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Barr Hydro Construction Progress Report for period to

16th March 2021

The MorVolts board held our four-weekly construction meeting on the 11th of March 2021 with John Heaton (Glen Hydro), Stuart Stankey (D A MacdonaldContractors)

.

This was followed by our project and board meeting on the

16th March 2021.

The board's summary of progress and key issues during the period includes:

1. Programme: No Concerns. Progress has remained good. 2. Budget: No budget revisions required. Generally we are still working ahead of

or within budget. 3. Risk Register. No changes to risk register

Below we have attached:

1. A brief progress report and updated photos from Glen Hydro 2. An updated project programme. 3. A copy of the minute of our board meeting of the

16th March 2021.

Any questions please ask Lilia or any member of the MorVolts board – Angus,

Nick, and Sarah

ID Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource

Names

%

Complete

Predecessors

1 Pre-construction phase 463 days Tue 01/01/19 Fri 23/10/20 100%

2 Management 115 days Wed 06/02/19Wed 17/07/19 100%

7 Consents 328.25 days Fri 01/02/19 Thu 21/05/20 100%

27 Finance 357 days Tue 01/01/19 Fri 29/05/20 100%

43 Design 407 days Wed 20/03/19Fri 23/10/20 100%

53 Procurement preparation 336 days Wed 06/02/19Thu 04/06/20 100%

62 Grid - preparation 225 days Fri 16/08/19 Sat 11/07/20 100%

68 Construction phase 408 days? Mon 24/02/20Thu 30/09/21 58%

69 Construction constraints 338 days? Mon 01/06/20Thu 30/09/21 78%

70 In river working 2020 88 days? Mon 01/06/20Wed 30/09/20 100%

71 In river working 2021 88 days? Tue 01/06/21 Thu 30/09/21 0%

72 FLS Teacuis View felling 2.5 emons Mon 15/06/20Sat 29/08/20 FLS 100%

73 Preparation 75 days Mon 24/02/20Fri 05/06/20 100%

78 Pipe procurement 20 days Fri 05/06/20 Thu 02/07/20 100%

79 DI leadtime 4 wks Fri 05/06/20 Thu 02/07/20 CDS 100% 61

80 PE leadtime 3 wks Fri 05/06/20 Thu 25/06/20 CDS 100% 61

81 Mobilisation 6 days Fri 29/05/20 Fri 05/06/20 RTS 100% 42

82 Tree felling 35 days Mon 08/06/20Fri 24/07/20 100% 81,26,77

91 Earliest civils start 0 days Fri 29/05/20 Fri 29/05/20 100% 42

92 Grid - construction 235 days Tue 07/07/20 Tue 15/06/21 66%

93 Switchgear order 19.6 wks Tue 07/07/20 Thu 19/11/20 SSEN,SSEC 100%

94 OHL reinforcement 7 wks Wed 31/03/21Tue 18/05/21 SSEN 0% 67

95 Cable laying & jointing 5 days Mon 07/06/21Fri 11/06/21 SSEN 0% 114

96 Switchgear installation 2 wks Tue 01/06/21 Mon 14/06/21 SSEN,SSEC 0% 93FS+126 days,108

97 Energisation 1 day Tue 15/06/21 Tue 15/06/21 SSEN 0% 96,114

98 Civils 292 days Wed 03/06/20Fri 30/07/21 58% 91

99 Mobilisation/set up site 13 days Wed 03/06/20Fri 19/06/20 DAM 100%

100 Quarry preparation, pecking 15 days Mon 08/06/20Fri 26/06/20 DAM 100%

101 Road construction to intakes 2-1 and 2-215 days Mon 29/06/20Fri 17/07/20 DAM 100% 100

102 Pipeline installation 210 days Mon 13/07/20Mon 17/05/21 DAM 80%

103 Intake 2-1 & 2-2 diversions 15 days Mon 20/07/20Fri 07/08/20 DAM 100% 101

104 Intake 2-1 134 days Mon 10/08/20Fri 26/02/21 DAM 98% 103



107 Minor intakes 40 days Mon 12/04/21Fri 04/06/21 DAM 0%

108 Powerhouse, pigging & tailrace 37 days Wed 10/03/21Thu 29/04/21 DAM 50%

109 Building phase 1 complete 0 days Fri 12/03/21 Fri 12/03/21 DAM 100%

110 Crane testing 1 day Wed 10/03/21Wed 10/03/21 MLL 100%

111 Building phase 2 complete 0 days Fri 02/04/21 Fri 02/04/21 DAM 0%

112 Cast blocks around inlet pipework 1 day Thu 29/04/21 Thu 29/04/21 DAM 0% 130

113 Pipe ready for filling 0 days Mon 17/05/21Mon 17/05/21 0% 112FS+2 wks,102

114 SSE cable works 75 days Mon 22/02/21Fri 04/06/21 DAM 15%

115 Civils ready for commissioning 0 days Fri 04/06/21 Fri 04/06/21 0% 108,114,113

116 Civils slack 0 days Mon 31/05/21Mon 31/05/21 0% 115

117 Key Dates - expected completion 26 days Thu 29/04/21 Fri 04/06/21 0%

118 Ready for grid 0 days Fri 04/06/21 Fri 04/06/21 0% 114,108

119 Pipeline and intakes commissioned 0 days Mon 17/05/21Mon 17/05/21 0% 108,102,104

120 Powerhouse ready for turbine 0 days Thu 29/04/21 Thu 29/04/21 0% 108

121 M&E 246 days? Thu 04/06/20 Mon 31/05/21 13%

122 Order 0 days Thu 04/06/20 Thu 04/06/20 100% 61

123 Drawings issued 0 days Wed 02/09/20Wed 02/09/20 100% 122FS+3 emons

124 Foundation ring ready for delivery 0 days Fri 30/10/20 Fri 30/10/20 100%

125 Foundation ring delivery 5 days Mon 07/12/20Fri 11/12/20 CiNK 100%

126 Mechanical ready for delivery 0 days Sat 30/01/21 Sat 30/01/21 100% 122FS+8 emons

127 Electrical ready for delivery 0 days Fri 05/02/21 Fri 05/02/21 100% 126FS+1 wk

128 Mechanical delivery 1 day Wed 24/03/21Wed 24/03/21 CiNK 0% 126,109

129 Electrical delivery 1 day? Wed 14/04/21Wed 14/04/21 CiNK,Stoddarts 0% 127,111

130 Mechanical installation 2 wks Thu 15/04/21 Wed 28/04/21 CiNK 0% 110,129

131 Mechanical installation slack 23 days Thu 29/04/21 Mon 31/05/21 0% 130

132 Electrical installation 61 days Mon 05/04/21Mon 28/06/21 0%

133 Transformer delivery 1 day Wed 07/04/21Wed 07/04/21 SSEC 0%

134 Transformer positioning 1 day Wed 07/04/21Wed 07/04/21 SSEC 0% 133SS

135 HV installation 1 emon Sat 15/05/21 Mon 14/06/21 SSEC 0% 96FF

136 Building services 2 wks Mon 05/04/21Fri 16/04/21 SSEC 0% 109

137 Power and control cabling 3 wks Thu 29/04/21 Wed 19/05/21 SSEC 0% 129,130

138 Electrical installation slack 28 days Thu 20/05/21 Mon 28/06/21 0% 137

139 Hydro ready for commissioning 0 days Mon 14/06/21Mon 14/06/21 0% 135,115,130

140 Grid ready for commissioning 0 days Tue 15/06/21 Tue 15/06/21 0% 135,97

141 Commissioning 2 wks Wed 16/06/21Tue 29/06/21 CiNK 0% 140

142 Commissioning slack 45 days Wed 30/06/21Tue 31/08/21 0% 141

143 All intakes operational 0 days Fri 30/07/21 Fri 30/07/21 0% 106,107

144 Deadlines 119 days Tue 27/04/21 Mon 11/10/21 0%

145 FIT accreditation deadline 0 days Tue 31/08/21 Tue 31/08/21 0%

146 FIT accreditation -3 months 0 days Wed 02/06/21Wed 02/06/21 0% 145FS-3 emons

147 Key Dates in civils contract 119 days Tue 27/04/21 Mon 11/10/21 0%

148 Ready for grid 0 days Tue 31/08/21 Tue 31/08/21 0%

149 Pipeline and intakes commissioned 0 days Thu 10/06/21 Thu 10/06/21 0%

150 Powerhouse ready for turbine 0 days Tue 27/04/21 Tue 27/04/21 0%

151 Section 1 planned completion 0 days Mon 06/09/21Mon 06/09/21 0%

152 All works completion 0 days Mon 11/10/21Mon 11/10/21 0%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

In river working 2020 100%

In river working 2021

FLS Teacuis View felling 100%

100%

100%

DI leadtime 100%

PE leadtime 100%

Mobilisation 100%

100%

Earliest civils start 29/05

66%

Switchgear order 100%

OHL reinforcement 0%

Cable laying & jointing 0%

Switchgear installation 0%

Energisation 0%

58%

Mobilisation/set up site 100%

Quarry preparation, pecking 100%

Road construction to intakes 2-1 and 2-2 100%

Pipeline installation 80%

Intake 2-1 & 2-2 diversions 100%

Intake 2-1 98%

Intake 2-2 95%

Intake 2-3 10%

Minor intakes 0%

50%

Building phase 1 complete 12/03

Crane testing 100%

Building phase 2 complete 02/04

Cast blocks around inlet pipework 0%

Pipe ready for filling 17/05

15%

Civils ready for commissioning 04/06

Civils slack 31/05

0%

Ready for grid 04/06

Pipeline and intakes commissioned 17/05

Powerhouse ready for turbine 29/04

13%

Order 04/06

Drawings issued 02/09

Foundation ring ready for delivery 30/10

Foundation ring delivery 100%

Mechanical ready for delivery 30/01

Electrical ready for delivery 05/02

Mechanical delivery 0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Transformer delivery 0%

Transformer positioning 0%

HV installation 0%

Building services 0%

Power and control cabling 0%

Electrical installation slack 0%

Hydro ready for commissioning 14/06

Grid ready for commissioning 15/06

Commissioning 0%

Commissioning slack 0%

All intakes operational 30/07

FIT accreditation deadline 31/08

FIT accreditation -3 months 02/06

Ready for grid 31/08

Pipeline and intakes commissioned 10/06

Powerhouse ready for turbine 27/04

Section 1 planned completion 06/09

All works completion

M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S

Half 2, 2020 Half 1, 2021 Half 2, 2021

Critical

Critical Split

Critical Progress

Task

Split

Task Progress

Manual Task

Start-only

Finish-only

Duration-only

Baseline

Baseline Split

Baseline Milestone

Milestone

Summary Progress

Summary

Manual Summary

Project Summary

External Tasks

External Milestone

Inactive Task

Inactive Milestone

Inactive Summary

Deadline

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Construction report

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Project Barr River Hydro scheme

Report type Progress report for stakeholders and interested parties

Report date 11th March 2021

Recent progress and activity

Civil works o Intakes

Intake 2-1; intake pond filled, banks being reinstated with riprap. Intake 2-2; structural concrete complete, diversion ready for sealing Intake 2-3; Diversion completed to enable intake construction.

o Pipeline 400m of the 800m of 630mm diameter HPPE pipeline from the intake

2-1 to the pipe junction is now laid Pipe junction/pigging chamber is being constructed Ductile iron bend near powerhouse positioned and thrust block cast Further reinstatement (described as ‘the best that I have seen’ by an

experienced hydro developer) o Powerhouse

Transformer base and switch room slabs poured. Steel portal frame erected. Wall and roof cladding being installed Cranes installed and tested

Grid works o Duct laying started (600m of 4000m installed)

M&E works o Turbine foundation ring cast into position o Equipment ready for shipping, first load due in late March

Construction report


Intake 2-1 – almost ready for operation

Intake 2-2 - structural concrete complete and ready for sealing of the diversion

Construction report


Pipeline from intake 2-1 being laid towards the forestry road crossing

Reinstatement on the ductile iron pipeline

Construction report


Intermediate pigging chamber and pipe junction being prepared for concreting

One of the minor intake steel fabricated structures

Construction report


Powerhouse - steel frame erection

Powerhouse – roof and wall cladding being installed

Construction report


Grid - ducts ready for laying

Grid – duct laying

Minute of MorVolts board meeting,

Tuesday 16th March 2021, by Zoom

Present: Angus Robertson (Director), Nick Tordoff (Director), Lilia Dobrokhodova (Co-Secretary)

Apologies: Sarah Jones

Agenda and Minutes

1. Barr Hydro Project

Programme changes and approvals – None.

Finance and budget changes and approvals – approved the revised cash flow budget which has been reconciled to date

with the bank, to include the additional sum for this years GH Additional PI cover

Power House colour. Angus and Nick visited the site to check on concern the colour was too light and not as ordered. The

building is quite a light colour as per planning consent and as ordered, the texture in the external wall finish looks as though it may be smooth when roughened had been requested. Most of

the visual impact will tone down once the timber clad switch and transformer room is added so concluded that no need to make any changes now.

Risk mitigation and approvals – None.

MCDC Issues – None.

2. Transition to Operations – continued discussion on transition to operations and the items below. More decisions on this required.

Financial management

Operational management

Staffing

3. Community Issues – None.

4. MorVolts Corporate Finance. No issues. March management accounts presented to MCDC board and approved at MCDC March board meeting.

5. Corporate Risk. No change.

6. AOB

Minutes of this meeting and John Heaton’s minutes of the project meeting

were approved by the board at the end of the meeting and are available to

MCDC board members on request.

Barr River Hydro – Project Risk Register 16/03/2021

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No. Date raised Risk Actions to be taken to avoid/reduce the risk Status

1 7/7/20 Grid programme uncertain and wayleaves not concluded.

Chase Johnny Bell for sub-lease conclusion – AR. Monitor conclusion of arrangements for cable laying. Meeting with SSEN and SSEC on 31/3. Monitor DAM progress. Keep in touch with Schneider.

Open

2 7/7/20 Forestry & Land Scotland requirements change or are introduced. Management/reporting requirements affect progress on site

Ongoing regular communication with FLS. Proactive discussion of issues (e.g. pipe crossing points). Continue to engage with Freya Williamson.

Open

3 7/7/20 Covid-19 Monitor situation, especially the potential for a second wave. Consider supply chain resilience. Check implications for CINK attendance for commissioning in May.

Open

4 7/7/20 Brexit Identify areas of supply chain that are at risk: - Turbine

- Most information received, - NT to submit last details to Inverness CofC

- HV switchgear - JH and AN to monitor projects with similar equipment being imported

Ensure plenty of slack in programme for delivery of items at risk. Chase SSEN/SSEC for any action required at appropriate time.

Open

5 4/8/20 In-river working unlikely to be complete before start of spawning season

Extension to in-river working period granted by SEPA: - 2-3: end of November - Small intakes and pipe crossings: no time restriction

Outfall about to start but does not require work in river.

Open

6 22/12/20 Measures not in place in advance of operation

Review activities required in advance of operation and action as appropriate. Open

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