Horizon Wind Energy Presents Meridian Way Wind Farm.

Horizon Wind Energy

Presents

Meridian Way Wind Farm

Who We Are

• Horizon Wind Energy develops, constructs, owns and operates wind farms throughout the U.S.

• Originally Zilkha Renewable Energy. Acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2005 and renamed Horizon Wind Energy. Acquired by Energias de Portugal (EDP) in 2007.

• Headquartered in Houston with regional offices in New York, Oregon, California, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Illinois

– Overland Park, Kansas office opening in December 2007

• Over 160 employees

• By the end of 2007, will have developed more than 2000 MW of operating wind farms, placing Horizon 3rd in the U.S. in MW owned

What We’ve Done

Tierras Morenas24 MW, Costa Rica

Blue Canyon Wind Farm225 MW, near Lawton OK

Top of Iowa Wind Farm

80 MW, Worth County Iowa

Maple Ridge Wind Farm

322 MW, Lewis County NY

Lone Star400 MW, Shackelford

County TX

Twin Groves396 MW, McLean

County IL

Elkhorn Valley100 MW, Union County

WA

Prairie Star100 MW, Mower

County MN

Meridian Way Wind Farm

• Support from wildlife community

• Exceptional community backing

• Short and robust interconnect

• Excellent wind resource

• First 105 MW sold under PPA to Empire

• 2nd 96 MW PPA being pursued

Project Name Meridian Way Wind Farm

Size (MW) 201

County Cloud

COD November, 2008

ISO SPP

Acres Under Control 20,000+

Land Use Farming/Ranch

Relationships with wildlife stakeholders and Kansas Biological Survey resulted in Relationships with wildlife stakeholders and Kansas Biological Survey resulted in optimal site selection.optimal site selection.

About the Name

Meridian Way Wind Farm• Objective: identify nexus between

community and wind farm

• U.S. Route – Formerly known as Meridian Road– Historically significant– Farm-to-market road– Intersects county, Concordia and the wind farm

Meridian Way Wind Farm

•Excellent wind resource – Located in a Class 4 wind site•Exceptional community support•Close to load centers

Turbines

Frame Agreement with Vestas• V90 3.0MW turbine• State-of-the-art technology• Fewer turbines required

– Decreased environmental impact– Light-weight technology decreases

Stress on components

• Established reliability• Highly efficient turbine• Dynamic reactive power capability

Construction

Construction • Horizon has significant construction management

experience overseeing contractors• BOP contractor will construct under

Horizon supervision• Construction to begin March 2008• Operational by end of 2008

Operations & Maintenance

• Horizon will provide on-site management of the Cloud County Wind Farm– Operations group has significant experience operating

wind projects throughout the country

• Vestas will provide maintenance during warranty period