Centrica – An Energy Utility Perspective Gearόid Lane Director, British Gas New Energy 29 th April 2009

2 The World at Night

3 The World at Night

4 The Energy Trilemma Environ. & carbon Security of Supply Cost to Public Coal Renewables Energy Efficiency

5 Centrica’s Current Portfolio Onshore Glens of Foudland 26MW Braes of Doune 72MW (50% JV – Airtricity) Offshore Round 1 Barrow Offshore Wind 90MW (50% JV - DONG Energy) Lynn 90MW Inner Dowsing 90MW Round 2 Lincs 250MW Docking Shoal 540MW Race Bank 620MW Total 1,778MW Braes of Doune

6 Lynn & Inner Dowsing Two 97.2 MW wind farms Two 90 MW grid connections Total of 54 x 3.6MW turbines Rotor diameter 107 metres Generation equivalent to annual demand of 130,000 homes Managed on a multi-contract basis First power May 2008 Facts and Figures

7 Addressing Environmental Challenges Marine environment is busy, supporting wildlife, industry (aggregate extraction, commercial fishing) and recreation It also provides us with a number of services including coastal defence, food sources and nutrient recycling Developing offshore wind farms in balance with the existing environment is achieved through developing under a robust consenting process Environmental Impact Assessment, mitigation and monitoring Working with our stakeholders and with other developers to find solutions to generic problems

8 Consenting Process Project Definition & scoping Public & stakeholder consultation Data collection, analysis & assessment Production of Environmental Statement (ES) Public & stakeholder consultation Submission to Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for consent under Electricity Act, Coast Protection Act (CPA) & Food & Environmental Protection Act (FEPA) Consent granted, usually with a number of licence conditions including mitigation and monitoring Note, above is set to change with Planning Act and Marine Bill and the creation of the Independent Planning Committee (IPC)

9 Environmental Impact Assessment Better understanding the environment through the collection of high quality data over a number of years on the physical, biological and human environment Undertaking transparent assessments to meet or exceed ‘best practice’ Work closely with stakeholders to ensure that we are meeting their requirements Work with other developers and stakeholders to identify solutions to common problems e.g. FLOWW - commercial fisheries Liaison group NOREL - shipping and navigation liaison group COWRIE – environmental liaison group funding research to benefit the industry

10 Environmental surveys Surveys include: Coastal processes Geology Birds and marine mammals Shipping and navigation Electromagnetic interference Socio-economics Visual seascape assessment Hydrology and marine water quality Fish and seabed communities Underwater noise and vibration Commercial fishing Archaeology and cultural heritage Safety

11 Bird Monitoring for LID - Construction & Post Construction Radar surveys (& proposed aerial surveys) Key Challenges - Consents & Environment

12 An we do things better? There is always room for improvement: Better scoping – making use of the data becoming available from operating wind farms to target real issues at the earliest opportunity Better communication – working more closely with our stakeholders to identify solutions and build bridges on a project by project level and nationally through liaison groups An industry approach – continuing to work within the industry to meet generic issues

13 Thank you