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1 OFFSHORE RENEWABLES Expertise for offshore reewables projects

RPS GROUP RPS is a iteratioal cosultacy providig advice upo: project developmet ad operatio exploratio ad productio of eergy ad other atural resources maagemet of the eviromet due diligece health ad

2 RPS GROUP RPS is a iteratioal cosultacy providig advice upo: project developmet ad operatio exploratio ad productio of eergy ad other atural resources maagemet of the eviromet due diligece health ad safety RPS has bee listed o the Lodo Stock Exchage sice With over 5,000 employees worldwide, RPS delivers a uique rage of techical cosultacy ad operatioal support to the offshore wid idustry. This multi-discipliary mix coupled with a leadig project maagemet capability ad extesive offshore expertise sets RPS apart from other cosultacies. We are ivolved i some of today s most importat ad challegig ifrastructure, evirometal, eergy ad developmet projects shapig ad ifluecig our world.

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES The offshore reewables sector, icorporatig wid, wave ad tidal eergy, is cetral to deliverig sustaiable ad secure eergy to meet global eeds.

3 OFFSHORE RENEWABLES The offshore reewables sector, icorporatig wid, wave ad tidal eergy, is cetral to deliverig sustaiable ad secure eergy to meet global eeds. RPS, as a evirometal ad techical cosultacy, has log recogised the importace of this sector, with cliets sice 2001 icludig developers, regulatory authorities ad govermets. Our particular expertise i offshore reewables ad cables beefits from over 30 years experiece i the offshore oil ad gas idustry ad our extesive experiece of oshore plaig. Our i-house specialist skills, coupled with our track record of successfully completed projects, has helped to esure that RPS is recogised as a leadig global techical cosultacy by the offshore reewables idustry. I the offshore reewables ad cables sector, RPS provides all the ecessary services to support project developmet, from project iceptio to costructio ad operatioal support. At the begiig of the project life cycle, we assist i site ad route selectio, project desig ad optimisatio ad evirometal impact assessmet (EIAs); we egage with stakeholders ad coduct due diligece. I the survey phase, we maage geotechical, geophysical, evirometal ad ecological surveys (oshore or offshore). I support of costructio, we ca maage teders ad cotractors, health ad safety, ad udertake foudatio ad cable istallatio supervisio, ad coset compliace. Our practical kowledge of the desig, coset ad post-costructio process meas the RPS team is able to provide sustaied advice through the etire sequece of developmet activities. I additio, RPS staff have excellet relatios with may of the stakeholders ivolved i the cosetig ad permittig process i may regios of the world. We are able to support across may differet aspects of project developmet, with all the beefits this provides, fosterig a i-depth uderstadig of the cliet s eeds ad the iter-related aspects of developig offshore projects.

PROJECT LIFE CYCLE Offshore reewables projects require the itegratio of a diverse rage of techical skills withi a evolvig regulatory ad commercial eviromet.

4 PROJECT LIFE CYCLE Offshore reewables projects require the itegratio of a diverse rage of techical skills withi a evolvig regulatory ad commercial eviromet. RPS has a uique mix of plaig, evirometal, geological, egieerig ad regulatory specialisms that combie to assist cliets i the effective desig ad implemetatio of offshore reewables projects. Offerig expertise ad support i all of the key life cycle phases of projects. RPS ca provide iputs ragig from the provisio of discrete, techical advice o key issues to the creatio of large, multidiscipliary teams that ca take a project from its early stages of site selectio ad feasibility to the costructio phase via EIA, survey ad coset compliace. The key is flexibility, which comes with havig a large ad diverse rage of experts, eablig RPS to quickly ad easily tailor services to the cliet s eeds. A summary of the key capabilities provided by RPS is detailed below Site/route selectio GIS-based spatial costraits aalysis Wid flow modellig, wave ad tidal resource modellig Metocea desig, costraits ad resource assessmet desk/modellig studies Robust metocea (wid, wave, curret, water level) measuremet for resource assessmet Site, route selectio ad plaig assessmets Cable route selectio studies Due diligece Structural loadig (wid, wave, currets) Habitat ad species sesitivity aalyses Sedimet trasport modellig for cable ad pipelie burial operatios Risk assessmet for geophysical (icludig uexploded ordace), geotechical ad evirometal Survey desig ad maagemet Geophysical (icludig UXO maagemet) ad geotechical survey desig survey desig ad maagemet Metocea survey desig ad maagemet, icludig the deploymet of floatig LiDAR bouys Offshore evirometal surveys: marie mammals, orithology, bethic (subtidal & itertidal), fisheries, plakto Oshore surveys associated with oshore ifrastructure (ecology, archaeology, ladscape, trasport, oise, hydrogeology, flood risk, protected species surveys) Provisio of project maagemet ad Quality Cotrol (QC) services for offshore surveys Metocea forecastig to support survey operatios Data Maagemet Project developmet Experieced EIA project maagers Scopig through to full EIA services (o ad offshore) icludig provisio of the majority of techical specialists i-house Liaiso with egieerig teams Regulator ad stakeholder cosultatios Developmet of mitigatio strategies Other regulatory assessmet requiremets eg Habitat Regulatios Assessmet Plaig Applicatio support Expert witess Metocea data aalysis ad desig criteria developmet Metcoea operability assessmets for costructio widows ad dowtime assessmets

Coset compliace Coset maagemet ad support Liaiso with key stakeholders Assistace with procuremet processes for survey cotractors Survey cotractor maagemet UXO site maager ad specialist advisor

5 Coset compliace Coset maagemet ad support Liaiso with key stakeholders Assistace with procuremet processes for survey cotractors Survey cotractor maagemet UXO site maager ad specialist advisor Developmet of costructio ad operatioal mitigatio plas ad evirometal maagemet plas Developmet of costructio ad operatioal moitorig plas Discharge of licece coditios Maagemet, iterpretatio ad reportig of evirometal moitorig Costructio support Teder cotract maagemet ad review HSE services Cliet represetative durig pilig ad cable istallatio Marie Mammal Observer (MMO) services Jack-up leg peetratio aalysis Cable burial assessmet UXO assessmet I-costructio moitorig ad mitigatio strategies Pollutio prevetio plas icludig oil spill modellig Stakeholder ad regulator liaiso Provisio of Evirometal Liaiso Officers Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW) Metocea measuremet ad forecastig for weather widows Operatioal support Advice o remedial works Geophysical survey desig ad maagemet Maiteace works risk aalysis Desig ad maagemet of evirometal moitorig surveys Evirometal coset compliace Metocea moitorig ad real time systems, systems itegratio ad maiteace

6 SITE/ROUTE SELECTION RPS provides a detailed site ad route selectio service to all parts of the offshore reewables ad cables sectors. We use GIS-based spatial aalysis techiques to idetify the locatio of potetial offshore wid sites ad cable routes as well as aalysig potetial wave ad tidal eergy sites via computatioal resource modellig, evirometal screeig ad costraits mappig. RPS has also developed a i-house tool to evaluate ad quatify evirometal sesitivity of marie habitats ad ecosystems to offshore reewable eergy developmets. RPS s kowledge of the broader offshore reewables idustry also eables us to provide due diligece services to potetial ivestors seekig to acquire stakes i offshore projects. Recet Project Examples: GIS spatial aalysis, scopig assessmets ad desk-based geological ad geotechical reviews to assist developers i the site selectio ad bid process for Roud 3 ad Scottish Territorial Waters offshore wid programmes: Various Developers, UK Computatioal modellig ad GIS assessmet to idetify potetial tidal eergy sites to assist developers i the site selectio ad bid process for the Petlad Firth licece awards: Various Cliets, UK Due Diligece o Sherigham Shoal offshore wid farm: StatoilHydro, UK Tidal Resource Site Selectio ad Evirometal Appraisal: Sub Sea Turbies Ltd., UK Marie Reewable Eergy Strategy Framework (MRESF). Three-year project, GIS costraits aalysis for wave ad tidal developmet, developmet of a iteractive web portal, project maagemet ad stakeholder egagemet: Welsh Govermet, UK Offshore Wid Eergy ad Tidal Eergy Resources Assessmet: Norther Irelad ad Republic of Irelad, ROI Irish-Scottish Liks o Eergy Study (ISLES), feasibility of developig a offshore itercoected trasmissio etwork: EirGrid, Norther Irelad Executive, Scottish Govermet, UK Ecological Services Modellig for Rhode Islad Ocea SAMP, developmet of the Techical Developmet Idex (TDI) ad Ecological Value Map (EVM)SM: Rhode Islad Coastal Resources Maagemet Coucil (CRMC), USA Developig Evirometal Protocols ad Modellig Tools to Support Ocea Reewable Eergy ad Stewardship: U.S. Bureau of Ocea Eergy Maagemet (BOEM), USA Evaluatio of the Relative Evirometal Sesitivity ad Marie Productivity of the Outer Cotietal Shelf (OCS): BOEM, US Desk Based UXO Assessmet ad Risk Mitigatio Strategy Desig, icludig subsequet UXO survey ad ivestigatio maagemet, Kriegers Flak Combied Grid Solutio, Demark ad Germay Desk Based UXO Assessmet ad Risk Mitigatio Strategy Desig CWA2, 50Hertz, Baltic Sea, Germay

7 SURVEY DESIGN & MANAGEMENT RPS provides a co-ordiated service coverig both the offshore ad oshore elemets of offshore reewables ad cables projects. The ability to provide a truly itegrated service i both the marie ad terrestrial eviromet, together with our track record of successfully maagig such projects, sets RPS apart from other cosultacies. Compilatio ad refiemet of desk studies Preparatio of survey specificatios ad ITT documets Maagemet of the teder process Site operatios HSE/QA Subcotractor maagemet ad QC of the data acquisitio ad survey reportig Fial iterpretatio of desig parameters ad site ivestigatio reports Geotechical peer review o foudatio desig, cable burial ad cable protectio measures Cliet ad HSE represetatio Vessel audits (geophysical, geotechical ad IMCA) Terrestrial ad marie ecological survey desig ad implemetatio Boat-based/aerial bird ad marie mammal survey desig ad implemetatio Data aalysis ad techical reportig Recet Project Examples: Desig of geophysical survey campaigs for Roud 3 Zoes: The Crow Estate, UK Log-term meteorological ad oceaographic (metocea) measuremet program for a potetial offshore wid farm usig floatig LiDAR to collect: Equior, USA Geophysical ad geotechical survey strategy maagemet for Dogger Bak, offshore QC ad itegratio of all acquired data to develop a ew geotechical model of subseabed coditios: Forewid, UK Geotechical site ivestigatio desig ad maagemet, offshore QC, oshore data review ad itegratio for Race Bak offshore wid farm: Cetrica, UK Cotract maagemet, geophysical ad geotechical survey desig ad maagemet for Celtic Array offshore wid farm. Offshore QC, oshore iterpretatio, laboratory maagemet ad report QC: Cetrica, UK Teder review ad provisio of offshore supervisio for Tidal Eergy geophysical survey: E.ON, UK Co-ordiatio ad maagemet of baselie orithology surveys at Lics offshore wid farm ad post costructio survey maagemet at Ly ad Ier Dowsig offshore wid farms: Cetrica, UK Desig ad maagemet of marie ecology baselie surveys for Horsea Project Oe ad Project Two offshore wid farm: SMart Wid, UK Maagemet for durig-costructio evirometal surveys at Ormode offshore wid farm; Marie Mammal Observer (MMO) ad Passive Acoustic Moitorig (PAM) package, uderwater acoustics ad suspeded sedimet surveys: Vattefall, UK Desig of pre- ad post-costructio bethic surveys, ad a Marie Mammal Mitigatio Strategy, based o Acoustic Deterret Devices (ADDs), for the Beatrice Offshore Wid Farm: SSE Eergy/SeaEergy, UK Bird ad marie mammal surveys udertake for MeyGe Tidal Stream Project: MeyGe Ltd, UK Desig, maagemet ad executio of boat-based offshore bird ad marie mammal survey; ad desig of the bethic survey across the Irish Sea Roud 3 Zoe: Cetrica, UK Project maagemet ad geotechical ad geophysical survey desig ad techical cosultacy. Doggerbak offshore wid farm. Forewid, UK Cosultacy ad support for UXO surveys ad recoaissace of the HelWi 2 offshore wid farm itercoector cable route: Teet, Germay Project maagemet, survey desig, techical cosultacy ad offshore QC, Borssele, Holladse Kust Zuid, Nord ad West offshore Widfarms, ogoig, Dutch Miistry of Ecoomic Affairs: MOEA/RVO, Netherlads

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSENTING As a multidiscipliary cosultacy our expertise lies ot oly across a array of techical evirometal disciplies, but also i the coordiatio of EIAs.

8 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSENTING As a multidiscipliary cosultacy our expertise lies ot oly across a array of techical evirometal disciplies, but also i the coordiatio of EIAs. We operate dedicated teams of EIA project maagers ad coordiators ad members of this team provide the focal poit for our EIA commissios. We typically either embed EIA maagers withi cliet teams or work i close liaiso with cliet teams to esure streamlied commuicatio ad ecourage liaiso betwee cosetig ad project egieerig/desig teams. Our EIA coordiatio teams are supported by teams of i-house techical specialists across a rage of evirometal disciplies both oshore ad offshore. RPS has sigificat experiece of supportig cliets i all stages of preparatio of developmet coset applicatios ad associated permits icludig specialist techical support. Recet Project Examples: Lead EIA cosultat for for Horsea Project Oe, Project Two ad Project Three, Atlatic Array, Lodo Array, Gufleet Sads (I, II ad III), Trito Koll, Ormode offshore wid farms (offshore ad oshore work): Various cliets, UK Techical support durig the Plaig Ispectorate s Examiatio phase, icludig presetatio of evidece at hearigs, for the Trito Koll, Atlatic Array ad Horsea Project Oe, Project Two ad Project Three offshore wid farms: Various cliets, UK Hydrodyamic modelig, sedimet trasport modelig, oil spill modelig, ad desig of bethic habitat moitorig pla ad other biological surveys for the Vieyard Wid offshore wid farm Costructio ad Operatios Pla (COP): Vieyard Wid, USA Techical support durig Pre-Applicatio ad Examiatio Phases i the applicatios for the cosets required to costruct ad operate the Atlatic Array wid farm: RWE, UK Marie mammal advisor for the Beatrice offshore wid farm: SSE Eergy/ SeaEergy, UK Orithology evirometal impact aalysis: Various cliets i UK waters, UK Computatioal modellig ad geological assessmet of tidal demostratio device i Norther Irelad: Marie Curret Turbies, UK EIA coordiator ad specialist orithology ad marie mammal iput ito the EIA for MeyGe Tidal Stream Project: MeyGe Ltd, UK EIA ad supportig regulatory assessmets for the Motrose Tidal Scheme: GlaxoSmithKlie, UK Marie mammal ad bird survey desig ad implemetatio for the Celtic Array Roud 3 Zoe: Cetrica, UK Aalysis of Potetial Impacts for a offshore wid farm at Horseshoe Shoal i Natucket Soud: Cape Wid Eergy LLC, USA Commercial Lease Issuace ad Site Assessmet Activities o the Atlatic OCS Offshore Massachusetts EA: BOEM, USA Study ito the applicatio of phased approaches, ad Desig Evelopes, to offshore wid developmet i the U.S: BOEM, USA

9 CONSENT COMPLIANCE RPS has first-had experiece of esurig compliace with all key offshore ad oshore plaig ad coset coditios. With our i-house combiatio of qualified plaers, evirometal cosultats, marie scietists ad techical specialists, we are uiquely placed to make sure offshore reewables ad cables projects move smoothly from coset award to costructio ad beyod i lie with coset coditios. Our well-established relatioships with key stakeholders ad regulatory etities helps esure a efficiet ad professioal solutio to coset related issues. RPS also offers the possibility of secodig staff directly to offshore developers, to perform the role of coset maagers withi idividual project teams. Through our survey desig ad maagemet service, RPS provides plaig ad maagemet of geophysical ad geotechical surveys ad the detailed evirometal moitorig programmes typically required for offshore reewable eergy projects. Recet Project Examples: Cosets ad Evirometal Maagemet for Ly ad Ier Dowsig ad Lics offshore wid farms durig the costructio phase: Cetrica, UK Maagig post-costructio moitorig programme ad providig cosets support durig Operatioal ad Maiteace phase activities at Ly ad Ier Dowsig offshore wid farms: Cetrica, UK Maagig durig-costructio orithological moitorig requiremets for Lics offshore wid farm: Cetrica, UK Maagig durig-costructio ad post-costructio moitorig programme for Ormode offshore wid farm: Vattefall, UK MMO coset compliace work at Gufleet Sads offshore wid farm: DONG, UK Oshore evirometal audits: DONG, UK HSE maager o Ormode offshore wid farm: Vattefall, UK Cosetig compliace ad marie licesig support for Beatrice Offshore Wid Farm, icludig developmet of a Pilig Coset Pla ad post-costructio report o implemetatio of the pla: SSE Eergy/BOWL, UK Metocea survey to quatify the wid, wave or curret resource: Various cliets, Australia ad USA

CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT RPS ca supply either idividual project maagers or project teams to support our cliets with the plaig ad implemetatio of the costructio phase of offshore projects.

10 CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT RPS ca supply either idividual project maagers or project teams to support our cliets with the plaig ad implemetatio of the costructio phase of offshore projects. Our persoel are chose specifically to meet the cliets eeds ad to supplemet their ow staff. RPS have a thorough workig kowledge of the offshore idustry with expertise i: Developmet ad issue of ITTs to cotractors Project maagemet support Provisio of HSE persoel HSE audits, safety systems ad safety case Offshore supervisio (owers represetative/qc) durig istallatio Recet Project Examples: Supply of costructio team persoel to Roud 1 ad Roud 2 projects: Cetrica, UK Jack-up leg peetratio aalysis: Smit Marie Projects ad A2SEA, UK FEED ad achor desig for costructio plat: Marie Curret Turbies, UK Supervisio of pilig operatios o Burbo Bak offshore wid farm: DONG, UK Prelimiary Egieerig desig for turbie foudatios ad cable coectios: Solway Offshore Ltd/Offshore Eergy Resources Ltd, UK Foudatio desig ad Project Maagemet of Istallatio at EMEC: Ope Hydro, UK Cosets ad Evirometal Maagemet for Ly ad Ier Dowsig ad Lics offshore wid farms: Cetrica, UK Jack-up leg peetratio aalysis Geodetic support, dimesioal cotrol ad survey Costructio survey maagemet ad support Cosets ad Eviromet toolbox talks/istructios to cotractors

11 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT Durig the operatioal phase of a project, RPS offers a wide rage of services to our cliets. Key services available durig the operatioal phase iclude desig ad maagemet for evirometal moitorig surveys, realtime metocea data ad forecastig, HSE, coset compliace, aalysis of cable itegrity surveys ad advice o remedial works. Recet Project Examples: Operatioal phase coset compliace ad maagemet of post-costructio moitorig ad reportig for Ly & Ier Dowsig offshore wid farms: Cetrica, UK CDM Plaig Supervisor Ketish Flats offshore wid farm: Elsam, UK Advice o remedial works for Arklow Bak: GE Eergy, Irelad Evirometal ad cosets support, icludig licesig maiteace activities ad auditig cosets documetatio, across UK operatioal offshore wid farm portfolio: Orsted, UK Evirometal support ad advice to developer cosets ad site-based teams, icludig licesig maiteace activities, across operatioal offshore wid farm portfolio (Ormode, Thaet, Ketish Flats, Ketish Flats Extesio offshore wid farms): Vattefall, UK Oil spill awareess traiig ad spill respose exercise for Ormode offshore wid farm: Vattefall, UK

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