Notice of operations at London Array Offshore Wind Farm

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1 London Array Ltd. Construction Management Port of Ramsgate Military Road Ramsgate CT11 9LG Notice of operations at London Array Offshore Wind Farm Date of Notice: December 15th 2010 Notice no: 4 The preconstruction work for London Array is now ongoing. We will issue regular notices on the progress and resources involved in the offshore project. In the near future the notices will be issued approximately monthly, once the offshore construction commences, the notices will be weekly. The intension is to give an overview of activities and vessels involved. Should anyone have question to the operations, we kindly ask you to put them forward well in advance. If you are not the appropriate recipient of these notices, or do not wish to receive the notices in the future, please let us know by reply or . London Array Offshore Wind Farm The London Array Offshore Wind Farm will be constructed in the Outer Thames Estuary, it will be situated midway between the Kent and Essex coastlines, more than 20km (12 miles) from each shore. Phase one consist of 175 wind turbines, installed on two sandbanks; Long Sand and Kentish Knock and in the Knock Deep channel that lies between, in water depths ranging from 0 to 25 m. (See attached chartlet) The project will be connected by sub sea cables to a new onshore substation at Cleve Hill on the North Kent coast. From the substation, the electricity will be fed into the existing National Grid transmission network. The onshore construction work at the substation is ongoing, the offshore construction work will commence February 2011 This year a number of surveys and preconstruction activities are planned offshore. For general information on the London Array project, see: If you have any questions on the offshore activities, or request further information, please direct them to: londonarraytraffic@dongenergy.dk 1. Installations 2 wave rider buoys and associated guard buoys are installed at the below locations. The third wave rider buoy and associated guard buoys, previously installed near North Falls have been permanently withdrawn Number Site Name Lat_DD (WGS84) Lon_DD (WGS84) Light 1 Knock Deep Wave rider buoy 51º N 01º E Fl (5) Y 20s 2nm 2 Knock Deep Guard Buoy 51º N 01º E Fl (5) Y 20s 2nm 3 Knock Deep Guard Buoy 51º N 01º E Fl (5) Y 20s 2nm 4 Fisherman s Gat Wave rider buoy N E Fl (5) Y 20s 2nm Description of wave rider buoys: Yellow spherical buoys, top transparent dome with solar panels and flashing light Description of guard buoys: Yellow spar buoys with flashing light and radar reflector

2 2. Work planned Consent and engineering surveys; bathymetry and magnetic abnormality (magnetonometer) surveys are ongoing ; the surveys cover the offshore site as well as export cable route. These surveys are carried out in two shift, working 24 hours a day, weather permitting. The surveys will continue throughout the winter period Installation of tide gauge etc at the London Array metmast, on going The schedules are as per information at time of issue. The schedules for the activities will be updated in the following notices 3. List of vessels at site in the near future Emu Surveyor Nab-Cat Survey vessel, working on the cable route and offshore construction site Survey vessel, working on the cable route and offshore construction site EMU Surveyor Nab Cat II 4. Relevant plans to current activity Name A Contractors method statements and risk assessments B Preconstruction Marine construction Procedure C Notices to Mariners ( 4 now issued ) D FEPA Licence 5. Other notes The Construction Management office is now manned and in operation. The address of the Construction Management office is: London Array Ltd. Construction Management, Port of Ramsgate, Military Road, Ramsgate, CT11 9LG, UK The Marine Coordinators can be contacted on or londonarraytraffic@dongenergy.dk

3 In 2011 as the offshore construction kicks off London Array will increase the frequency of these notices of construction to a weekly edition. A Notice to Mariners on the construction area etc, has just been issued to UKHO and other relevant bodies Report made by: Marine Coordinator Anker Lauritsen londonarraytraffic@dongenergy.dk Phone: +44(0) or Attachments - Lay out of wind farm Circulation:

4 London Array Richard Riggs Matt Britton Søren T Larsen Thomas Bonnichsen Kurt Jensen Uffe Burup Petersen Keith Henson Andy Cann Peter Kjeldsen Joanne Haddon Mark Cook Don Liversidge Stephen Reynolds Ron Heyselaar Gareth Swales Adrian Chatterton John Brown Jens W Bonefeld Kenneth Majlund Larsen The Crown Estate Ian Pritchartd Ben Barton Gert Hemmingsen Fishery Merlin Jackson Clive Mills Kingfisher Dudley Cramp PLA Roy Stanbrook Chris McQueen Port Controller MCA Thames Coastguard Ramsgate and Thanet Robert Brown Port Control Shipping Transeuropa Ferries DEFRA, MMO, CEFAS and others Benjamin Lander Robert Lilly/ DECC UKHO and Trinity House NtM / UKHO Trinity House ER / SAR resources Ramsgate Life boat Margate Life boat Paul Hodson Sailing and angling Royal Temple Yacht Club North Thames Professional Boatman Kent Charter Fishing RYA RYA Thames valley region Eastcoastpilot RYA East wbmaster RYA East riggrh@aol.com matt.britton@eon.com sorla@dongenergy.dk thobo@dongenergy.dk kurje@dongenergy.dk xufbp@dongenergy.dk kemhe@dongenergy.dk Andy.cann@canntechconsultancy.co.uk pekje@dongenergy.dk Joanne.Haddon@eon-uk.com Mark.cooke@eon.com donl@metoc.co.uk stephenreynolds@srservices.uk.com rheyselaar@masdar.ae gswales@masdar.ae Adrian.Chatterton@eon-uk.com jonathan.brown@eon-com jewbo@dongenergy.dk kenml@dongergy.dk Ian.pritchartd@thecrownestate.co.uk ben.barton@thecrownestate.co.uk gert.hemmingsen@thecrownestate.co.uk Merlinjackson@btinternet.com Clivemills480@btinternet.com kingfisher@seafish.co.uk lawyers@dudleycramp.co.uk Roy.stanbrook@pla.co.uk Chris.mcqueen@pla.co.uk Duty.PortController@pla.co.uk thames.coastguard@mcga.gov.uk Robert.brown@thanet.gov.uk port.control@thanet.gov.uk steve.williams@transeuropaferries.com Benjamin.Lander@marinemanagement.org.uk offshore.renewables@mfa.gsi.gov.uk Robert.lilly@decc.gsi.gov.uk hdcfiles@ukho.gov.uk opc.opc@thls.org ramsgate@rnli.org.uk margate@rnli.org.uk paul.hodson@hodson-engineering.co.uk info@rtyc.com stuartb@mband.co.uk excelangling@aol.com abigail.underwood@rya.org.uk michael@shefras.demon.co.uk south@eastcoastpilot.com webmaster@ryaeast.org erecrya@talktalk.net

5 Layout of London Array Offshore Wind Farm, and Export cable route