Unique in Service for

Renewable Energy

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The GICON Group began in 1994 with the founding of GICON –

Grossmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH in Dresden, Germany, as a

privately held company with 20 employees under CEO Prof. Jochen

Grossmann.

Today, the GICON Group consists of almost 500 employees (350

full-time employees) across 13 companies, 25 offices and 8

countries. Headquarter is in Dresden/Saxony.

Projects executed in more than 25 countries

DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 Certification for the entire GICON Group

GICON owns more than 100 patents

The GICON Group

Complete Consulting & Engineering Service

from an Independent Source

Business Sectors Engineering & Consulting

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Cooperation possibilties for Ireland

• Renewable Energy

• Ecosystem protection

• Technolgy development

GICON´s track record

within the wind sector

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Planning and Permitting of Offshore and Onshore Windparks

incl. Network Connections

Experience from the planning and permitting of over

30,000 MW windfarms onshore and offshore! 6

Onshore/Offshore wind – Service spectrum

GICON past experiences with regard to wind

energy

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E. g. onshore wind

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Building a foundation

ConcretingExcavation

Procurement and construction (PC)

E – Engineering

P – Procurement

C – Construction

I – Installation

C - Commissioning

E. g. onshore wind

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Mounting machine at 140 m heightSite WT with crane

Installation and commissioning (IC)

E – Engineering

P – Procurement

C – Construction

I – Installation

C - Commissioning

E. g. onshore & offshore wind

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GLU GmbH provides Geotechnical and Mining services on the international market.

• Geological Desktop – studies for all

common commodities

• Planning, leading, and supervision of

Exploration campaigns on ferrous and

non-ferrous metallic deposits or for

Industrial Minerals

• Elaboration of 3D – models for explored

mineral deposits

• Elaboration of Ressource statements acc.

to International Standards as JORC,

PERC, NI-43

• Residential Consulting for Pre-Feasibility

and Feasibility studies

E. g. onshore & offshore wind

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GLU GmbH provides Geotechnical and Mining services on the international market.

• Engineering-Geological Desktop studies

• Planning, leading, and supervision of

Geotechnical Site Characterization for

industrial plants, infrastructure and the

energy market according to international

standards as EN ISO, ASTM, BS or SniP

• Geotechnical stability assesmments for

Slopes and Tailings in the mining sector

• Residential Consulting for International

construction measures with respect to soil

mechanics and Geotechnical ground

engineering

30 years of expertise in

Environmental Investigation Services

Institute of Applied Ecology GmbH

Branches: Hamburg, Rostock, Neu Broderstorf

IfAÖ, member of the GICON-Group

E. g. onshore & offshore wind

IfAÖ covers a wide range of expertise,

both onshore and offshore:

• Marine mammals

• Birds (breeding, staging & migration)

• Aquatic invertebrates (marine & fresh water)

• Fishes

• Terrestrial animals (insects, amphibians & reptiles, bats)

… and provides various services:

• environmental surveys and monitoring

• scientific research

• Highly qualified personnel

• GIS mapping & data management

• preparation of application documents

• grievance management & authority liaison

• environmental project management

(i.e. ecological advisory during construction,

site management, nature conservation)

• Certified DIN ISO EN 9001 (quality management)

E. g. onshore & offshore wind

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Major competence: offshore wind farm development

• Offshore wind projects in the German North and Baltic Seas:

areas highlighted in green have been developed under participation of IfAÖ

• Management and accomplishment of all field studies: baseline studies

including 3rd study year, construction monitoring and operation monitoring

• Preparation of approval documentation, including species- and habitat-

specific reports in accordance with official requirements

E. g. onshore & offshore wind

GICON´s philosphy – R&D and

reinvestment of the profit

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Innovation: Biogas

Patent Lab-scale tests Test facility Pilot plant Cottbus PSC Projects

2004 2005 2007 2007 2008 from 2010

Research – Development - Realization

Two-stageGICON® Biogas

Process

Transfer from research results to commercial use

Biogas: an example of innovation

2010 2020

Richmond Energy Garden

(GICON) (Can) (1 MW el)

Klotzsche Plant (wet) (Germany)

(500 kW el)

Realization: More than 100 projects worldwide

Biogasyl Plant (wet) (France)

(615kW el)Sotravic Plant (GICON)

(Mauritius) (1 MW el)Hertnik Plant (wet)

(Slovakia) (998 kW el)

2011 2012 2013 2019Research – Development - Realization

Founding Biosolar Pilot plant Algae platform Demonstration plant

GICON®microalgae technology

Product- and technology-based development

Technology DevelopmentDesign and construction of a modular, expandable

demonstration plant

Product DevelopmentResearch based on a wide variety of

microalgae applications

Biosolar (Algae) – an example of innovation

Innovation: Biosolar

Innovation: Floating Offshore Foundation

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2008 2012 2013 - 2018 Next step 2020Research – Development - Realization

Patent 1st Model-scale test (1:25) Design, Wind and wave tests Functional model (1:1)

Floating Offshore Foundation (SOF)

Floating Offshore Foundation

– an example of innovation

GICON´s FOWT

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GICON-TLP

Option 1: steel substructure

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Option 2: steel-reinforceｄ concrete

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• Tension Leg Platform (TLP)

• Vertical pre-tensioned mooring lines and

optional inclined lines (depending on

loads and dynamic)

• Type certified TLP

• Deployable from 50 (30) meters to 500

meters (for 6MW-class turbine) 50 (30)

• Portside assembly and transport of the

entire structure to the deployment location

(PostPanMax)

• One-step installation

• Supply chain flexibility due to modular

fabrication

• Seafloor geology specific anchoring via

piles, micro piles or gravity anchor

• Utilization of modular smart concrete-steel

components – reduced costs, mass and

CO2 emissions

• Minimial ecological foot print

The GICON-TLP | Advantages

Project overview

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Project overview

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Project overview

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WT Assembling at quay site

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LCOE Floating Wind

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CAPEX – Break Down3:

Impact of floating foundation

Source Wind Offshore2014

Wind OffshoreAIM 2025

GICON-TLP2022

GICON-TLP2026

LCOE in €/MWh3,2 145 71 95.21 814 – 504

LCOE in $/MWh3 162 79 106 90 – 60

LCOE in £/MWh3,2 124 61 81 69 – 45

1 Source: Confirmed ECOVIS Report by Romeike - © 2014 2 Exchange rate of 30.08.20163 Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance - © 20154 Source: PhD Thesis M. Kausche - © 2017

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