013 > rest of EU
➤ 18GW in 2020 still 40% of European market
➤ Round 3 is varied pipeline of projects 2015 to beyond 2020
➤ Variety of site conditions, geography and scale
PROJECT STAGES
PROJECT STAGES
➤ 3-4 years of development and consent work
➤ 12-18 months contracting and finance
➤ 2 years construction for a 500MW project
➤ 20 years operation
➤ Navitus Bay Development Ltd is a 50:50 JV between Eneco and EDF Energy created to develop Zone 7 of Round 3
➤ Eneco is a Dutch utility with 2 million customers in the Netherland. It has been operating the Prinses Amalia windpark since 2008 and will begin construction of Luchterduinen in 2014
➤ EDF Energy is the UK subsidiary of EDF with over 5 million customers in the UK. They have 20 onshore wind farms and will complete construction the Teesside offshore wind farm in 2013
WHO IS NBDL?
NAVITUS BAY WINDPARK
➤ 1100MW
➤ 12 miles from Bournemouth/8.6 miles from Needles
➤ Construction due 2017 onshore and 2018-2020 offshore
➤ Design is for 5-8MW (136 to 218 turbines)
➤ Jacket or concrete gravity base foundations
➤ Larger than any project in operation today but one of the smaller round 3 zones
➤ Our water depths vary between 25m and 50m➤ Soil conditions are stiff clay in north and rock
and chalk in south➤ We will use prototype and next generation
turbines and foundations• We will use around 250km of inter-array cable
and up to 180km of subsea export cable• South coast ports are likely to be used as the
base for construction and for O&M
PROJECT SPECIFICS
➤ Environmental statement completed and further consultation – 2013
➤ Development Consent application – Q1 2014➤ Potential Development Consent award – Q2
2015➤ Financial close/award contracts – Q2 2016 to
2017➤ Start of construction – 2017 onshore and
offshore enabling➤ Operational Wind Park– 2021
TIMESCALES
➤ UK is seen as centre of global offshore wind
➤ Real opportunity for UK industry given change in manufacturing logistics and technology
➤ Technology landscape is changing fast with innovation and increased scale to reduce costs
➤ Navitus Bay is a key round 3 project that will support a balanced portfolio of projects in terms of geography and site conditions
➤ As a project we are committed to supporting UK and local supply to create a benefit for the region
➤ 2017 to 2021 will see £3-4 billion of investment if we gain consent
CONCLUSIONS
