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Wind in British Columbia Generate 2010: Getting It Built November 8, 2010 1 | Wind in British Columbia Cover Vestas has installed over 40,000 wind turbines that’s one third of all turbines in the world or one turbine every 4 hours… 2 | Wind in British Columbia North America •50+ Service Sites •2,500+ Local Jobs 3 | Wind in British Columbia Vestas in Canada • In Canada • 1050+ turbines • 1650+ MW • 210+ employees • Present in all provinces • British Columbia: Dokie Wind Project • Plutonic Power & GE EFS • 144 MW – biggest in BC! • 340,000 MWh / yr to BC Hydro • 48 Vestas V90-3.0 turbines • Expected on line March 2011 4 | Wind in British Columbia Dokie Ridge Under construction, Summer 2010 Photo from Plutonic Power Corporation 5 | Wind in British Columbia Thanet Offshore Wind Farm • Largest operational offshore wind farm in the world! • Area covered by site: 44.2 km2 • Location: Approximately 12 km. off shore • Size: 300 MW • Expected production > 1,000,000 MWh / yr • Equal to more than 200,000 households supplied • Client: TOWL (100 % owned by Vattenfall) 6 | Wind in British Columbia Thanet Offshore Wind Farm • 100 WTGs V90 mk 9 delivered, installed and commissioned • SCADA system • Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition • 5-year service contract 7 | Wind in British Columbia 8 | Wind in British Columbia 9 | Wind in British Columbia Growing Wind in British Columbia • Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in process with BC Hydro • Will determine future renewable energy tenders, likely in 2012 • Scheduled for completion in Nov. 2011 • Future power call dependent on export market developments • Will wind need to compete with run-of-river and other hydro? • Question: What role will economically efficient Canadian renewable energy play in US states’ renewable portfolio requirements? • Question: How can we ensure that the new IRP process recommends new wind energy procurements? What can we do to help? 10 | Wind in British Columbia For further information: Fritz Lake [email protected] 860/519-6283 Copyright Notice The documents are created by Vestas Wind Systems A/S and contain copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information. All rights reserved. No part of the documents may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means—such as graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems without the prior written permission of Vestas Wind Systems A/S. The use of these documents by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by Vestas Wind Systems A/S. You may not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from the documents. The documents are provided “as is” and Vestas Wind Systems A/S shall not have any responsibility or liability whatsoever for the results of use of the documents by you. Vestas wishes to acknowledge and respect all copyrights in connection with the illustrations used in this presentation. In case we have unintentionally violated copyrighted material, we want to be informed immediately in order to straighten things out and thus to honor any obligatory fees. 11 | Wind in British Columbia Cover