ENERGY & WATER OFFSHORE WIND SERVICES

Securing compliance, reducing cost and managing risk OFFSHORE WIND SERVICES

2 TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

Providing technical solutions to complex environmental, regulatory and engineering challenges

Climate change and security of supply coupled with political and social demand for green energy means that offshore wind is growing in importance as a source of renewable energy. Rapidly maturing fixed and floating offshore wind technology will play a critical role in our low carbon future. As the sector grows, environmental and regulatory challenges are constantly evolving. Navigating these complex changes requires a reliable partner who can provide the expertise to allow your renewable energy to succeed and compete in this thriving market.

3 OFFSHORE WIND SERVICES

We give you the quality assurance you need to power ahead safely.

Our Offshore Experience Offshore Wind Ireland Specialist Marine Team In offshore wind we have worked on over In Ireland (as Metoc) we co-authored the Our specialist marine team has spent over 15GW of offshore wind projects over more Strategic Environmental Assessment of the 30 years working as advisors and project than 20 years in the UK and Europe and Offshore Renewable Energy Development managers for our clients through all stages developed several industry guidelines. Plan (OREDP) for Ireland. of offshore development from planning, Offshore Cables More recently we have supported fixed and concept, feasibility and design, through In offshore cables we are market leaders floating offshore wind developers on the construction, operation and maintenance, to in the consenting, survey design and East, West and South Coast of Ireland with decommissioning. oversight of sub-sea cables projects from site selection, constraint studies, Foreshore We partner with operators, developers, interconnectors, offshore wind export cables Licence Applications for site investigation utilities, asset owners, lenders and regulators/ and telecommunication cables to engineering, works, early project feasibility studies, and government. installation supervision and O&M. environmental surveys (marine mammals & ornithology).

We offer expert advice throughout your entire project lifecycle — site selection, survey, consents, design, construction & installation and operation & maintencance, helping you optimise costs and avoid potential risks.

Offshore wind experience

Our Services Project Lifecycle Consents • Site selection and feasibility studies Site Selection • Environmental Impact Assessment • Environmental assessment & permitting • Site, route and landfall feasibility •  engagement • Regulator & stakeholder consultation • Constraint Studies • Physical process assessment (including modelling) • Site investigation and marine survey • Site Investigation Permits • Third-party crossing agreements management & quality assurance • Regulatory advice & stakeholder Design, Construction & Installation • Survey procurement and contract engagement • Cable supply & installation contract and procurement development • Subsea route engineering • Metocean design basis and operability (“downtime”) • Survey field client representation and • Burial assessment & protection strategy • Consenting compliance & monitoring installation supervision • Metocean design & operability • Owner’s Engineer / Technical Advisor • Mathematical modelling (environmental & Survey engineering optimisation) • Installation supervision and QA/QC services • Survey design & management • Metocean design basis & operability Operation & Maintenance planning • Geophysical/ geotechnical assessment • Post-installation inspection • Cable routing, burial assessment & • Baseline environmental survey oversight • Depth of burial monitoring protection strategy • Subsea & land cable route engineering • Environmental monitoring • Geographical Information System (GIS) • Health & safety management • Remedial works assessment based data & asset management • Vessel inspection/ • Repair supervision/ client representation • Technical due diligence & risk assessment • Decommissioning strategy • GIS-based asset management

4 CASE STUDIES

Offshore Wind Case Studies Greenlink Interconnector, Marine Western Star Floating Offshore Wind Farm Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm Consultancy Support since 2013 — and Wave Energy Converter, Feasibiity Physical Processes Assessment — RWE Greenlink Interconnector Ltd Studies and Marine Surveys — SBE The Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm site Greenlink is a proposed interconnector linking Western Star is a proposed co-developed is located on the Kish and Bray banks, the power markets in Ireland and Great Britain. project off the west coast of Co. Clare, Ireland, approximately 10 km off the east coast of The project comprises a 190 km subsea and consisting of up to 1.1GW of floating offshore Ireland. underground cable and associated converter wind (FOW) and a two-step phased installation wave energy converter (WEC) site with initial The area surrounding the site is highly stations to connect EirGrid’s Great Island capacity of 5MW and future potential capacity designated, which necessitated a detailed transmission substation in County Wexford of up to 30MW. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). (Ireland) and National Grid’s Pembroke transmission substation in Pembrokeshire is supporting Simply Blue Energy with To support the EIA, we built and calibrated (Wales). It has a nominal capacity of 500MW. feasibility assessments and environmental hydrodynamic and spectral wave models to surveys for this innovative and cutting-edge characterise the hydrodynamics, wave climate Intertek’s subject-matter experts have worked project. and sediment regime in the project area. on marine environmental quality assurance solutions with Greenlink Interconnector At the Project Feasibility Stage, Intertek, The performance of the models was Ltd since 2013, providing marine route in collaboration with local Irish Companies, assessed against industry metrics, Offshore development, landfall identification, survey delivered a number of specialist studies Wind Farm modelling guidance and with management, environmental studies and for Western Star FOW and WEC Projects Intertek’s extensive industry experience. assessment and, ultimately, submitting the including Ports and Logistics Assessment, Marine Licence (Wales) and Foreshore Licence Grid Connection Assessment, Marine Survey (Ireland). Planning, and Energy Yield Analysis. As the project moves into the design stage, collection of robust environmental baseline information is a vital first step in understanding the potential environmental impacts of the project and ensuring that appropriate measures are adopted during project design to minimise impacts on the environment and, ultimately, secure consent. Intertek led the procurement of the bird and mammal surveys and is responsibe for ensuring This allowed the baseline environmental smooth delivery of the surveys over a 24-month conditions to be determined, against which Robust environmental impact assessment period. Offshore wind experience the effects of the development on the and environmental risk management have Processing and quality assurance of the bird physical environment could be assessed and been core themes for Greenlink, as the and mammal data including habitat modelling quantified. proposed route crosses several European analysis and species mapping will be undertaken Intertek’s assessment provides the Protected Sites. by Intertek. developers and other stakeholders with A Marine Licence has recently been granted regional and site-specific characterisation of by Natural Resources Wales and construction physical processes, comprising the metocean is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2021 and sedimentological environments. and commissioning planned for end 2023.

Benefits to Our Approach • Expertise that integrates environmental, survey and engineering considerations into successful offshore project development • Full project life-cycle understanding that ensures learnings are built in from concept stage • Early and open statutory and public consultation continuing throughout the development and construction phase • Established relationship with local statutory bodies and regulators • Unwavering focus on quality and meeting our clients’ expectations

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