The Delaware Offshore Wind Park

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The Delaware Offshore Wind Park
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Current project status

• April 29th MMS Issued Final OCS Regulations
• June 09 Bluewater will receive MMS lease for
  meteorological tower and all permits by
  August.
• Bluewater will submit a bid to Maryland to
  supply state government agencies with energy
  from the Delaware project
• August 09 Bluewater will submit OCS lease
  application with MMS
• Spring 10 Bluewater will erect a meteorological
  tower

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Delaware Project

• Project Size 230 - 450 MW (up to 150 turbines)
• Closest turbine about 13 highway miles east of
  Rehoboth
• Transmission cable 230kV cable connected to the
  Indian River substation traveling from the
  Bethany substation
• Offshore Construction Start Date Expected 2013
• Completion Date Expected 2013 2014 (depends on
  project size)

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Location of Delaware Project
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Typical Offshore Wind Park Layout
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230kV Submarine Cable
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Town of Bethany Beach Route
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Point of interconnection
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Construction methodology

• In order to minimize disturbance within the
  intertidal zone, horizontal directional drilling
  (HDD) will be used to install a 20-inch diameter
  high density polyethylene (HDPE) conduit for each
  of the submarine cables
• Work will be conducted over a period of
  approximately eight weeks during non-summer
  season months
• The HDD will be staged at the onshore end of the
  conduit and would involve boring from the land
  end of the conduit toward the offshore end of the
  conduit located in a cofferdam.
• Excavation of one or two 8 x 35 foot transition
  vault(s) would be required

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Bluewater remains committed to economic hub in
Delaware

• Min. 800 million investment
• Up to 500 local union jobs during construction,
  90 - 180 million in direct wages
• Up to 780 indirect jobs
• 238 million in GDP for Delaware (2 yr. const.)
• 38.5 million in transmission line upgrades
• 7.2 million direct economic impact for the Port
  of Wilmington

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Next Steps

• Continue exploration of alternate routes in
  parallel to investigating the Garfield Pkwy.
  route
• Understand what additional information Bluewater
  Wind should provide to the Town of Bethany
• Obtain confirmation that Garfield route is
  feasible or not by August 09

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Thank You