Gold Standard Passport. Akbük Wind Power Project, Turkey

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1 Gold Standard Passport Akbük Wind Power Project, Turkey CONTENTS A. Project title B. Project description C. Proof of project eligibility D. Unique Project Identification E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process F. Outcome sustainability assessment G. Sustainability monitoring plan H. Additionality and conservativeness deviations Annex 1 ODA declarations

2 SECTION A. Project Title Title: Akbük Wind Power Plant Date: 22/09/2017 Version no.: 04 SECTION B. Project description Suay Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. has installed the Akbük Wind Power Plant, located at Aydın Province Yenihisar(Didim) District and Mugla Province in Turkey. The Akbuk WPP has been operational at 16th October 2015 with a capacity of 9,6 MW. The project has 4 wind turbines with a unit capacity of 2,400 kw and this project is estimated to supply grid as 27,100 MWh per annum. Expected annual emission reductions of the project is approximately 15,425 tco2/year which total to reduction of 107,974 tco2- eq over the 7-year crediting period. The first turbine was commissioned on 16/10/2015, followed by the commissioning of second turbine on 27/10/2015, followed by the commissioning of third and fourth turbines on 12/11/2015. This marked the completion of the initial design of 9.6 MW, as in accordance with the related electricity production licence obtained from the Turkish National Energy Market Regulatory Authority (Turkish: Enerji Piyasası Düzenleme Kurumu, EPDK). In 2016, the Suay Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. of decided to investigate into the feasibility of a capacity extension, and decided to aim for the erection of further 5 turbines (and new capacity will be 21,6 MW) on the remaining area already leased for the project activity. These five turbines are scheduled for starting operation in early But the related permission process is going on. For the initial layout, a wind yield assessment was prepared by DNV-GL Updated Garrad Hassan report, leading to an estimation of a net electricity export to the grid of 57,0001 MWh/yr which corresponds to a capacity factor of 30,12%. For 2014, the estimate was 27,100 MWh/yr, as deduced from the scheduled date for full commissioning incorporated in the turbine supplier contract. For the new layout with a total installed capacity of 21,6 MW, a new wind yield estimation was prepared by Garrad Hassan, leading to an expected net electricity export to the grid of 57,000 MWh/yr which corresponds to a capacity factor of 30.12%. The purpose of the project to reduce GHGs by replacing electricity generation from the Turkish national grid system with electricity generation from wind energy, which has zero emissions. The project activity results in avoidance of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission generations which would have otherwise occurred due to CO2 emissions from electricity generation by fossil fuel based power plants, which supply their power to National Grid of Turkey. 1 Annual generation expectation is according to DNV-GL Update Garrad Hassan report. (page 24 N117 P90). This report has been submitted to DOE

3 The project will contribute to sustainability of the region as follows: The share of wind energy, which is a clean and renewable energy resource increase in Turkey The dependency of Turkey on foreign fossil fuel will be lowered and the project contribute to strengthen the renewable energy sector specially wind energy sector in Turkey. The share of renewable energy resources increase and hence the emission levels of particular substances and other pollutants, which have a negative impact on health and environment, has decreased. The project contributes to fight against climate change by reducing CO 2 levels which is a GHG. The project contributes to local economy by creating employment opportunities and the material procured locally during construction and operational phases. New roads and transmission has been built so electricity network and road infrastructures quality has been improved Production of wing, pillar and other equipment in Turkey has been indirectly caused the knowhow transfer and empower the local industry Interest to renewable energy and sustainable development has been increased. Estimated capacity extension project start date: Q SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility C.1. Scale of the Project Project Type Large Small

4 C.2. Host Country The host country is Republic of Turkey. Turkey has ratified the Kyoto Protocol on February 5, 2009 but does not have any quantitative reduction target under the Kyoto Protocol. C.3. Project Type Project type Yes No Does your project activity classify as a Renewable Energy project? Does your project activity classify as an End-use Energy Efficiency Improvement project? Does your project activity classify as waste handling and disposal project? Please justify the eligibility of your project activity: The Akbük Wind Power Plant is considered eligible under the category Renewable Energy Supply, according to the Gold Standard Toolkit since the project activity involves electricity generation from wind, which is a non-depletable and non-fossil energy source. The project activity reduces the emission of greenhouse gases by replacing electricity generated from fossil fuel fired power plants with zero emissions electricity from a wind power plant. Therefore, it is additional; contribute to sustainable development and results in real, measureable and verifiable permanent emission reductions. No announcement has been made previously of the project going ahead without the revenues from carbon credits. The GS large scale project activity is in the Renewable Energy Supply category, (Type (i): Renewable Energy Supply Projects) and applies the large scale baseline and monitoring methodology ACM0002, version , Consolidated baseline methodology for grid connected electricity generation from renewable sources.

5 The project will involve emission reductions of CO2 from wind power generation with total capacity of 21,6 MW which is greater than 15MW, and thus meets the eligibility criteria for large scale GS eligible Renewable Energy Supply Project. The proposed project is not using any ODA funding as defined in the GS manual for Project Developers. Project also does not claim certificates from another Certification Scheme other than GS, therefore no double counting occurs and thus it is eligible under the Gold Standard. Pre Announcement Yes No Was your project previously announced? There has been no pre-announcement statement regarding the execution of the Akbük Wind Power Plant project without revenues from carbon credits. C.4. Greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide Methane Nitrous oxide

6 C.5. Project Registration Type Project Registration Type Regular Pre-feasibility assessment Retroactive projects (T.2.5.1) Preliminary evaluation (eg: Large Hydro or palm oil-related project) (T.2.5.2) Rejected by UNFCCC (T2.5.3) If Retroactive, please indicate Start Date of project activity dd/mm/yyyy: SECTION D. Unique project identification D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location The coordinates represent the centre point of the project activity. Coordinates Latitude Longitude Turbine Coordinates 2 T.NO E N T T The Generation License of the Project was amended and the permitted installed capacity was increased to 21,6 MW on 07/04/2016 (article 10-page 6 of generation license)

7 T T T T T T T Explain given coordinates The given coordinates belong to the turbine locations of the power plant. D.2. Map Turbine Location of the Project using Google Maps

8 General layout of the project SECTION E. E.1. Outcome stakeholder consultation process Assessment of stakeholder comments The local stakeholder meeting was held on 8th of July 2013 in Municipality tea garden of Akyeniköy small town near the project site. All local people are informed about meeting in advance by local announcements. Before the meeting the questionnaire regarding the sustainable development indicators and monitoring of the indicators along with the explanation of the indicators, meeting evaluation forms and non-technical description of the Akbük project have been provided to the stakeholders. In general the participation to the meeting was good with more than 30 people. The meeting has started with introduction of the representative of the project participant Mr. Alp Aslan. He was explaining the aim of the meeting and informing to the people. After that, the environmental effects of the project and climate change issue was explained to the people by the Çağla Balcı Eriş (Ruzgar Danışmanlık) and asked them to sign the attendance list on which they registered their names, jobs and location with their signatures.

9 At the end of the meeting, continuous input mechanism discussed and the book was given to the municipality of Akyeniköy with a protocol (see annex 3). All local stakeholders agreed on this mechanism. addresses and phone numbers of project owner and consultant were announced. Local stakeholders were encouraged to give feedback about the project. During the meeting some questions were raised by participants, which were answered by project participant and consultant. The Q&A session and the questionnaires aimed at discussing the sustainable development indicators as identified by the Gold Standard. There were no concerns on the impact of the proposed project activity to sustainable development and environmental. Briefly, the meeting was closed by a general support from participants. Stakeholder comment Where is the project location? How far from Akyeniköy town? Will we affect by the noise from the wind turbines? Does the project have an impact bird migration routes? Is there any ornithology report available Was comment taken into account (Yes/ No)? Yes Yes Yes Explanation (Why? How?) The exact locations of the wind turbines and roads will be finalized after the ongoing design and planning. However the project will be located approximately 11 km far from Akyeniköy town. In addition to this, it is explained according to some areas that are known by local residents. The wind energy technology has developed much in recent years. Newer turbine technologies have minimized the noise. The expected noise level was modeled and compared to international standard which showed that the local people are not affected adversely from such level. In case of the storm, let s assume 60 km/hr, the noise would be 39 dsbel.in 100 m far from the turbine. Sleeping room standard is 41 dsbel. For our Akbük wind farm project, the bird migration paths were analysed and found out that the project does not impact the paths, as migrating birds use a higher altitude above the turbines.

10 Furthermore, local birds learn it quickly, therefore the impact on bird is minimal. Will the project be located in public or private land? Will you cut any trees? Yes The project is completely located on public land for now But, since the project is under planning at the moment, its exact location and layout is not known yet. But we do our best to do so in order not to disturb private land owners. If we cut the trees, will plant new ones. All these relevant procedures will be carried out according to legislation, by taking all necessary permits. What kind of benefits would the village gain directly from the company? Will you eventually increase the number of turbines? Yes Yes We will need staff during construction and operation phase. As many as possible, we prefer the ones from the region. The license allows us only with 10 MW which mean is 5 turbines for now. Will the employees of the project be chosen from Akyeniköy small town? Yes Our company prefers to choose employees from this town, this enables the project to be looked after by local residents. Is the company's foreign partner? Transmission line is the magnetic field. Will it damage to agriculture? Yes Yes No, it is Turkish company. We will use medium voltage transmission line. Therefore the answers is no. As far as we know that it will not damage to agriculture. There is no need to make any alterations on the project design according to comments of stakeholders. The project owner is always in touch and keeps good relations with the stakeholders (including mukhtar of Akyeniköy village) and that s why the stakeholders know every details of the project (such as capacity extension and so on) at any time. That s why there is no need to make an additional local stakeholder

11 consultation meeting for capacity extension (project design change) process. The stakeholders to the project activity were defined by the project owner taking into account the characteristics and possible impacts of the capacity extension project activity. Also, the project owner has made public announcement 3 at village coffee house, village headman office, bus top, market, municipality building and so on, this announcement paper included, the procedure to commit comments, timing of the project and the contact's details for feedback request related with capacity extension. It has started on and no feedback has been received till The Mukhtar of Akyeniköy village has given a letter expressing his and villagers positive attitude towards the project itself and the expansion. The letter is also provided to the GS. The mukhtar states that they are in favour of the project; appreciates the project owner s support both to the local people by social projects and local employment and both to the country by protecting the environment; and expresses the confidence that the project owner will consult them before taking any action that will affect them. Mukhtar especially stresses the importance of renewable and clean energy. The mukhtar makes following statements in his letter: The project owner posted the announcement, that is asking the local people to forward their opinions related with sustainable development indicators including environmental and social impacts of five more turbines addition to the project They know that the permission process, regarding addition of five more turbines to the project area, continues They are confident during the all phase of construction, the project owner will inform them, so they don t require a wide attended meeting They are aware that no significant changes to the project will be done They don t have any negative comment against the current four turbines and other five turbines to be added They are in favour of the project and underlined the significant contribution of the project to regions sustainable energy and stressed the importance of renewable and clean energy. Furthermore, the general outcome of the stakeholder consultation interview was positive verbally during the site visit of first verification. ( ) The project design change has no negative impacts on sustainable development indicators (SD assessment). The impact on local stakeholders was considered negligible, because the new turbines will be located behind the existing wind farm from the point of view of the closest settlements and the project boundaries has not changed. Thus, no new stakeholders are added and no negative impacts on local stakeholders like noise emissions, impacts on landscape etc. were considered had happened The ornithology report, including with the other SD environmental assessment, confirm that no significant impact can be expected due to the capacity extension. 3 The photos of public announcement has been provided to the GS.

12 E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round The Gold Standard stakeholders consultation process has two main events: a live stakeholders consultation meeting and the stakeholders feedback round. The consultation meeting includes a discussion of the design and consequent impacts of the project while the feedback round provides ground for stakeholders to provide feedback on how their comments have been taken into account. The documents including the LSC report, the GS Passport and the PDD has been delivered to the stakeholders who have been selected as stakeholders to the project activity. The main communication method has been through s and delivery of several hard copies of the mentioned documents for those who don t have an address (specifically the locals) to the Municipality of Akyeniköy and headman of the village. The feedback round has started on with sending out the documents to the stakeholders and no feedback has been received till The beginning of two months Stakeholder Feedback Round has been announced from the Municipality of Akyeniköy and headman of the village. This public announcement s and documents will contain information such as location of available these documents, the procedure to commit comments, timing and the contact's details. In addition, all these documents have been made available under the GS registry webpage( as required by GS. E. 3. Discussion on continuous input / grievance mechanism Continuous input/grievance mechanism expression method and details were explained to the participants and discussed during the local stakeholder meeting. Furthermore, if the local stakeholders wants to give any comment or feedback anytime, it will be documented using the continuous Input / Grievance Expression Process Book below:

13 Method Chosen (include all known details e.g. location of book, phone, number, identity of mediator) Justification Continuous Input / Grievance Expression Process Book Telephone access Internet/ access Nominated Independent Mediator (optional) The process book will be located at the Municipality of Akyeniköy. Project Owner: Suay Enerji Project Developer: Rüzgar Danışmanlık Gold Standard Regional Manager: Project Owner: ozge.caglar.antik@gmail.com Project Developer: cagla@ruzgardanismanlik.net Gold Standard Regional Manager: bahar@cdmgoldstandard.org N.A Project Participant will be check the comments in the book on a regular basis, and record responses. They will be respectful to the views of stakeholders and suggest alternative solutions or compromises wherever possible. It is chosen as main mechanism. These information explained at the LSC Meeting and also provided in the Continuous Input / Grievance Expression Process Book and invitation. These information explained at the LSC Meeting, and also provided in the Continuous Input / Grievance Expression Process Book and invitation. N.A. The continuous input mechanism book is still valid for any the stakeholder s comment or feedback on the mukhtar of Akyeniköy village

14 SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment Aydın Provincial Directorate of Environment and Urban Planning does not require any revision or additional assessment of ESIA document because of the related EIA legislation. The 5 turbines will be located within the project area, there have been no change on project boundaries. Existing four turbines are located on forestry land, the future three turbines will be located on forestry, and remaining two future turbines will be located on treasury land. Forestry land is owned by Ministry of Forestry and treasury land is owned by Ministry of Treasury; there is no privately owned land within the project boundary. As conformant with the requirements of Regulation on Environmental Impact Assessment, the proposed project is still exempted from performing an Environmental Impact Assessment 4. There will be no change when the project capacity increases realized. F.1. Do no harm Assessment Safeguarding principles Description of relevance to my project Assessment of my project risks breaching it (low, medium, high) Mitigation measure Human Rights 1. The project expects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property and uniqueness of indigenous people. The project is not complicit in Human Rights abuses. 2. The project does not involve and is not The Project respects İnternationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property and uniqueness of indigenous people. Project activities are not expected to cause any human rights abuse. As a member of United Nations and part of UN Agreement on Human Rights, it is ensured by law in Turkey (host country) that no action can be taken against human rights 5. The project area belongs to the Ministry of Forestry (MoF). Therefore; the project does not involve any settlement areas. 6 Low. Low. measure is required for this Indicator. measure is required for this Indicator. 4 The related official document has been provided to the GS. 5 Reference: Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page 5

15 complicit in involuntary resettlement. But the transmission line is 7 km and everything is convenient according to requirements of relevant regulation. The generated electricity is delivered to the grid at 31.5 kv Medium Voltage Akbük Transformer. There is no need to new transmission line for Akbük capacity extension project. The closest settlement area is still approximately 8 km from the project site therefore no resettlements are necessary because the project area is not changed. 3. The project does not involve and is not complicit in the alteration, damage or removal of any critical cultural heritage. During the construction and operation of the project was not be any damage, alteration or removal to the critical cultural heritage. Because the project location is not involve to any critical cultural heritage 7 Cultural and environmental heritage is protected against alteration, damage or removal by the law. 8 Low. measure is required for this Indicator Labour Standards 4. The project respects the employees freedom of association and their right to collective bargaining and is not complicit in restrictions of these freedoms and rights. The employees of Akbük project are not restrained from forming associations or collectively bargain employment conditions. Turkey has ratified ILO 87 Freedom of Association and 98 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention 9 Low. measure is required for this Indicator 7 Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page 19 8 Reference: Law on Protection of Cultural and Environmental Assets 9 Reference:

16 5. The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labor. 6. The project does not employ and is not complicit in any form of child labor. 7. The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis. 8. The project provides workers with a safe and healthy work environment and is not complicit in exposing workers to unsafe or unhealthy work environments. The project does not involve in any form forced or compulsory labour. Furthermore, Turkey has ratified ILO 29 Forced Labour Convention 10 The project does not involve in any form child labour. Furthermore, Turkey has ratified ILO 138 Minimum Age Conventions and 182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention. 11 The project does not involve in any form discrimination in any kind of form. Furthermore, Turkey ratified ILO 100 Equal Remuneration Convention and 111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention. 12 The project owner is committed to the safe and healthy working conditions during all phases of the project and also provides health & safety training. 13 All employees is attending this training. This issue is protected by Labor Law and regulations 14 and UN Agreement on Human Rights. 15 Low. Low. Low. Low. measure is required for this Indicator measure is required for this Indicator measure is required for this Indicator All the employees is trained about health and safety issues during construction and operation phase of the project. Necessary Health and Safety equipment is distributed to the employee. Environmental Protection 9. The project takes a precautionary approach in regard to environmental challenges and is not complicit in practices The precautionary principles have been applied in this project. The transmission line is 7 km and there is no need to new Low All the precautions are taken and mitigation measures are defined for the 10 Reference: 11 Reference: 12 Reference: 13 Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page 10 (1ç) 14 Reference: 15 Reference:

17 contrary to the precautionary principle. This principle can be defined as: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. 10. The project does not involve and is not complicit in significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats, including those that are (a) legally protected, (b) officially proposed for protection, (c) identified by authoritative sources for their high conservation value or (d) recognized as protected by traditional local communities. Anti-Corruption transmission line for this capacity extension. The project owner had been followed necessary procedures for environmental safety at the project site at 16 international standards. Furthermore, the fauna and flora inventories in the project area are prepared and as a result it was seen that here is no endangered flora or fauna in the region. 17 The environment is also protected by several Laws and Regulations in Turkey (Host Country). The purpose of the Law on Environmental Protection is to protect the environment with principles of sustainable development and environment. 18 The project is not complicit with the degradation of critical natural habitats as it is stated in the ornithology report of Akbük page number As explained in the 9th safe guarding principle, negative impact of the proposed project activity to the environment would be minimum. Furthermore, the new final ornithology report (pages between 126 and 129) also has supported that there is no negative impact because of the Akbuk project. 20 Low. possible environmental impacts of the project. 19 (Status of excavated material and top soil, dust emission and disposal of the waste water. Please see SD matrix.) measure is required for this Indicator. The outcome of the ornithology report of the project confirms that the project hardly affects the environment. 21 Also, Turkey has its own legislations regarding the protected areas and is a party of many international agreements regarding the protected areas like Bern Convention. 16 Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page 18(last paragraph) 17 Reference: Ornithology report of Akbük page between Reference: 19 Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page Reference: Ornithology report of Akbük 21 Reference: Ornithology report of Akbük page 55-56

18 11. The project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption. Additional relevant critical issues for my project type The project does not involve and is not complicit in any kind of corruption. Turkey has ratified UN Convention against Corruption and the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions 22 Description of relevance to my project Low. Assessment of relevance to my project (low, medium, high) measure is required for this Indicator. Mitigation measure n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. F.2. Sustainable Development matrix Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score Gold Standard indicators of sustainable development If relevant, copy mitigation measure from Do No Harm assessment, and include mitigation measure used to neutralise a score of - Check and Describe how your indicator is related to local MDG goals Defined by project developer Negative impact: score - in case negative impact is not fully mitigated, score 0 in case impact is planned to be fully mitigated No change in impact: score 0 Positive impact: score + 22 Reference:

19 Parameter 1: SO2 and NOx emissions prevented Air quality measure needed. The project will contribute in improving air quality via replacing fossil fuel for electricity generation MDG - 7 Ensure Environment Sustainability affected: a: Integrate the principle of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources Definition: The electricity generation resources of Turkey are dominated by fossil fuels. But this project will contribute to improved air quality by reducing air pollution b) Parameter 2: Dust emissions during construction of the project activity. Definition: Dust emissions are case only during the construction stage. The project owner takes all precautionary actions to prevent dust emissions.(such as watering regularly during the construction time) +

20 Parameter 3: Disposal of the waste water. Water quality and quantity measures needed. No risk for the quality of the water resources in the region. The waste water produced by workers will be handled in accordance with the national legislation. MDG - 7: Ensure Environment Sustainability affected: c: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Definition: During the construction and operation phases, domestic wastewater produced by workers will be collected in impermeable septic tanks. This wastewater will be collected by vacuum trucks of the Municipality of Didim or private company and disposed according to Regulation on Waste Water Control. 0 Soil condition measure needed. Top layer of the soil will be stored and used to cover project site after project construction is completed and other excavated material will be carried out according to Regulation on MDG- 7 Ensure Environment Sustainability affected: a: Integrate the principle of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources. Parameter 4: Status of excavated material and top soil Definition: No excavated soil will be transported or stored outside the project area. Furthermore, the project activity does not produce any chemicals or 0

21 the Controlling of Excavations, Construction and Demolition Wastes The project activity will not produce any chemicals or hazardous waste thus; it will not pollute the soil condition in quality and quantity. hazardous waste thus, does not pollute the soil condition in quality and quantity. Other pollutants measures needed for noise due to the distance. MDG - 7 Ensure Environment Sustainability affected: a: Integrate the principle of sustainable development into country policies and programs; reverse loss of environmental resources. Parameter 5: The noise level during operation of the project activity. Definition: There will be no negative impact on the settlement areas in this project due to the distance. 23 Furthermore; the background noise levels are below the limits set by Turkish Regulation on assessment and Management of Environmental Noise Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page 9-11

22 Biodiversity Quality of employment measures needed. As Suay Enerji will be paid certain fee the real implementatio n of afforestation is with the Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry. The regular monitoring/co ntrol of the afforested area is also a governmental process As explained in the Ornithology report of Akbük and PID, the project area is not a sensitive and protected area related with the biodiversity Necessary health and safety measures will be taken during construction and operation MDG - 7 Ensure Environment Sustainability affected: b:reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss MDG -1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger affected: b: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, Parameter 6: The number of trees cutting Definition: Trees cutting will be also minimum owing to selected area. The company will be paid certain fee to provincial directorate of environment and forestry for reforestation. The amount of this money is determined by the directorate for this capacity extension project. Parameter 7: Number of bird strikes Definition: In order to mitigate the risk of collision of birds and bats with the wind turbines which will be located appropriately. Parameter 8: Health and Safety trainings Definition: Several job opportunities are expected to be created for 0 +

23 Livelihood of the poor phase.project owner provides Health and Safety Trainings to all employees. measures needed. including women and young people MDG -1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger affected: b: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people operation and maintenance of the wind power plant directly or indirectly. Project developer provides Health and Safety Trainings to all employees and one employee may get training on maintenance of power plant. Parameter 9: Number of people receiving social security system through a contract Definition: The project is contribute to income generation of local area. Locals are have priority for employment. 0 Parameter 10: Change in energy use Access to affordable and clean energy services measures needed. MDG- 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability 7.2: CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) Definition: The project will contribute to the National Grid with a clean, renewable and national source of energy. Thus, the project will decrease dependency on 0

24 import fossil fuels. Human and institutional capacity measures needed. MDG -1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger affected: b: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people Project developer contribute to improved skills and education of employees on the local area. However, no major impact is expected from the project on improvement of the human and institutional capacity in the region. 0 Parameter 11: Number of local employment during construction phases. Quantitative employment and income generation measures needed. MDG -1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger affected: b: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people Definition: Project is expected to create temporary job opportunities during construction period. The project developer contribute to decrease the local unemployment rate and increase the income generation in the region. +

25 Balance of payments and investment Technology transfer and technological self-reliance n.a. No mitigation measures needed. measures needed. MDG -8. Develop a global partnership for development affected: d: Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term. MDG -8. Develop a global partnership for development affected : f: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications Parameter 12: Amount of payment for natural gas and oil to be imported for electricity generation. Definition: Turkey s national grid is mainly composed of thermal power plants which are fired by imported fossil fuels. The project will replace fossil fuel import for heat generation and result in net foreign currency saving. The project has minor effect to this indicator because wind technology sector is common and there are similar projects in this part of region. 0 0 Justification choices, data source an55d provision of references A justification paragraph and reference source is required for each indicator, regardless of score Air quality The energy generation mix of Turkey is currently dependent on fossil fuels in Turkey. Total share of fossil fuel based electricity generation (coal, lignite, natural gas, oil etc.)

26 which increase NOx and SOx concentration and the amount of particulates. When these fossil fuels are burned they create different types of air pollution problems (e.g. NOx and SOx concentration and the amount of particulates increase) which effect negatively on the environment and human health. But the renewable sources do not produce greenhouse gases. The proposed project activity has avoid all air pollutants (e.g. NOx and SOx), volatile organic compounds and particle. Currently, the Turkish electricity system is estimated to emit kgnox/mwh and kgso2/mwh. SO 2 and NO x emissions per MWh electricity generation from fossil fuels are as follows: SO 2 (kg/mwh) NO x (kg/mwh) References: At the report National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report Annual Report Submission Under The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change published by Turkish Statistics Institute 24, SO2 emissions of Turkey resulted from energy sector is given as kilotons for year Total NOx emissions from electricity production in Turkey in 2013 were kilotons 25 Dust emergence connected to the project activity appears only for a short time during the construction phase and will be caused by digging foundations, land arrangement works and installation of the 5 new turbines. Project developer takes all precautionary actions to prevent dust emissions.. Furthermore, in order to avoid the particulate matter emission during construction, loading and unloading will be done carefully, making regular watering and the loaded trucks will be covered by hammock. 26 Thus; the proposed project will be minimum impact of the dust emissions on the project area. The sustainable indicator is scored positive (+) considering all these positive effect on the air quality in the Sustainable Development Matrix nir-9nov15.zip 25 nir-9nov15.zip 26 Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page 7

27 Water quality and quantity Soil condition The positive impact of wind energy on air quality is described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. (Net electricity generation shall deliver as evidence of positive impact of the project activity on this indicator and will be monitored annually as indicated and dust emissions will be monitored by interview with the muchtar only for during the first verification in Section G.) The workers produce the insignificant amount of waste waters and other wastes during the construction and operation of the proposed project activity. These wastewaters will be will be collected in an impermeable septic tank and collected by vacuum trucks of the Municipality of Didim or private company and disposed according to Regulation on Control of Water Contamination 27.Also, Akbük Wind Power Plant project operation does not consume surface or groundwater, or discharge wastewater containing heat of chemicals. There will be no or negligible impact on the water quality and quantity compared to the baseline. The sustainable indicator is scored negative but it is neutralized with the help of mitigation measure and then scored (0) and monitored considering this result in the Sustainable Development Matrix. Amount of avoided wastewater to be discharged to the environment will be monitored during operation of the project activity as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. The project activity does not produce any chemicals or hazardous waste (NOx, SOx, VOC, mercury or cadmium) thus; it will not pollute the soil condition in quality and quantity. Only there will be some excavation works because of the construction of the project activity 28.( only new 5 turbine foundation) And the excavation work will be carried out according to Regulation on the Controlling of Excavations, Construction and Demolition Wastes 29.. The project area and project boundaries are not change for capacity extension,so the reforesting costs will be paid in order to compensate the new foresting activities. The project area covers by maki and bushes. 30 The project activity will not have negative impact (such as erosion) on soil condition compared to the baseline. However, to be conservative impact of the project on this indicator is 27 Reference: i%c4%9fi%20kontrol%c3%bc%20y%c3%b6netmeli%c4%9fi 28 Reference: Ornithology report of Akbük.(page 47) 29 Reference: 30 Reference: Project Introductory Document (PID) page 11

28 Other pollutants Biodiversity scored to be (0) and only Status of excavated material and top soil for 5 new turbines will be monitored during next verification as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. The noise is defined as relevant parameter with the project activity for this indicator. The proposed project activity involves installation of 4 turbines and 5 new turbines will be installed for capacity extension but the closest settlement ( Akyeniköy town) is still 8 km far away from the project area. Because the new 5 turbines will be located behind the existing wind farm from the point of view of the closest settlements and the project boundaries has not changed. Thus, no new stakeholders are added for capacity extension and no negative impacts on local stakeholders like noise emissions, impacts on landscape etc. The ornithology report confirm that no significant impact can be expected due to the capacity extension 31. Furthermore, the noise limits are set by Turkish Regulation on assessment and Management of Environmental Noise 32 The proposed project activity will have no impact on the other pollutants compared to the baseline, therefore the sustainable indicator is scored (0) not monitored considering this result in the Sustainable Development Matrix. Since the proposed project will be included only 9 turbines, it is not expected to create significant impacts on the local biological resources and wildlife in the project site. Aydın Provincial Directorate of Environment and Urban Planning does not require any revision or additional assessment of ESIA document because of the related EIA legislation. The 5 turbines will be located within the project area, there have been no change on project boundaries. So, the project area is not a sensitive and protected area related with the biodiversity, there are no sensitive genes, species and/or habitats existing within the project projects impact boundaries. 33 Almost all of the project area is covered by maki and bushes. 34 Furthermore, the project is not located on a bird migration routes. Hence there is no risk for birds, according to new final Ornithology report of Akbük and PID. The proposed project activity will have no or negligible impact on the biodiversity, therefore the sustainable indicator is 31 Reference: New final Ornithology report of Akbük 32 Reference: 33 Reference: Ornithology report of Akbük.(pages between 47-56) 34 Reference:Project Introductory Document (PID) page 11

29 Quality of employment Livelihood of the poor scored (0) not monitored considering this result in the Sustainable Development Matrix. The proposed project activity will provide employment during the construction and operational phase. The employees will be trained on health and security issues both during the operational phase. All the trainings will be in accordance with "Regulations of Ministry Labour and Social Security" 35 Trainings and certificates will also increase their capacity to be able to work in such an environment. The sustainable indicator is scored positive (+) considering these positive impacts on quality of employment in the Sustainable Development Matrix. Chosen parameter which is Health and Safety Trainings will be monitored as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. The proposed project activity creates job opportunities especially to young people and will give the opportunity to provide a living to their families without trying to look for a job in bigger cities for the employees. The social security system through a contract is also changing living standards of the local people. These impacts of the project activity have been already taken into account under the sustainable indicator access to Quantitative employment and income generation. Therefore the sustainable indicator livelihood of the poor is scored as (0).Since this indicator is scored 0 and no mitigation measure is required, chosen parameter, i.e. Number of people receiving social security system through a contract, will not be monitored. Access to affordable and clean energy services The energy generation mix of Turkey is currently dependent on fossil fuels in Turkey. Total share of fossil fuel based electricity generation (coal, lignite, natural gas, oil etc.) is approximately 73.3% between years. 36 As Natural Gas is not a domestic resource available in Turkey which also imports nearly all of its oil supplies. 37 Dependency of Turkish electricity generation to imported fuels is projected to remain too high at least for midterm So, any electricity generation from natural and local sources (such as wind, geothermal or solar) will decrease Turkey s dependency of imported fuels. Therefore, from local sources will decrease Turkey s dependency of imported fuels, will help to attain more sustainable and affordable electricity services, and will help to decrease risk of political conflicts. However, as the 35 Reference: 36 Reference: Sektor_Raporu2016.pdf 37 Reference:

30 improved access to energy services does not affect the local public (as the electricity is delivered to the grid) and cannot be assigned to specific consumers Human and institutional capacity Thus the sustainable indicator is scored (0) not monitored considering this result in the Sustainable Development Matrix. Project developer contributes to improved skills and education of employees on the local area. Furthermore, the company has bought computer for school and will arrange the trainer for students that will have a positive impact to the human and institutional capacity in the region. There is no major impact is expected from the project on improvement of the human and institutional capacity in the region. Thus; the sustainable indicator is scored (0) not monitored considering this result in the Sustainable Development Matrix. Quantitative employment and income generation The proposed project will provide 10 or 14 (3 or 4 of them are local) employment during the construction and 1 employment during operational phases for capacity extension project. The project has still 7 permanent employees during the operation of the plant 38. As a result, wages paid to employees represent the development in quantitative employment and income generation. 39 Furthermore, the material needs of the plant will be met from the region. Considering the unemployment rate of Turkey and the low employment opportunities in the region, the indicator has a positive score according to no project variant. 40. In pre-project situation, employments in project area are related with agricultural activities. Unregistered employments in agricultural sector are wide in Turkey so most of them are lack of social insurance. 41 The proposed project will create new employments with social insurance. The sustainable indicator is scored positive (+) considering these positive impacts on quantitative employment and income generation in the Sustainable Development Matrix. Number of local employment people receiving social security system through a contract will be monitored during operation of the project activity as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. 38 Reference : First mınitoring report of Akbuk. 39 Reference 40 Reference: 41 Reference:

31 Balance of payments and investment Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Turkey is increasingly dependent on natural gas imports as its domestic consumption rises each year. Natural gas is used domestically mainly in the electric power sector. 42 The project will support to decrease the dependency of fuel import and result in net foreign currency saving and energy security. These impacts of the project activity have been already taken into account under the sustainable indicator access to affordable and clean energy services. Therefore the sustainable indicator balance of payments and investment is scored as (0). The proposed project will have minor effect on technology transfer and technological self-reliance indicator. Because there are similar projects in this part of region. There will be no changes in the baseline regarding this sustainable indicator and the scored as (0). SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan Project developer provided information regarding the sustainable indicators and monitoring, a questionnaire with the explanation of the indicators to local people during the Local Stakeholder Meeting and prior to this meeting via s but no request or recommendation from the locals has been received regarding monitoring of the indicators. They just support this project. Furthermore, the project developer proposed to set up a process book where local people will be able to record their concerns at any time at village headman of Akyeniköy. In accordance with the Gold Standard v2.2 requirements the following sustainable indicators have been added to the monitoring plan. No 1 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Air quality Mitigation measure is not required SO2 and NOx emissions Total share of fossil fuel based electricity generation (coal, lignite, natural gas, oil etc.) which increase NOx and SOx concentration and the amount of particulates. Currently, the Turkish electricity system is estimated to emit 6.08 kgnox/mwh and kgso2/mwh. 42 Reference: Sektor_Raporu2016.pdf