Presentation from the Supply Chain Opportunities in the Onshore and Offshore Wind Operation and Maintenance Sectors held at Down Royal Racecourse, Lisburn 27th November 2013

1. UK Content – Opportunities in
Offshore O&M
Alun Roberts, BVG Associates

2. Agenda
1. Costs of offshore O&M
2. Contracting and the supply
chain
3. UK content and opportunities
4. Northern Ireland and the Irish
Sea projects
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3. BVG Associates
Market analysis & business development
• Supply chain development
• Economic impact assessment
• Support to industrialisation
Technical innovation & engineering analysis
• Support to investment in technology
• R&D programme management
• Design and engineering services
Project implementation
• FIT project development (UK only)
• SCADA & condition monitoring
• O&M technical support
Technical education
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6. The O&M supply chain
Wind farm
asset owner
OFTO
Wind farm
operator
Turbine
maintenance
Transmission
maintenance
Service
vessels
Jack-up
vessels
Specialist
services
Port
Replacement
parts
Equipment,
tools
Operating
locally
Operating
anywhere
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7. How frequent
Frequency vs specialist - local opportunities
Vessel
operation
Turbine
maintenance
Onshore
admin
services
Cable repair
How specialist
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8. Where does the money go
• Typical costs = £80100k/MW/year for a nearshore project
Wind turbine OMS
Fees
Marine operations
Balance of plant
OMS
Overheads
Environmental
surveys
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9. Measuring UK content
• The percentage of the total undiscounted expenditure by the wind farm asset
owner on a wind farm that is ultimately spent through contracts awarded to
companies operating in the UK
• Excludes the value of contracts to UK companies that is spent on subcontracts to
companies not operating in the UK
• Includes the value of contracts to non-UK companies that is spent on
subcontracts to companies operating in the UK
Wind farm
expenditure
Cost of contracts to
UK-based companies
Cost of imported
components and
services
Cost of contracts to
overseas companies
UK Content
Cost of UK exported
components or services
(subsequently
reimported)
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Overseas content
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10. Local and UK content in turbine maintenance
Turbine maintenance
Turbine manufacturer’s national
resource
Health and safety
Equipment
Turbine manufacturer’s international
resource
Replacement components
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Overseas
29%
Local
49%
Other UK
22%
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11. Turbine maintenance supply chain opportunities
• Third party service
providers
• Turbine technicians
• Logistics, distribution of
spares and consumables
• Health and safety training
and equipment
• Blade inspection and repair
• SCADA and condition
monitoring
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12. Local and UK content in balance of plant maintenance
Substation maintenance
Overseas Local
12%
26%
Foundation maintenance
Cable survey and repair
Substation maintenance
General imported costs
Other UK
76%
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13. Balance of plant supply chain opportunities
• High and medium voltage
services
• Foundations – repairs and
scour and structural
monitoring
• Transition piece
cleaning/coatings
• Cable route surveys
• Cable re-burial, repair,
protection
• Substation maintenance
(onshore and offshore)
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14. Local and UK content in marine operations
Crew transfer vessel operation
Local port
Fuel
Overseas
23%
Crew transfer vessel manufacture
Turbine access system
Jack-up charter
Crew transfer vessel manufacture
Jack-up manufacture and charter
Other UK
16%
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Local
76%
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15. Marine operations supply chain opportunities
• Vessel manufacture or
conversion
• Vessel (or helicopter)
maintenance and operation
• Fuel
• Pontoon supply and
maintenance
• Access systems
• Marine navigation tools
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16. Local and UK content in environmental surveys
Surveys
Onshore logistics
Overseas
15%
Surveys (specialist)
Local
51%
Vessels and equipment
Other UK
55%
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17. Environmental surveys supply chain opportunities
• Environmental consultancies
• Monitoring:
• Sea mammals
• Birds
• Fishes
• Vessels and equipment
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18. Local and UK content in overheads
Local administration and services
Owners HQ
Insurance
Owners HQ
Insurance
Overseas
32%
Local
36%
Other UK
32%
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19. Overheads supply chain opportunities
• Recruitment
• IT
• Facility management and
services
• General office services –
printing, PR
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20. Local and UK content in fees
Local rent and rates
Overseas
5%
Local
12%
Use of system charges
Crown Estate rent
Miscellaneous non-UK products and
services
Other UK
83%
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21. Local opportunities in the Irish Sea
Robin Rigg
First Flight
Isle of Man?
Barrow cluster
Celtic Array
Liverpool Bay cluster
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22. How local is local?
Distance
from port
< 12nm
Strategy
Quayside onshore logistics
base
Offshore logistics using
workboats
12-40nm
Quayside onshore logistics
base
Offshore logistics using
workboats with helicopter
support
> 40nm
Offshore logistics base (fixed
or floating
Source: The Crown Estate, Scottish Enterprise: A Guide to UK Offshore Wind
Operations and Maintenance
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23. How local is NI?
Kilkeel
Belfast
Barrow
Mostyn
Holyhead
First Flight
Barrow cluster
Celtic Array
Liverpool Bay cluster
<12nm
12-40nm
>40nm
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24. Implications for Northern Ireland
• There is long term economic benefit from an offshore wind farm off the
NI coast
• Local suppliers may not benefit automatically to a significant degree
• Owners have a greater incentive during O&M to develop a local supply
chain than they do during construction
• Most Irish Sea projects can be operated from local ports. The exceptions
are the Celtic Array projects
• Northern Ireland companies should look beyond the Irish sea market
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25. Thank you
Contact aer@bvgassociates.co.uk
www.bvgassociates.co.uk