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1 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT 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 Annex 2 ODA declarations Map of Migrating Bird Routes in Turkey, Important Bird Areas Information Notes 1

2 SECTION A. Project Title AKRES MW Wind Power Project, Turkey SECTION B. Project description Akhisar Enerji Anonim Şirketi (AKRES Enerji) plans to invest into a new wind power plant i.e. AKRES WPP and granted production license is granted by EMRA on September The purpose of the project is to generate electricity and to feed it into the public grid. AKRES project shall be registered as a Voluntary Emission Reduction project in order to enable the project implementation by means of financial inflows coming from the credits sale. Because of its significant contribution to climate protection and to sustainable development in the region, this project is expected to fulfill the requirements of the Gold Standard. Installed Capacity of AKRES WPP is MW with 18 turbines each having 2.5 MW capacity. However, one of the turbines will be capped with 1.25 MW and electrical installed power of this turbine will be 1.25 MW. Annual energy yield of the project activity is estimated to be 154,200 MWh. Proposed project activity will generate electricity using renewable wind energy and will transfer to the national grid. The project will help Turkey to stimulate and commercialise the use of grid connected renewable energy technologies and markets. Furthermore, the project will demonstrate the viability of grid connected wind farms which can support improved energy security, improved air quality, alternative sustainable energy futures, improved local livelihoods and sustainable renewable energy industry development. The specific goals of the project are to: reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Turkey compared to the business-as-usual scenario; help to stimulate the growth of the wind power industry in Turkey; create local employment during the construction and the operation phase of the wind farm; reduce other pollutants resulting from power generation industry in Turkey, compared to a business-as-usual scenario; help to reduce Turkeys increasing energy deficit; and differentiate the electricity generation mix and reduce import dependency. The emission reductions will be generated by substituting electricity produced from the conventional mix representing electricity generation for the Turkish grid, which to a relevant extent depends on fossil fuels. The emission reductions will be calculated based on the Combined Margin (CM) emission factor. 2

3 SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility C.1. Scale of the Project Please tick where applicable: Project Type Large Small X C.2. Host Country The host country is Republic of Turkey. C.3. Project Type Please tick where applicable: Project type Yes No Does your project activity classify as a Renewable Energy project? X Does your project activity classify as an End-use Energy Efficiency Improvement project? Please justify the eligibility of your project activity: 3

4 AKRES MW Wind Power Project, Turkey is classified in the Renewable Energy Source category as electricity from non-fossil and non-depletable energy sources, in this case from wind, is fed into the Turkish electricity grid. Pre Announcement Yes No Was your project previously announced? X No previous announcement has been done concerning the AKHİSAR Wind Power Project. C.4. Greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide X Methane Nitrous oxide C.5. Project Registration Type Project Registration Type Regular X 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 Construction dd/mm/yyyy: 4

5 SECTION D. Unique project identification D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location Latitude Longitude Coordinates 38 55' " N 27 46' " E Explain given coordinates The wind power plant is planned to be built close to Bekirler Village of Akhisar district in the province of Manisa in Turkey. The project area is in Akhisar Lowland, from Kırkağaç to Saruhanlı. It is a hilly terrain and its ridges with the agricultural land to the south of partial settlements. The project area is surrounded by the Hafız Hill to the south, Safran Hill to the north, Taşaltı Hill to the west, and the Bekirler Town to the east. 5

6 D.2. Map Map 1: Location of the Project using Google Maps 6

7 SECTION E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process E.1. Assessment of stakeholder comments Minutes from LSC meeting The local stakeholder meeting of AKRES MW WPP was held on 24 th September 2010, Friday, in Akhisar District, Manisa. Attendants of the meeting were mainly included the residents of Bekirler village. However there were respectively high participation from NGO and representatives of governmental institutions. Representative of Provincial Directorate of Agriculture, representative of Manisa Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry and representative of GEMA Foundation were in the stakeholder meeting to express their comments and support for the project. Gold Standard local expert, supporter of Gold Standard Organizations i.e. WWF, Greenpeace, Helio International, REEEP, MercyCorps were informed about project but they did not attend to the meeting. The place of the meeting was chosen as coffeehouse of Bekirler village which was closest settlement to the project. Local people were invited to coffeehouse of Bekirler Village in advance by local announcements and newspaper announcement. Before the presentation, agenda of the meeting and non-technical PDD was distributed to the participants for broader view. Project presentation and description was made by FutureCamp Turkey representative including information about project developers, the technology and operation of the power plant, estimated emission reduction amount of the plant, the importance of revenue from emission reduction, information about Gold Standard and the project characteristics which makes this project different from other power plant projects in Turkey. Before passing to blind sustainable development exercise, question and comments were taken from participants about further clarification of project. After the presentation, he presented blind sustainable exercise to the participants and wanted them to comment on each indicator as positive, negative and neutral. After conclusion of the presentation some questions were raised by participants, which were answered by representatives of Akhisar Enerji and FutureCamp Türkiye. Additionally, representative of GEMA Foundation commented positively on the project and expressed their support for such kind of the projects. The questions and comments raised and answers provided during the meeting are given in below section (ii. Assessment of comments). Assessment of comments All comments from stakeholders were considered as serious and reasonable. An adequate answer was provided. Therefore, the single comments are not separately assessed in the 7

8 table: GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Stakeholder Comment Assessment Response to comment Q.1 Will there be any employment from our village? Q.2 Is there any risk of the project on heath of the community? Q.3 Where can we find measurement result of wind speed for smaller wind power projects? Q.4 What is the legal background of building such kind of projects? A.1 The priority will be given to closest settlements as far as position requirement is achieved. A.2 There is no risk of the project on heath. A.3 Provincial Directorate of Meteorology can provide you with such kind of information, however if you going to build a smaller turbine, then you have to measure wind by yourself for the investment. A.4 To be able to build such kind of project you have to have a production license from EMRA then you have sign an electricity sale agreement with TEİAŞ. At this stage, there were no comments from stakeholders which substantiate project modification. However, stakeholders are well aware that they can intervene to project development and ask for modifications if deemed necessary for their comfort. E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round E.2.1. Introduction The Gold Standard Organization process for VER includes two round stakeholder process. One is Local Stakeholder Consultation process which was held on 24 th of September The report of Local Stakeholder Consultation Meeting of AKRES MW WPP was submitted to Gold Standard Organization enabling the project to be listed on GS webpage. The second Consultation is Stakeholder Feedback Round which was held between 17 th of January 2011 and 17 th of March During this 2 months period, all project information was published on web site of FutureCamp Climate and Energy ( enabling stakeholder to reach and comment on the documents. This section of the GS Passport is prepared to provide information regarding the respond of project proponent to the 8

9 comments raised by stakeholders during stakeholder feedback round and explain how stakeholder feedback round was held. E.2.2. Providing Project Documents for Stakeholder Access a. Publication of Project Documents on Website. While second consultation process of Gold Standard does not include a physical meeting with stakeholders, with publication of project documents on a website, it is aimed that all invitees of first meeting could reach the documents through internet access. For this reason; project PDD (in English), project Local Stakeholder Report (in Turkish and English), project Summary (in Turkish and English), project Gold Standard Passport (in English) were available on internet page as http for two months to create opportunity for all stakeholders to reach documents. On the internet page there were different ways to direct comment to Gold Standard for project as; Via ing to Farız Taşdan who is responsible to hold stakeholder feedback round Via calling Farız Taşdan who is responsible to hold stakeholder feedback round Via calling Head of Bekirler village, which is the closest settlement to the project area (this way of commenting created to give opportunity to stakeholders to comment freely and feel that their comments will be held by an independent party) b. Providing hard copy Project Documents in the Office of Head of Bekirler Village. Hard copy project documents were displayed and provided for stakeholders for two months in elected Head s Office of Bekirler village, which was the easiest way for access of anybody. E.2.3. Invitations E Sending Invitation Letters to the Participants of Initial Local Stakeholder Meeting Invitees of initial stakeholder meeting were invited to the Stakeholder Feedback Round via e- mails and faxes. At the initial stakeholder meeting, there were mainly the residents of Bekirler village. However there were respectively high participation from NGO and representatives of governmental institutions. Representative of Provincial Directorate of Agriculture, representative of Manisa Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry and representative of GEMA Foundation were in the stakeholder meeting to express their comments and support for the Project. Representatives of Akhisar Enerji were also present in order to answer related questions. Gold Standard local expert, supporter of Gold Standard Organizations i.e. WWF, Greenpeace, Helio International, REEEP, MercyCorps were informed about project but they did not attend to the meeting. 9

10 During Stakeholder Feedback round of Akres MW WPP, three local, five national NGOs and six International NGOs, which were invited to the initial stakeholder meeting, were again invited for contributing their comments on the project. As International NGOs, Gold Standard Organization, REEEP, HELIO International and MERCYCORPS were invited by and requested for their comments on the project; however there was not any response from international NGOs. Example of invitation letter in English and Turkish version can be below. Figure 1 Sample Invitation Letter to the Stakeholder Feedback Round for Gold Standard Validation Subject: Stakeholder Feedback Round of Akres MW WPP Dear Sirs / Madams, The local stakeholder consultation process for the Gold Standard certification of the planned Akres Wind Power Project was held on in coffee house of Bekirler Village. We herewith want to invite you to share your opinions with us during the second part of the stakeholder consultation process. The Gold Standard rules require two rounds of active stakeholder involvement. This second round is based on the outcome from the discussion during the meeting in Bekirler village. The related documentation is available on the website at Hard copies of related documents are also displayed in office of Bekirler Village Head: Bekirler Köy Muhtarlığı, Akhisar / Manisa Telefon: 0 (537) Published documents are; PDD, Gold Standard Passport, Local Stakeholder Consultation Report, Summary of the project. For the detailed project information you can also contact to Mr. Kurt: Orhan KURT Akhisar Rüzgar Enerjisinden Elektrik Üretim Santrali Ltd. Şti. Beştepeler Mah. Yaşam Cad. No:7/39 Tel : +90 (312) & Faks: +90 (312) orhankurt@karesienerji.com.tr Farız Taşdan FutureCamp Türkiye Çetin Emeç Bulvarı 19/ , Çankaya / Ankara. Tel: & Fax: fariz.tasdan@futurecamp.com.tr 10

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12 E Posting Announcement for Local Participants The other way of inviting stakeholders was to post an announcement in the office of Head of Bekirler village, which is the closest settlement area to the project. Hard copies of related project documents were provided in the office so that local people can get access to the documents. With this way, it was aimed to reach all local stakeholders. The announcement inviting stakeholders for comments and providing information how to send comments is shown below. The internet address of published documents and presence of hard copy of these documents in the village head s office were other information on the announcement. Figure 2 The photos shows announcements posted 12

13 E Comments Received For local stakeholders, evaluation forms were provided with project documents that could be filled in easily to provide comments. There were no comments from the local people. E Conclusion At the end of the period, there was no comment directed to or postal addresses provided in invitation letter. Below you can find a letter from Head of Bekirler which states that there were no comments regarding Stakeholder Feedback Round of Akres MW WPP. As result, there was no comment during stakeholder feedback round which would require amendments in PDD. Figure 3 Letters of Head of Bekirler villages and English Translation Akhisar Rüzgar Enerjisinden Elektrik Üretim Santrali Ltd. Şti. Beştepeler Mah. Yaşam Cad. No:7/39 Tel : +90 (312) Faks: +90 (312) Dear Sir/Madam, Project document of Stakeholder Feedback Round of Akres WPP, namely project Local Stakeholder Consultation Report and project Summary, were provided in the office of Bekirler Village Head for local people interest during the period of and During this period, there was 0 comment submitted to me. With due respect, Head of Bekirler village Fuat KABAYEL Signature 13

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15 SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment F.1. Do no harm Assessment Safeguarding principles Human rights 1. The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property and uniqueness of indigenous people. The project is not complicity in Human Rights abuses. 2. The project does not involve and is not complicit in involuntary resettlement. 3. The project does not involve and is not complicity in the alteration, damage or removal of any critical cultural heritage. 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 5. The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour. Description of relevance to my project The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property. Turkey is a party to Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 4 According to the PIF of AKRES WPP there are no settlements areas close to the project site, and therefore no resettlements are necessary 1. According to the Project Information File (PIF), the project does not involve and is in no conflict with critical cultural heritage 2. The project respects the employees freedom of association and their rights. Turkey is a party to ILO Convention 87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention,1948: 5 The project does not involve any form forced labour. Turkey is a party to C29 Forced Labour Convention: rticle_id=31 Assessment of my project risks breaching it (low/medium/high ) Low/none Low/none Low/none Low/none Low/none 6. The project does not employ and The project does not involve Low/none Mitigation measure 1 AKRES WPP, Project Introduction File, page: AKRES WPP, Project Introduction File, page: 27 15

16 is not complicit in any form of child labour. any form child labour. Turkey is also a party to Convention on Worst Forms of Child Labour since 1999: andards/normes/appl/applbyctry.cfm?lang=en&ctych OICE= 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. The project does not involve any form of discrimination in any kind. Turkey is also party to Convention on Discrimination since 1967 to prevent any form of discrimination: andards/normes/appl/applbyctry.cfm?lang=en&ctychoice= 0660 Low/none 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 Workers might have occupational accidents during construction and operation phase. According to the PIF of the project, during construction and operational phase of the project Health and Occupational Safety Regulation will be followed 3. Regulation could be found under this link too: ml/5116.html Medium Necessary health and safety measures will be taken during construction and operation phase, relevant staff will be trained to be able to work with high voltages. Environmental Protection 9. The project takes a precautionary approach in regard to environmental challenges and is not complicity in practices contrary to the precautionary principle. This principle can be defined4 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. The project has minimum impact on environment and takes precautionary approach in regard to environmental challenges. According to the PIF of the project all Regulations which entered into force with Environmental Law Numbered 2872 will be Followed. The distance of the project to the closest settlement (Bekirler village) is 400 m. According to noise measurement report, when all turbine is in operation, noise level from entrance of Bekirler village is dba 3, which is below legal limits 4. Low 3 AKRES WPP Peripheral Noise and Vibration Measurement Report (Section A.7, page 14). 16

17 According to same report, total noise level in power plant when all turbines are in operation is dba 5, which is also in the range of legal limits 6. Also, power plant control room is a well isolated area, therefore impact of noise from power plant on both employees and local residents is deemed to be negligible. 10. The project does not involve and is not complicity 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) recognised as protected by traditional local communities Anti-Corruption 11. The project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption The project does not involve and is not complicity in significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats as it is stated in the PIF. As explained in the 9 th safeguarding principle, negative impact of the project activity on the environment would be minimum. The project does not involve any kind of corruption. Turkey is a party to United Nation Convention against Corruption since 2006; 42 Low Low/none 4 AKRES WPP Peripheral Noise and Vibration Measurement Report (Section B.8.1, page 14 and 15). 5 AKRES WPP Peripheral Noise and Vibration Measurement Report (Section B.6, page 11). 6 See: (Annex-5, Table 9, Ticari Yapılar İş merkezi, dükkanlar vb.) 17

18 F.2. Sustainable Development matrix Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Gold Standard indicators of sustainable development. Air quality If relevant copy mitigation measure from "do no harm" table, or include mitigation measure used to neutralise a score of Check and Describe how your indicator is related to local MDG goals MDG- 7: Ensure Environment Sustainability 7.A Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources 7. B Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Chosen parameter and explanation Defined by project developer Parameters: a) Amount of CO, NMVOC b) Level of dust emissions during construction of the project activity; Explanation: Due to avoidance of fossil fuel combustion, these emissions will be reduced in parallel to reduced CO 2. Also there will be some dust emissions during construction of the roads and turbine spots. Baseline for parameters: Parameter a) CO: tons and NMVOC: tons per each GWh electricity generated. Parameter b) Dust emissions are case only during the construction stage. The calculated amount of dust emission during excavation is kg/hour, which is well below the regulatory emission limits. Final score 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 + + Future target for parameters: Parameter a) CO: tons/year, NMVOC: -5.6 tons/year avoidance with annual generation of the project. Parameter b) Continuation of 18

19 baseline situation. Water quality and quantity Wastewater produced by workers during construction and operation will be collected in an impermeable septic tank, which will be constructed on the site. Later they will be periodically transferred to the wastewater treatment plant of Ballıca Municipality by sewage truck. MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability, target C Halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Parameter: Amount of wastewater to be discharged to the environment by project activity. Explanation: Thermal power plants produce considerable amount wastewater especially due to cooling. By the project activity, significant amount of wastewater discharge will be avoided. Baseline for parameter: + 22,411 m3 of wastewater production with each GWh electricity generated. + Future target for parameter: -3,455 thousand m3/year wastewater avoidance with annual generation of the project. Parameters: a) NOx b) Soil erosion level Soil condition For avoidance from erosion risk, drainage channels will be built to the interior roads of the project activity. MDG- 7: Ensure Environment Sustainability 7. B Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Explanation: Erosion risk due to broadening the road for the project activity. Baseline for parameters: Parameter a) ton of Nox with each GWh electricity generated Parameter b) Natural erosion level. 0 Future target for parameters: Parameter a) None Parameter b) Continuation of baseline situation. Parameters: a) Noise level during operation of the project activity. b) Solid waste amount c) Waste oil amount Other pollutants a) Solid waste during both construction and operation will be handled in accordance with regulations. b) Waste oil produced during both construction and operation MDG- 7: Ensure Environment Sustainability 7. B Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Explanation: During the operation of the wind farm there will be some noise due to turbines. However, there will be no negative impact on the settlement areas in this project 0 19

20 phases will be handled in accordance to the Waste Oil Control Regulation was published in the Official Gazette No dated 30 June due to the distance. Solid waste due to construction and daily activities of staff, during both construction and operation phases, will be handled in accordance to the regulations. Waste oil produced during both construction and operation phases will be handled in accordance to the regulations. Baseline for parameters: a) Natural noise from trees, wind, close railway and daily activities. b) Mainly agriculture related solid wastes. c) N/A Future target for parameters: a) Continuation of current situation. b) Continuation of current situation. c) None Parameter: Number of bird strikes Biodiversity MDG- 7: Ensure Environment Sustainability 7. B Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Explanation: Position and operation of turbines may have some negative impact on biodiversity. One of these impacts may be on endangered species and habitats. 0 Baseline for parameter: N/A Future target for parameter: Zero Parameter: Health and Safety and other trainings Quality of employment Necessary health and safety measures will be taken during construction and operation phase, relevant staff will be trained to be able to work with high voltages. MDG-1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger 1.B. Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people Explanation: Project developer ensures high standard health and safety conditions for the employees and provides Health&Safety Trainings to employees. Some of the staff may get training on different kind of issues like operation and maintenance of power plant. + 20

21 Baseline for parameter: Not applicable Future target for parameter: All employees will be trained on Occupational Health and Safety issue. Parameter: Number of people living under the poverty line Livelihood of the poor MDG-1: Eradication extreme poverty and hunger 1.A.Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day Explanation: Income generation by local orders with project activity will have indirect impacts to changing living standards of the local people and number of people living under poverty line. 0 Baseline for parameter: 0 Future target for parameters: Continuation of the current situation Parameter: Change in energy use Access to affordable and clean energy services MDG- 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability 7.2 CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) Explanation: The project will help to reduce high share of imported fossil fuel dependency of Turkey. + Baseline for parameter: 0 Future target for parameter: GWh/yr (Annual estimated generation). Parameter: Change in number of jobs and positions for women Human and institutional capacity MDG-1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger 1.A.Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day Explanation: Theoretically, project activity would create new jobs to women. However, due to lack of interest of women to these kind of jobs stemming from norms of society, impact of the project to this indicator is expected to be neutral. 0 Baseline for parameter: Olive groves and agriculture related jobs for women 21

22 Future target for parameter: Continuation of current situation Parameter: Number of local employment during operation Quantitative employment and income generation Private lands to be utilized for the project activity will be compensated properly. MDG-1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger 1.A.Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day Explanation: The project will create new employments on the project region. + Baseline for parameter: N/A Future target for parameter: At least 2 Parameter: Amount of payment for natural gas to be imported for electricity generation Balance of payments and investment MDG-8.D Develop a global partnership for development 8.C Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and international measures in order to make debt sustainable in the long term. Explanation: Turkey imports nearly all of natural gas consumed. The project will have positive impacts on balance of payments with shifting some of electricity generation from natural gas. + Baseline for parameter: Around +27,093 Euro for each GWh of electricity generated by natural gas fired PPs. Future target for parameter: Million Euro with annual generation of the project. Parameter: Total number of employee having trainings on wind power technology Technology transfer and technological self-reliance MDG 8 target F: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications Explanation: The project shall bring know-how on a new technology or existing technology to be regarded as technology transfer. 0 Baseline for parameter: Only operation related trainings for the staff employed in the existing power plants. Future target for parameter: Continuation of baseline 22

23 situation Justification choices, data source and provision of references Air quality According to the projections given in B.4 part of the PDD, in the baseline situation new capacity additions will most probably be fossil fuel fired power plants (with %75 share in 2018). Electricity generated from the wind power plants partially substitute electricity generation from fossil fuel fired power plants that represent a large share of the Turkish grid generation mix. Thus, besides greenhouse gases, all other air pollutants (e.g. SOx, NOx), particle and VOC emissions are avoided by the project activity. For CO and NMVOC emission amount see TUIK: ; For net electricity generation in see TEİAŞ: 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 construction. Project developer takes all precautionary actions to prevent dust emissions. According to the Project Introduction File of the Akres WPP, the calculated amount of dust emission during excavation is kg/hour, which is well below the regulatory emission limits 7. Moreover, construction started in rainy period which minimize dust emergence. Even though the dust emission occurrence is calculated to be low, some measures are taken to minimize emission amount. These measures are surfacing the roads with gravel and pressing with bulldozers and regularly watering during construction. Hence, we can conclude that there will be minimum impact of the dust emissions on the project area. Therefore, in the SDM the positive effect of the project on the air quality is scored with (+). The positive impact of wind power on air quality is described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. Net electricity generation shall serve as evidence of positive impact of the project activity on this indicator and will be monitored annually as indicated in Section G. Water quality and quantity In the baseline, thermal power plants discharges significant amount of waste water to the environment after usage for operational purposes like cooling. Having water treatment system in these power plants does not neutralize negative impact of waste water on environment as chemicals used for waste water treatment becomes problematic afterwards 8. With proposed project activity, usage and discharge of considerable amount of water will be avoided with partially substituting electricity generation from thermal power plants. Therefore, the impact of the project on this indicator is deemed to be positive. For wastewater amount discharged by thermal PPs in 2008 see: Calculation is further substantiated in Monitoring Plan sheet of CM Calculation Worksheet, which is available to DOE. During operation of project activity only small amount of waste water to be discharged environment. Wastewater production is due to daily consumption of workers. Wastewater produced by workers during construction and operation will not be released to the environment but will be collected in an impermeable septic tank, which will 7 AKRES WPP Project Introductory File, page See report of Ankara University: (page 12, paragraph 3,4 and 5) and a study of Turkish Medical Association: ( Atık sular ve etkileri ) on impact of thermal power plants on environment. 23

24 be constructed on the site. Later they will be periodically transferred by Ballıca Municipality by sewage truck 9. Since significant amount of wastewater will be avoided by the project activity, positive score is given to this indicator. 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. Soil condition Existing roads in the project area will be broadened for the purpose of transportation of the equipments. As the project area is surrounded with trees and agricultural lands, erosion risk is limited. In order to eliminate any erosion risk due to broadening of the roads, water drainage channels is built to the roads. In the baseline, thermal power plants emits significant amount of NOx which have negative impact to the quality of soil. The adverse affect of emissions of NOx on soil conditions is acid rains Acid rains can damage soil conditions badly. With proposed project activity significant amount of NOx emission will be avoided due to substituting partially thermal power plant electricity generation. For NOx emission amount see TUIK: For net electricity generation in 2008 see TEİAŞ: With proposed project activity significant amount of NOx emission will be avoided due to substituting partially thermal power plant electricity generation. However, to be conservative impact of the project on this indicator is scored to be neutral. Soil erosion level will be monitored as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. Other pollutants For this indicator, noise is defined as relevant parameter with the project activity. Since impact of noise can be significant only close area to the project, surrounding area of the project activity is selected as impact assessment boundary and for the baseline, continuation of current situation is noise stemming from wind, movement of leaf and daily life in the close villages. The distance of the project to closest settlement (Bekirler village) is 400 m. According to noise measurement report, when all turbine is in operation, noise level from entrance of Bekirler village is dba 10, which is below legal limits 11. According to same report, total noise level in power plant when all turbines are in operation is dba 12, which is also in the range of legal limits 13. Also, power plant control room is a well isolated area, therefore impact of noise from power plant on both employees and local residents is deemed to be negligible. The excess excavations (such as soil, stones, sand, etc.) from the land preparation works will be used in landscaping following the end of the construction stage, in accordance with the provisions of Article 26 of the Regulation on the Controlling of Excavations, and Construction and Demolition Wastes, dated 18/03/2004, Nr Waste Oil Control Regulation was published in the Official Gazette No dated 30 June According to this regulation waste oil producers are obliged to take measures to 9 AKRES WPP Project Introduction File (Page 5 and 6) 10 AKRES WPP Peripheral Noise and Vibration Measurement Report (Section A.7, page 14). 11 AKRES WPP Peripheral Noise and Vibration Measurement Report (Section B.8.1, page 14 and 15). 12 AKRES WPP Peripheral Noise and Vibration Measurement Report (Section B.6, page 11). 13 See: (Annex-5, Table 9, Ticari Yapılar İş merkezi, dükkanlar vb.) 24

25 minimize the generation of waste oils. Any residues and leftover oil following maintenance work will be collected in leak-proof containers and removed to a recycling facility by licensed transporters. National Transportation Forms shall be filled in case of transporting waste oil from the facility. Therefore, in the SDM the negligible effect of the project on the other pollutants is scored with (0) and noise level during operation will not be monitored however, solid waste and waste oil amount will be monitored as shown in Section G. Biodiversity Position and operation of turbines may have some negative impact on biodiversity. In the project area, there is no risk for birds, because project area is neither on the way for migrating birds, according to PIF 14 and migrating bird route map in Annex 2. According to the study of Doğa Derneği (National NGO), which is Important Bird Areas (IBA) of Turkey Update, the closest IBAs to the project site are Gulf of Çandarli TR105 and TR012. The Turkish version of information note on these areas is given in Annex-2. These information notes gives information about bird species around these lands and estimated amount of each species. The coordinates of the areas are also given. As can be seen in Map 2 below, the distance of the project area to both of the IBAs are around 62 km and 80 km which shows that there is no impact of the project to these areas. Map 2: Bird areas and project area distances The project area is not in natural protection zone. Project area is on land of the village and public and the dominant vegetation consists of olive trees. Also, according to PIF, there is no endemic species around the project area 15. Therefore, in the SDM the negligible effect of the project on biodiversity is scored with (0) and not monitored. Quality of employment In context of wind power projects, height of the towers and rotating parts (such as blades) has some accident risks. Only trained and certificated personnel shall have access to turbines. For AKRES WPP operation & maintenance contractor has the sole responsibility for operation and maintenance. Hence, only trained and certificated staff of the contractor has right to access to towers, climb and perform necessary actions on turbines in case of 14 AKRES WPP Project Introduction File (Page 20) 15 Akres Project Introduction File (Page 22) 25

26 emergency or fault. Trainings and certificates provided will increase their capacity to be able to work in such an environment. All the trainings will be in accordance with Regulations of Ministry Labour and Social Security: meligi.pdf Project developer will also ensure healthy and safe working conditions for the employers with internal procedures and equipments such as ear plugs, work gloves etc. There are instructions for health and safety issues around the whole project area. Technical jobs created by project activity are highly qualified as the wind power plants in Turkey are not common practice and having experience on operation of these plants creates advantages for these employees. The project employer will not face to project specific risks (ie. climbing to towers) and they will have trainings on health and safety issues. Also technical jobs created by this project are highly qualified as explained above. Therefore, this indicator is scored with (+). Chosen parameters which is Health and Safety and Other Trainings will be monitored as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. Livelihood of the poor Generating electricity from resources that was not used before, generates an additional income to the local community, influencing the poverty alleviation, particularly in the rural areas, and accelerates the regional economic development. Also project developer is recruiting personnel for security or construction of the project from close villages, subcontractors are also from the same region. According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) number of people having daily income below 1 $ is zero (please see: Hence, even though project activity has some positive indirect impact on livelihood of poor, impact on the number of people under poverty line is negligible. Therefore this parameter is scored with (0). Since this indicator is scored zero and no mitigation measure is required, chosen parameter, i.e. number of people under poverty line, will not be monitored. Access to affordable and clean energy services Turkey s electricity generation is dominated by fossil fuels with around 82% share in total as of 2008 and almost 50% of the total generation is from imported natural gas (ref: section A.4.3 of the project PDD). Dependency of Turkish electricity generation to imported fuels is projected to remain too high at least for midterm (ref: B.4 section of project PDD). Therefore any electricity generation 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. Therefore, utilizing renewable and local energy source, the project will have certainly have positive impact on this indicator thus it is positively scored. Since this indicator is scored positive, chosen parameter, i.e. Change in energy use, will be monitored as shown in Section G. Human and institutional capacity Even though project will create significant amount job opportunities (please refer to Quantitative employment and income generation indicator, due to lack of interest of women to these kind of jobs stemming from norms of society, impact of the project to this indicator 26

27 is expected to be neutral. Project activity will not have any impact to lands and villagers will continue their pre-project activities after project implementation. Since impact of the project activity to this indicator is scored zero, selected parameter will not be monitored. Quantitative employment and income generation Within the construction of the project, there will be created employment opportunities for workers. It is planned that, during construction 15 and during operation 4 staff will be employed in the plant. At least 2 of the staff during operation is targeted to be employed from close settlements (from Akhisar district or Manisa city). 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. There are some EU funded projects on reducing unregistered employment in agricultural sector (see: ). The proposed project will create new employments with social insurance. Lands to be utilized for the project activity will be compensated properly. Since, the impact of the parameter to this indicator is scored positive, compensation payments for lands purchased and Number of local employment during operation will be monitored as described in Section G. Balance of payments and investment The project and its role in strengthening the sustainable sector of electricity generation in Turkey tend to contribute to mitigation of import dependency. The project generation will shift correspondent amount of natural gas fired electricity generation. With this, payments for natural gas imported will decrease. Hence the project will have positive impact on this indicator and it is scored with (+) in the SDM. For reference see TEİAŞ statistics for 2008: Hence the project will have positive impact on this indicator and it is scored with (+) in the SDM. The positive effect of the project to this indicator is described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. Share of natural gas fired electricity in Turkish electricity mix will be reported to show continuous positive impact of the project as described in section G. Technology transfer and technological selfreliance The project developer considers the investment into and the operation of a well known technology in Turkey. And some of the employees will be trained for wind power plant related issues. However, since these trainings are rather operation related trainings and will not lead an important know-how and technology transfer, this indicator is scored with (0) in the SDM. Since this indicator is scored zero and no mitigation measure is required chosen parameter, i.e. Total number of employee having trainings on wind power technology, will not be monitored. 27

28 SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan No 1 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Air Quality No mitigation measures are required. Amount of CO, NMVOC emissions According to latest official data CO and NMVOC emissions due to electricity generation in 2007 are: tons/gwh and 0.036tons/GWh respectively 16. No quantitative information is available for projection of described emission rates. Continuation of current emission rates is estimated in case of baseline situation. Reductions of proportionate amount in described emissions during operational life of the project activity. When electricity generation amount (154,200 MWh/y) is considered for the project activity then expected annual emission avoidances with project implementation becomes 22.1 and 5.6 tons respectively for each parameter. Way of monitoring How Amount of annual net electricity generation, which is calculated by monthly settlement notifications of PMUM based on monthly meter readings, will be used to calculate estimated CO and NMVOC emission reductions by project activity When Annually By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant No 2 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Water Quality and Quantity Wastewater produced by workers during construction and operation will not be released to the environment but will be collected in an impermeable septic tank, which will be constructed on the site. Later they will be periodically transferred to the wastewater treatment plant of Ballıca Municipality by sewage truck. Amount of wastewater to be discharged to the environment In 2008; 22,411 m3 wastewater is discharged the environment due to each GWh electricity produced 17. Continuation of current situation Avoidance of around 3,455 thousand m3 wastewater discharge to the environment per year. Way of monitoring How Amount of annual net electricity generation, which is calculated by monthly settlement notifications of PMUM based on monthly meter readings, will be used to calculate estimated amount of avoided wastewater discharge by project activity. Records of transfer of waste water from power plant by sewage truck, if it was performed, will be used to demonstrate proper waste water management. 16 The unit emissions are calculated as dividing emission amount for each parameter with net electricity amount. (For emission amount see TUIK: For net electricity generation in 2007 see TEİAŞ: Calculation is further substantiated in Monitoring Plan of CM Calculation Worksheet, which is available to DOE. 28

29 When By who Annually Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant No 3 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Soil condition For avoidance from erosion risk, drainage channels will be built to the interior roads of the project activity. Soil erosion level Natural erosion level Continuation of current situation Continuation of current situation. Way of monitoring How Drainage channels was built to the roads will be shown and written statement of Muhtar (Bekirler village) indicating the negligible amount of erosion due to road broadening will be submitted to DOE. When Once during first verification. By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant No 4 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Other Pollutants a) Solid waste during both construction and operation will be handled in accordance with regulations. b) Waste oil produced during both construction and operation phases will be handled in accordance to the Waste Oil Control Regulation was published in the Official Gazette No dated 30 June Solid Waste Amount Mostly agriculture related solid wastes Continuation of current situation Continuation of current situation. Way of monitoring How Letter of Municipality for regular transfer of solid wastes from power plant. When Once during first verification. By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant Chosen parameter Waste Oil Amount Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter N/A N/A None Way of monitoring How Submission of photos of leakage-proof tanks for waste oil collection and filled National Transportation Forms to DOE. When Photos of leakage-proof tanks will be submitted only once during the first verification. National Transportation Forms will be submitted to DOE during the verification period(s) when transportation of waste oils takes place. By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant No 5 Indicator Mitigation measure Quality of employment Necessary health and safety measures will be taken during construction and operation phase, relevant staff will be trained to be able to work with high voltages. 29

30 Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Health and Safety and other trainings Not applicable. Not applicable All staff will have trainings on Occupational Health and Safety issue. Way of monitoring How Training attendance list and/or certificates. Safety measures and equipments will be shown to DOE. When Annually (Once at the end of the each monitoring period). After first verification period, only new cases will be reported. Safety measures and equipments will be shown to DOE during each site visit for verification. By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant. No 6 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter 0 Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Access to affordable and clean energy services None Change in energy use Continuation of baseline situation GWh/yr (Estimated annual generation). Way of monitoring How By utilizing domestic and renewable energy source, it is certain that project will lead to attain affordable and sustainable energy service. Therefore, annual net electricity generation amount, which is calculated by monthly settlement notifications of PMUM based on monthly meter readings, is deemed to be sufficient for demonstration of positive impact of the project to this indicator. When Annually By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant. No 7 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Quantitative employment and income generation Private lands to be utilized for the project activity will be compensated properly. Number of local employment during operation Agricultural related employment Estimation of baseline situation of Continuation of baseline situation parameter Future target for parameter At least 2 Way of monitoring How For land compensation: Purchase agreements and payment receipts to the land owners. For number of local employment: social insurance registries and receipts of employees. After first verification, only changes in employees will be reported. When Land compensation: During first verification; Number of local employment: Annually By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant. No 8 Indicator Balance of payment and investments Mitigation measure No mitigation measures are required. Chosen parameter Amount of payment for natural gas to be imported for electricity 30

31 Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT generation. According to TEİAŞ; 21,637,605 thousand m 3 natural gas is consumed for electricity generation in In 2008 Electricity generation amount from natural gas is 98,685.3 GWh and share of natural gas in the electricity mix is 49.74%. Since Turkey imports 97% of consumed natural gas, it is calculated that for 1 GWh electricity generation 105,068 m3 natural gas is imported in 2008 (which makes around 27,093 Euro/GWh). According to the projections of TEİAŞ (See Table-4 in B.4 part of the PDD), dependency to natural gas for electricity generation will remain high till the end of 2017 with 38.8% share of the electricity mix in this year. Avoidance of around 16,201,409 m 3 natural gas import each year by generation of project activity, which is worth about 4,177,817 EUR per year 18. Way of monitoring How TEİAŞ statistics for natural gas share in the electricity mix shall help to demonstrate the high import dependency. Amount of annual net electricity generation, which is calculated by monthly settlement notifications of PMUM based on monthly meter readings, will be used to calculate correspondent amount of currency saved by project activity with help of above calculated factor. When Annually By who Assigned technician by Plant Manager or assigned carbon consultant. Additional remarks monitoring 18 See TEİAŞ statistics for 2008: Detail calculation of current situation and future target is substantiated in Monitoring Plan of CM Calculation Worksheet, which is available to DOE. 31

32 SECTION H. Additionality and conservativeness This section is only applicable if the section on additionality and/or your choice of baseline does not follow Gold Standard guidance H.1. Additionality Not Applicable. H.2. Conservativeness Not Applicable. 32

33 ANNEX 1 ODA declaration 33

34 Annex 2 Map of Migrating Bird Routes in Turkey, Important Bird Areas Information Notes 34

35 35 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT