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Mathieu GUILLERMIN AfricaBusiness

Development Manager VERGNET

France

KATSINA

10MW WIND FARM

FEDERAL MINISTRY

OF POWER

PILOT PROJECT IN

WIND ENERGY

Innovative renewable energy solutions

Water and Solar Division55 employees

Around 100 000 water pumps installedSupplying 50 million people

Water and Solar Division55 employees

Around 100 000 water pumps installedSupplying 50 million people

Wind Turbine Division230 employees

Over 750 wind turbines installed

Wind Turbine Division230 employees

Over 750 wind turbines installed

2 research centres40 engineers and technicians

2 research centres40 engineers and technicians

2 wind turbine test centresGommerville (28) et Greneville en Beauce (45)

2 wind turbine test centresGommerville (28) et Greneville en Beauce (45)

Created in 19892010 revenue: 85 million €

A pioneer in sustainable development

Over 40 million people supplied with

water

New “water supply”range

Construction of 1st

wind farm for export

7th development programme with the

High Power wind turbine range

(GEV HP of 1 MW)Outsourcing

of developmentof wind turbine

projects

1st wind turbines

1st water pumps in Africa

19761976 19931993 19971997 20022002 20032003 20042004 20052005 20062006 20082008

A key player in the water supply

For 35 years in Africa :

100.000 villages equipped supplying 50 million people

A leader in Africa in :

• Solar water pumping

• Telecommunication

• Rural electrification

DesignDesign

ProductionProduction

InstallationInstallation

MaintenanceMaintenance750 VERGNET wind turbines

Our Presence in the world

Wind Division : a positioning on niche marketsU

nit P

ower

�

2 markets in Growth Phase� No Race for Power� Limited Competition

�

� Mature Market

� Race for Power

� New Chinese Competitors

Hard-to-reach locations : strong logistical constraints

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Technical Concept

Light Logistics

The wind turbines can be transported

in containers on all types of site,

whatever the infrastructures and

logistics available

No need of heavy equipment

Wind turbines wholly assembled on

the ground, then erected with the help of a simple hydraulic winch

9 drillings and 15m3 of concrete

GEV MP C 275 kW

Unique, patented,

tiltable

Competitively priced

Hurricane resistant

Can be transported to any site

Can be installed on any site

Easy maintenance

Twin-blade, tiltable wind turbine on guy wire-supported tower

Proprietary technology protected by a series of patents

Twin-blade, tiltable wind turbine on guy wire-supported tower

Proprietary technology protected by a series of patents

The adequate wind turbine for NigeriaTower : 55m - Blades 16 m – Scada

The adequate wind turbine for Nigeria

Easy Maintenance

Wind turbine maintenance on the ground following lowering of the machine

Maintenance performed by local people : training by Vergnet

True cyclone protection

Lowering and ground harnessing of wind turbine in less than one hour

Protection recognised by insurers

Erection by local companies under Vergnet supervision.

GEV MP 275

A proven and adapted technology

Ashegoda Wind Farm (Ethiopia):

120 MW to supply 3 million people

Our Wind Projects in Africa :

� Nouadhibou (Mauritania), 5 MW

� Marsabit (Kenya), 0,55 MW

� Rodrigues (Mauritius), 1,1 MW

� Erythrea, 1 MW

� Reunion Island, 20 MW

� AND…

Katsina State FMP Wind Farm

• The Project :

Turnkey project for the supply and installation

of 10MW Wind Farm made of :

37 GEV MP Turbines 275KW each

at Rimi Local Governement, Katsina State,

Nigeria

• Planning :

�Start : June 2010

�Completion : March 2012

The Dates :� Tender launched in : October 2008

� Technical crosscheck by Consultant(Terrawatt) : April 2009

� Due process certificate : May 2009

� Federal Executive Council Approval : June 2009

� 2009 contract signature : 17th September, 2009

� Kick off Meeting : 26th April, 2010

� Commencement Date : 1st June 2010

� September 3, 2010 : first progress meeting



Localisation of the

Project


• WTG number: 37 GEV MP

• Rated power: 275 kW

• Total power: 10.175 MW

• Rotor diameter: 32 m

• Tower height: 55 m

• Tower type: Tubular

• Estimated Production: 12,5 GWh

• (Per year)

• Wind speed average: 5,7 m/s

• Spared Oil 280 t

• Oxide Emissions avoided 780 t

• (CO2, NOx, SO2)

33/11kV Substation:Grid connection studies will be done by Lahmeyer International:Load Flow, Switching operations, Flicker evaluation…

Wind Farm: • 37 Wind Turbines MP 275kW• Electrical rooms: equipped with 1 transformer 315kVA 400V/33kV each

Wind Farm: 33kV underground networkArrangement by clusters of Wind turbines (4 clusters)

Wind Farm: MV delivery substationProtectionMetering

Overhead Lines:Wind Farm new OHL :14km33kVDesign by Lahmeyer International

Overhead Lines:Connection to existing network: 9km33kVDesign by Lahmeyer International

33/11kV Substation:1 or 2 Power transformers (total 15 MVA)Connection to 11kV distribution networkDesign by Lahmeyer InternationalSupply by Vergnet, Erection by FMP

Electrical Design


• Tough environmental conditions and weather conditions (in

particular potential sand storms)

• Specific environment for local workforce

• Need to train local staff at high level in order to make possible

effective O&M of the park after end of warranty period

• Non availability of big cranes (typically 400t) for maintenance

purposes

• Need to install water adduction facilities next to the site

Katsina Project Specificities


Before the

works…


A successful

Partnership

Katsina FMP Wind Farm

The Shelter


Drilling,

drilling…


• High Civil Works Quality Standards :

�Our quantity surveyor is permanently controlling and

writing all the process of concrete realization.


Efficient

Nigerian

Workforce


Tower delivery :

• Transport in

normal containers

• No need of heavy

equipment

FIRST ACHIEVEMENTS

TURBINES

TOWER ELEMENTS

BLADES STORAGE

PULLEYS

STORAGE AREA

BLADES TRANSPORT


The tilting Process

with the specific

guyed mast


Innovative Tilting

Concept :

� easy for

maintenance


Bringing out the nacelle


The first

whole

range

The first

erected

machine



The commissioning is

planned for March

2012 and the

schedule is respected

with more than 30

turbines assembled

in November 2011.


• Many local workers have been hired and trained,

contributing to the success of the works.

• The project consists also of a training phase (in

France and in Nigeria), to build up the local

capacities for the O&M of the Wind Farm.

�Operation & Maintenance will be further

operated by Federal Ministry of Power staff.

Katsina Project Local Advantages


• The Wind Farm will provide electricity to the

Katsina State and northern Nigeria.

• The Wind Farm will be the flagship of

Renewable Energy Development in Nigeria

and even in Western Africa.

They have made it possible :

FMP, Vergnet, Lahmeyer, Terrawatt and Otis

VERGNET in Nigeria, the future ?

• Some wind studies have been done in Sokoto

and other locations in the north.

• Rural Electrification in the South

• Private energy projects for mining in the Center

• Prequalification phase for ECN Tender :

� 4 Pilot Projects in Wind Energy

Wind Power in Africa

In Africa, our midsize

wind power has

already proven to

be a real

instrument of

sustainable

development.

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