1 Dr. Daniel Brickwell

The BARD Group

Risks and Challenges Deep Offshore

London March 2012

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Company Profile and Key Milestones

Since its foundation in 2003 by BARD has developed from a project developer to a manufacturer of

Offshore wind turbines and provider of Offshore Wind Parks (OWPP).

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Formation Transformation Executing BARD Offshore I

Mar 2004

Application for building permission for BARD Offshore 1 wind farm

2006

Cuxhaven Steel Construction GmbH established

Apr 2007

BARD received approval for BO1

Oct 2008

Start of tripile production; prototype at Hooksiel installed

Apr 2010

Start of operation of Installation-vessel Wind Lift 1

Dec 2010

Shares of Bekker family transferred to trustee vehicle

Sep 2003

BARD Engineering GmbH founded by Dr. Bekker

2005

BARD Emden Energy GmbH & Co. KG founded

2006

Manufacturing of rotor blades and offshore wind energy converters started

Feb 2008

BARD Engineering signed EPC contract with Ocean Breeze

Aug/Dec 2009

Approval for wind farm Veja Mate and Dutch projects

Jun 2010

Installation of first nacelle BO1

Dec 2010

Energy from BO1 fed into the grid for the first time

Q1 2011

New management team installed, Mr. Ranneberg appointed as CEO, Mr. Althoff as CFO

Oct 2011

Realignment of management team completed, Mr. Struck appointed as COO

Dec 2007

First prototype up and running at Rysumer Nacken

Q1 2012

First BARD 6.5 WEC in operation onshore

Aug 2011

Sale of Dutch project rights (600MW) to Typhoon Offshore

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The BARD - Group

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BARD has a sustainable business

model

BARD has an attractive growth

perspective

2 approved projects:

BARD OFFSHORE 1: 80 x 5

MW

VEJA MATE: 80 x 5 MW

To be installed 2010 – 2015

5 BARD projects still in pipeline

About 4.000 Megawatt in total

BARD‘s project pipeline and facilities

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BARD Emden Energy GmbH

Perfect Infrastructure

Serial production of rotor blades

Assembly of nacelles and e-units,

hubs

More than 400 Employees

Direct deep water access

Portal crane with 500 ton capacity

ISO 9001 certified

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Cuxhaven Steel Construction

Logistics is everything

Production facility with an area of 17.000 m²

State of the art and weather independent

production

Perfect logistics for shipment of offshore

components

Direct access to waterfront

Portal crane with 600 tons lifting capacity

Quality is priority no. 1

(DIN EN ISO 9001:2008; DIN 18800 Part

7E; BS OSHAS 18001: 2007; DIN EN

ISO 38342)

Cuxhaven Steel Construction GmbH

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Cuxhaven Steel Construction GmbH

495 tons in

transit

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BARD is pioneer in deep water

installation of 5 MW+ WTG

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Delay of own installation vessel

more than one year

Trouble during transport and the

installation of converter platform

Serious accident while installing

piles

Strong weather restrictions for

each step of the offshore

installation

Already installed cables showed

technical problems and had to

be recovered

Problems a pioneer in offshore wind

farm installation is facing

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Project „BARD Offshore 1“

Logistical challenge

48 Tripile foundation systems

installed in the North Sea

31/19 offshore wind turbines

installed

First 3 wind clusters have begun to

feed-in

42 cable connections laid

Project is on track to be fully

installed by end of 2013

Valuable lessons were learned and

new concepts developed

Project BARD Offshore 1

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Project BARD Offshore 1

Logistical Challenge:

Up to 320 Employees on site

„Windlift I“

„Thor“

„JB 115“

„Natalie“

„Natalia Bekker“

Cable laying ships, diving vessels,

marine safety vessels, etc.

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Transformer plattform „BARD 1“

Construction and transport

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Project „BARD Offshore 1“

Installation with Jack-up Vessels

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Environmental Protection & Ramming Silencing

• Limit for

acoustic

emission 160

db

• Actual

numbers

measured in

peaks > 175

db

=> In search of

solutions

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Collaborative research project

Smaller Bubble Curtain (SBC)

Results of first offshore

test OFT 1 (prototype):

• Small Bubble Curtain

can deliver up to 14 db

in sound reduction

• More compressors do

not necessarily reduce

more sound

• Permission limit not

quite reached 161,3

db as low

• OFT 2 in preparation

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Thank you for your attention!

Dr. Daniel Brickwell

BARD – Business Development

Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 21

D-28199 Bremen

Tel: 0049(0)421-59660-0

www.bard-offshore.de