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Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL 2010– Cairo, Egypt Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Introduction to Nur Energie Nur Energie is a multi-country, multi-technology solar power plant developer Short Term Strategy Develop Solar Power plants and sell them to equity investors Long Term Target Maintain partial ownership of power plants and become a solar utility with solar assets under management and control Flagship 2GW solar export project from N. Africa into Europe Geographic Presence Mediterranean countries: offices and subsidiaries in France, Italy and Greece, Headquarters in London Significant development work is currently undertaken in North Africa to develop the first large scale assets in the Sahara and export the power to Europe via submarine cables Page 2 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Introduction to Nur Energie Nur Energie Activity Snapshot France •Conventional PV & BIPV technology •MW-scale projects, landfill sites, Grand Port Maritime •Southern France de Marseille BIPV •65MW under development Italy •MW-scale projects (PV) •Development of 2GW HVDC merchant cable from •Puglia, Lazio and Sicily North Africa for import of solar electricity •5MW ready to build in Q2 2010 •Landing rights for cable, grid integration Greece •First commercial CSP tower plant •Won a critical municipal auction for land to build a •Build execution and operational 35MW CSP plant against Spanish CSP competitor experience for CSP •35MW in Crete and 50MW in Rhodes under development Africa •Actively pursuing utility scale solar •Considering entering markets in the remaining North projects in Tunisia, Algeria and African countries and South African (and the Middle Morocco East). Page 3 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Case Study: CSP Project in Crete, Greece Purpose Build CSP development experience in a FIT supported market in Europe Why Greece Late for Spain, CSP in Greece was untapped in early 2008 Strong Partners Established 50 -50 JV with Motor Oil Hellas, major Greek independent energy company to jointly develop the project EPC to be provided by METKA, the leading EPC company in Greece Stage 1: Land identification Complete •Land Survey •Site-specific Modelling •Land Inspection •Solar Radiation Assessment •Land Scoring/Ranking •Assessment of authorisation and grid connection issues Bottom-up approach: 37 sites screened Page 4 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Case Study: CSP Project in Crete, Greece Stage 2: Securing the best site Complete SITE CHARACTERISTICS PATHWAY TO SECURING THE SITE •South Eastern tip •JV with Motor Oil Hellas gives Nur Energie a strong Greek partner, recognised by all •Highest Direct Solar Radiation in Greece, possibly •On the ground presence, constant interaction with local 2 Europe (DNI in excess of 2100kWh/m /y) stakeholders •Gentle South Slope •Participation in municipality tender for 170 hectares of land (100hectares usable for CSP) •Adjacent to the island’s major conventional power station (300MW) •Highest quality techno-economical documents and feasibility studies including detailed layouts, grid •Adjacent to grid connection, HV lines through integration impact, environmental benefits etc property •Use of best CSP technology (BrightSource Energy) •2km from port allows Nur Energie to outbid major Spanish CSP company Page 5 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Case Study: CSP Project in Crete, Greece Stage 3: Solar Radiation Assessment Complete •State of the art meteorological station •Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI), Direct RATIO of Ground DNI Data Normal Irradiation (DNI), Wind, Temperature etc over Satellite DNI Data •Measurements since November 2008, per minute measurement frequency •In-house data assessment, including correlation with real time satellite DNI data to Ground Data generate TMY data (Typical Meteorological Satellite Data Year) DNI VERIFIED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 2100kWh/m 2/y (5.7kWh/m 2/day) [e.g. Andasol is 2136kWh/m 2/y, PS10/PS20 are 2012kWh/m 2/y] Page 6 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Case Study: CSP Project in Crete, Greece Stage 4: Complete Ongoing Permission process Site of CSP plant, next to •Application dossier submitted (February 2009), conventional power plant and port currently being reviewed for the granting of an Electricity Generation Licence [Expected in H2 2010] •Lease agreed with local municipality which owns the land after winning the tender process in September 2009 •Forestry department has verified that the land is suitable for use (i.e. not forest land or other restrictions) •Full authorization expected in 2011. •Local stakeholders are very positive towards the CSP project Page 7 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Case Study: CSP Project in Crete, Greece Stage 5: Power Plant Design Ongoing •Crete electricity network is very unique: •Autonomous grid •Oil based •Large daily and seasonal variability Power Block • >20% wind energy •Wind/hydro hybrids expected Daily Electricity by Generation Source •Benefit of the CSP plant to grid stability has been demonstrated 700 by Nur Energie WIND 600 ATM 1 LIN GAS 1 LIN GAS 4 CHA GAS 1 CHA 500 GAS 2 LIN GAS 5 CHA •Co-firing is a better solution than storage for intermittency GAS 4 LIN 400 GAS 12 CHA control and the provision of guaranteed capacity during the high GAS 11 CHA GAS 5 LIN GAS 13 CHA demand summer months 300 GAS 3 LIN DIESEL 4 LIN DIESEL 3 LIN DIESEL 2 LIN 200 DIESEL 1 LIN DIESEL 2 ATH •Solar field layout and tower location optimised DIESEL 1 ATH 100 CSP CC ATM 6 LIN ATM 5 LIN •Power block components designed 0 ATM 4 LIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Page 8 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Nur Energie in North Africa Utility scale solar energy in North Africa IN NORTH AFRICA Nur Energie is developing large scale CSP projects in Tunisia, primarily for export to Europe In addition it is also participating in CSP development activities in Algeria, Morocco and Egypt. ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD Nur Energie is also considering and assessing the feasibility of developments in South Africa and the Middle East. Page 9 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt Nur Energie in North Africa DESERTEC Nur Energie was invited, and has accepted, to become an Associated Member of the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative . The Dii was founded to pave the way for the establishment of a framework for investments to supply the MENA region and Europe with power produced using solar and wind energy sources. The long-term goal is to satisfy a substantial part of the energy needs of the MENA countries and meet as much as 15% of Europe’s electricity demand by 2050. The Dii now consists of 17 shareholders. The founding members of Dii GmbH were ABB, Abengoa Solar, Cevital, the DESERTEC Foundation, Deutsche Bank, E.ON, HSH Nordbank, MAN Solar Millennium, Munich Re, M+W Group, RWE, SCHOTT Solar and Siemens Page 10 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt 2 GW Solar Export Project in Tunisia Tunisia: Ready to go History •Active since 2008 in Tunisia. Extensive development and feasibility work. •Site identified for up to 2000MW of CSP capacity •HVDC route for export to Italy has been identified and is technically feasible •Launch of solar radiation recording campaign (April 2010) Target •To develop 2000MW of CSP project for export to Italy via submarine HVDC cable with first plant ready for construction in 2013 Short term •Solar retrofit for electricity needs of Industrial site opportunities •Solar retrofit for heat requirements of a gas refining plant •IPP project tenders issued by the Tunisian government Page 11 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt 2 GW Solar Export Project in Tunisia Nur Energie’s approach to Tunisia Strict methodology for site to pass selection criteria • Environmental screening, desertification risk, solar radiation, water rights, large size for 2GW, proximity to gas and electricity transmission Building local support • Water Cooling for large solar thermal plants not feasible and not desirable in deserts – focus on dry cooling technologies • Analysis of potential for local value add Study on techno-economic feasibility of cable connection through the Mediterranean • Work with Statnett Engineering, experienced sub-marine HVDC engineering consultancy, previous work included engineering for 560km/700MW sub-marine HVDC cable between Holland and Norway Study on Grid integration into the Italian electricity network • Work with CESI, Italian electricity research bureau part-owned by Terna, the Italian grid operator, analysing 6 possible inter- connection points, identified 4 that can take up to 2000MW of electricity imports Page 12 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010. Cairo, Egypt 2 GW Solar Export Project in Tunisia Sub-marine cable interconnector between North Africa and Europe Tunisia has an excellent opportunity to be one of the first countries to connect sub-marine electricity cables to the European grid . Nur Energie has been investigating sub-marine electricity cable routes in the Mediterranean for more than two years. Nur Energie has already identified several feasible cable route sin the Mediterranean and possible interconnection points into the Italian electricity grid that are capable of taking electricity from large-scale solar projects in North Africa. Nur Energie has been asked by the Italian authorities to analyse whether a planned cable route from Tunisia to Italy could utilise parts of the corridor taken by the Galsi pipeline. Page 13 Nur Energie - CSP in North Africa MENASOL, 4 th May 2010.