Gold Standard Passport CONTENTS

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1 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 Grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources: Söke Çatalbük Wind Power Project, Turkey SECTION B. Project description The project of ABK Enerji Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. (hereafter referred to as ABK), Söke Çatalbük Wind Power Project (hereafter referred to as the Project), involves installation and operation of turbines (exact information about model and number of the turbines cannot be indicated as turbine selection analysis are continuing. Hence, all turbine and/or project related capacity, energy yield and emission reduction data in this document are given in a min., max. range according to 6 candidate turbine models. Details of candidate models are given in section A.4.3.) with rated power output of MW each to best suit the local conditions of Yenidoğan Municipality of Söke District in the province of Aydın, Turkey. The generation of total capacity of MW will be connected to a switchyard, where the voltage will be steeped up to 154 kv and the power will be fed to the grid through Söke Substation of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEİAŞ). ABK has granted generation license as IPP for 30 MW wind power plant by EMRA and this licence was issued in December Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Is Not Required certificate is granted on 21 st March 2008 by Aydın Governorship. An estimated generation of GWh per year by the efficient utilization of the available wind energy by project activity will replace the grid electricity which is constituted of different fuel sources, mainly fossil fuels. The electricity produced by project activity will result in an annual emission reduction of 51,841-55,860 tones of CO 2 e. Moreover, project activities will contribute further dissemination of wind energy and extension of national power generation. It is expected that the generation of electricity will start as of May 2010 and will have an operational life of 20 years. 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. 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 specify your project type: 3

4 CO2 Emission Reductions by Grid-Connected Electricity Generation from Renewable Sources: Söke Çatalbük 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 Söke-Çatalbük Wind Power Plant. C.4. Greenhouse gas Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide X Methane Nitrous oxide 4

5 C.5. Project Registration Type Project Registration Type Regular X Pre-feasibility assessment Retro-active projects (T.2.5.1) Preliminary evaluation (T.2.5.2) Rejected by UNFCCC (T2.5.3) SECTION D. Unique project identification D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location Latitude Longitude Coordinates 37 42' 15" N 27 23' 14" E Explain given coordinates The project area is situated close to Söke district. Söke is a large district of Aydın Province in the Aegean region of western Turkey, 54 km south-west of the city of Aydın, near the Aegean coast. Project area is located on Söke alluvial plain of the Büyük Menderes River. 5

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7 SECTION E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process E.1. Assessment of stakeholder comments Minutes from LSC meeting The stakeholder meeting was held on 19 th December 2008 at Öztürk Coffeehouse in Yenidoğan Municipality, Söke / Aydın. At the meeting besides project developers, there were one representatives of General Directorate of Electrical Power Resources Survey and Development Administration (EIE) from Ankara, four representatives from Preservation of Ecosystem and Friends of Nature Association (EKODOSD), mayor of Yenidoğan Municipality. Of course there were many participants from Yenidoğan Municipality. The number of total participants was more than 60, however, 34 of them are signed the participation list. Supporter of Gold Standard Organizations i.e. WWF, Greenpeace and REC Turkey has been informed about project. The place of meeting was chosen to be the closest place to the project area and all local people are informed about meeting in advance by coffeehouse, municipality announcements and local newspaper announcements. Additionally, two weeks before meeting municipality has been visited and announcement of upcoming meeting had been done. With an announcement in national newspaper there were two participants from İzmir city who have been interested in project. Before presentation, agenda of the meeting and non-technical PDD was distributed to the participants for broader view. Project presentation and description was made by ERRA Energy 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 clarification of the project with answering questions, he presented blind sustainable exercise to the participants and wanted them to comment on each indicator as positive, negative and neutral. After presentation some questions were raised by participants, which were answered by project developer Mr. Barış Kocagöz and presenter. The questions and answers are given in below section (ii. Assessment of comments). All questions received and minutes of the meeting was taken under protocol signed by Major of Yenidoğan Municipality Ekrem Yılmaz and Project Vice Chairman Mr. Barış Kocagöz. Questions and comments raised by participants were addressed in assessment of comments part. The meeting was closed by a general support from participants and of project developer goodwill. 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 table: Stakeholder Comment Assessment Response to comment Q.1 You said that there will be employment opportunities with project activities, how many people will be employed? Q.1 Yes. In the construction phase about 40 personnel will be employed and during operational phase 12 personnel will be. 7

8 Q.2 Is there any negative impact of Turbine s blades on TV and Mobile broadcasts Q.3 Why did you decide to build the project on plain agricultural area? Q.4 Is the land of project area private? How are you going to solve land issues? Q.5 You said project life is 20 years, and after 20 years what are you going to do? Q.6 Is there any disturbing noise of Turbines? Q.7 Will the amount for renting lands increase in years? Q.8 If one of Turbines is planned to be built near my arable land, will it affect my agricultural activities? Q.9 There is rumour about land sales in the area of your project, how do you asses this? Q.10 Is there any negative impact of project on migrating birds, biodiversity and social impact? Q.11 Is there any investment incentives by government for such projects? A.2 No, because Turbine blades are made of polycarbon, not metal. Also, there is no close radio or TV transmitter as the project is on plain area. So there will not be any intermittent effect of the project to the radio and TV transmitters. A.3 Because, this area is the most suitable area for wind turbines. A.4 Most of the project area is private and we are planning to rent plots of turbines. A.5 After 20 years old turbine equipments will be replaced with new ones, if new licences will be granted by Electricity Authority. A.6 There will only be noise of blades with wind, but after 200 meters away from turbines the level of noise will not be disturbing. A.7 The lands will be rented for 49 years on the base of foreign exchange as Euro or Dollar. A.8 There is no negative affect of WEPP on agriculture, contrary you can continue your agricultural production up to turbines. A.9 We have no search in this sense. A.10 Although this project has EIA not required document (given in Annex 4), in the Project Introduction file there has been a study which evaluates no impact of project on biodiversity. Moreover while project area is arable land, there is no distinct flora to be affected by project activity. Even though there is limited flora in the project area, the project will save biodiversity by not emitting CO2. Concerning migrating birds, project area is not on the route for migrating birds. Additionally, the height of hubs is only 85 meter, which is far away from disturbing very high flying birds. For water birds, there are no close lakes to project area for birds to stopover. Regarding social impact of the project, project activities will create job opportunities for local people and will help to eliminate poverty. Q.11 There is 5.0 cent/kwh incentive for electricity produced from such renewable projects, however this is far away to be attractive for project developers as investment of this kind of projects are too high. The government incentive is not enough to make a wind farm investment project feasible and the additional income that comes from Gold Standard VER makes the investment acceptable for project financing by banks. 8

9 The stakeholders didn t raise any concerns, other than any possible affects of projects on migrating birds and biodiversity. Presenter has answered this concern clearly as the project is not on the route of migrating birds and the project will save biodiversity because it will not cause emission. Moreover, while project area is plain agricultural land, there is no distinct flora to be affected from project activities. One of participants raised a concern regarding any negative impact of Turbines blade on TV and mobile phones broadcast. While turbines blades were made of polycarbon there will not be any negative impact of these blades on any broadcasts. Also, there is no close radio or TV transmitter as the project is on plain area. So there will not be any intermittent effect of the project to the radio and TV transmitters. Therefore, no concern was raised during the meeting which necessitates revisiting sustainability assessment. 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 19 th of December The report of Local stakeholder Consultation Meeting of Söke-Çatalbük WEPP 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 4 th of March 2009 and 20 th May During this 2 and half month period, all project information was published on web site of FutureCamp GmbH enabling stakeholder to reach and comments on the documents. This report is prepared to explain how stakeholder feedback round has been held. E.2.2. Providing Project Documents for Stakeholder Access E Publications of Documents on Web Side. While second consultation process of Gold Standard does not include a physical meeting with stakeholders, with publication of project documents, it is aimed that all stakeholders and participants of first meeting could reach the documents through internet ways. 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 done available on internet page as for two months to create opportunity for all stakeholders to reach documents. In the internet page there were different ways to direct comment to Gold Standard for project as; ing to Fariz Tasdan Calling to Fariz Tasdan 9

10 Via postal ways to Mayor of Özbeyyeni Village ( 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) E Providing Project Documents as a Hard Copy in Office of Mayor of the Village Project documents were displayed and provided for stakeholder for two months as a hard copy in mayor s office where was the easy place for anybody access. E.2.3. Invitations E Sending Invitation Letter to the Participants of Local Stakeholder Meeting One way of inviting was sending mails to participants of local stakeholder, and those were participants who joined to the meeting as representative of NGOs or Institutions. This invitation letter provided below in English translation. SAMPLE INVITATION LETTER TO THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK ROUND FOR GOLD STANDARD VALIDATION Ekosistemi Koruma ve Doğa Sevenler Derneği EKODOSD Atatürk Blv. Konuk İş Merkezi 40/7 Kuşadası/AYDIN Tel: Subject: Feedback Round of Söke - Çatalbük 30 MW WEPP Dear Sirs / Madams, You have already been invited to take part at the local stakeholder consultation process for the Gold Standard certification of the planned Söke Çatalbük 30 MW Wind Power Project. The main element of this process was the meeting that was held on 19 th December 2008 in Yenidoğan Municipality, which we think was very interesting and informative. Thank you for your interest and your comments. We herewith want to invite you to share your opinion 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 Zeytinler. The accordant documentation is available on the website at as well as in form of hard copies 10

11 displayed in office of Özbeyyeniköy Village Mayor. You are invited to submit your comments either via to our consultant Mr. Fariz Tasdan or via letter to the Muhtar of Özbeyyeniköy Village Address of Mayor of Özbeyyeniköy Village: Muhtar Tuncay Tunç Özbeyyeniköy, Yenidoğan, Söke / Aydın. For Fariz Taşdan ERRA Enerji Yatırımları ve Danışmanlığı Ltd. Şti Saraylar mah. 505 sk. No: 19 Denizli Tel: ftasdan@erra.com.tr For any questions, please also refer to Mr. Fariz Tasdan. Thank you very much for you interest and your participation! Kind regards ABK Enerji Elektrik Üretim A.Ş Atatürk Cad. No:162 Tunç Han Kat: Pasaport İzmir / Turkey Tel: Fax: E Posting Announcement for Local Participants The other way of inviting stakeholders was to post an announcement in coffeehouse of village where local stakeholder meeting was held before, in the municipality building and in the Mayor s office of Özbeyyeniköy Village. At the same time all project files has been provided in Office of Mayor of the Village so that local people can get access to do documents. With this way, the aim was to reach all local participants of first meeting. The announcement inviting stakeholder 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 office of mayor were other information on the announcement. The pictures below give short view of posting announcement in different public places. 11

12 E.2.4. Comments Received For local stakeholders, an evaluation form was provided with project documents that could be filled in easily to provide comments. Mayor of the village was provided a letter that during two months period he received 5 comments from stakeholders. This letter and comments is attached below. Moreover, there was no comment from NGOs or official bodies that the invitation letter had been sent in the beginning of two months period. 12

13 E Letter from Mayor and Received Comments E Letter of Mayor (Translation and original one) Dear Sir, The documents related with Gold Standard feedback round of Söke-Çatalbük WPP such as Report of Local Stakeholder Meeting and Summary of the Project has been presented in the office of Mayor for local access of these documents during the period of During this period of time, I have received 5 comments which is attached to this letter. Best Regards. Mayor of Özbeyyeniköy: Tuncay Tunç

14 E Comments (Translations and Original Evaluation forms) Comment 1: Translation Name, Surname: What are your comments about the Project: Hasan Çıkman Thank you very much to whom has started the project. I hope the water cost will be lower due to lower cost of water pump. It should not cause air and environmental pollution. 14

15 Comment 2: Translation Name, Surname: What are your comments about the Project: Mehmet Bayrakoğlu First of all, it is beneficial due to positive effect on economics of the country. It has positive effect on air quality. Comment 3: Translation Name, Surname: What are your comments about the Project: Göksel Ersoy It is good that this project will avert electricity cuts. If the project does not damage local people and biodiversity, there is no drawback of the project. 15

16 Comment 4: Translation Name, Surname: What are your comments about the Project: Muhsin Kabakçı Thank you very much to whom has planned and offered this project. I am sure that it will be beneficial. Thank you. 16

17 Comment 5: Translation Name, Surname: What are your comments about the Project: Ahmet Tansık This powerful project will be beneficial to Yenidoğan Municipality. 17

18 E.2.5. Conclusion With a period of two months, all participants of local stakeholders were tried to be reached by different kinds of communications, and all project documents were provided for their access by way of publishing on internet and providing hard copies of documents in village s mayor office. At the end, there were 5 comments which is stressed on positive side of the project. There are no comments on design of the projects, which will require amendments in PDD. SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment 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 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. The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property. Turkey is a party to Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Low/none As described in the Wind Study no settlements are too close to the park site, and therefore no resettlements are necessary. Low/none The project is not involve and is in no conflict with critical cultural heritage. Low/none 18

19 Labour Standards (Turkey is a member of ILO 1 ) 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. 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: The project does not involve in any form forced labour. Turkey is a party to C29 Forced Labour Convention: _id=31 Low/none Low/none 6. The project does not employ and is not complicit in any form of child labour. The project does not involve in any form child labour. Turkey is also a member of IPEC (International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour ) since 1992: Low/none 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 Environmental Protection 9. The project takes a precautionary approach in regard to The project does not involve in any form discrimination in any kind of form. Turkey is party of international convention on the elimination of all racial discriminations and Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women: Fall off possibility for staff, due to high towers ( m. long) during plant installation and maintenance. No such effects are expected to appear in comparison to the baseline scenario. This is confirmed by the certificate from Low/none Low Low/none All workers are trained in for complete safety precautions. Wastewater produced will be collected in an impermeable septic 1 See, 19

20 environmental challenges and is not complicity in practices contrary to the precautionary principle. This principle can be defined 2 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 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 Additional relevant critical the environmental authority in Turkey. However, dust, building rubbish and noise emission during construction and operation phases might be possible. According to 18 th page of PIF, there is no any protected area which can be affected by the project. No analysis of the influence of the wind power plant on the natural habitats exists. Due to the experiences with other wind power plants in Turkey no impacts on natural habitats are expected. This is confirmed by the certificate from the environmental authority in Turkey. Turkey is a party to Bern Convention on protection of European Wildlife and Habitat since 1984: om_content&view=article&id=53&itemid= 94 The project does not involve any kind of corruption. Description of relevance to my project Low Low/none Assessment of relevance tank and will be periodically transferred to treatment plant. Rehabilitation of the land, which was used for project activity, will be implemented after construction. Dust Emission: Digging materials will be loaded, transferred and unloaded with minimum winnowing. Then they will be shaded with bale cloths to prevent dispersing. Building Rubbish: will be collected in separate closed bins. Mitigation measure 2 The Wingspread Conference on the Precautionary Principle (1998) 20

21 issues for my project type 1 Bird Problem In the context of the wind projects, bird strikes can be a problem if the project is located on bird routes. According to the bird routes map of Doga Dernegi (an environmental NGO in Turkey), the project is not on the route of migration birds. This is also indicated in the 18t h page of Project Introduction File (PIF). to my project (low/medium/ high) Low None 2 Etc. 21

22 F.2. Sustainable Development matrix Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG 3 Check and g Chosen parameter and explanation Defined by project developer Final score 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 Describe how your indicator is related to local MDG goals Parameter: Amount of avoided NOx, CO, NMVOC Explanation: Due to avoidance of fossil fuel combustion, these emissions will be reduced in parallel to reduced CO 2. 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 + + Water quality and quantity Wastewater produced will be collected in an impermeable septic tank and will be periodically transferred to treatment plant. Parameter: Amount of wastewater discharged to the environment. Explanation: Waste water produced by project activity is the only possible affect on water quality. 0 Soil condition Rehabilitation of the land, which was used for project activity, will be implemented after construction. Parameter: Land utilization in the Project area after completion of project construction. Explanation: Lands used for farming shall be used for this purpose after construction completion (excluding spots for project facilities) 0 Other pollutants Dust Emission: Digging materials will be loaded, transferred and unloaded with minimum winnowing. Then they will be shaded with bale cloths to prevent dispersing. Building Rubbish: will be collected in separate closed bins. Parameters: a) Level of dust emissions during construction of the project activity; b) Building rubbish during construction and operation of the project activity; c) Noise during construction and operation of the project activity. Explanation: In the context of wind power projects, the other pollutants are these, hence impact of these 0 3 Turkey pays special attention to the MDGs of 1,3,4 and 5. See: 22

23 Biodiversity Quality of employment Livelihood of the poor Access to affordable and clean energy services Human and institutional capacity Quantitative employment and income generation Health&Safety Trainings for all employees of the power plant. MDG-1: Eradication extreme poverty and hunger MDG-4: Reduce child mortality MDG-5: Improving Maternal Health MDG-3: Promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women parameters shall also be evaluated. Parameter: Number of bird strikes to the turbines. Explanation: Bird strike is the main parameter of wind project on biodiversity. Parameters: a) Health&Safety Trainings; b) Operation and Maintenance Trainings Explanation: Health&Safety Trainings will ensure measure for project related job risks and Operation and Maintenance Trainings will help to employers to have high quality skills. Parameter: Total amount of Local order placement Explanation: Income generation by local orders with project activity will have indirect impacts to livelihood of the poor. Parameter: Change in energy use of local people Explanation: The project will help to reduce high share of fossil fuel dependency. Parameter: Total number of employee trained Explanation: Wind power related trainings improving human capacity on this type of projects, which are not common practice in Turkey. Parameter: Number of employment Explanation: The project will create new employments Balance of payments and investment Parameter: Amount of avoided natural gas to be imported 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. + 23

24 Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Parameter: Total number of employee having operation and maintenance certificates. Explanation: With this project, technology of wind power will be imported by necessary trainings to employees. + Justification choices, data source and provision of references Air quality Electricity generated from the wind farm partially substitutes 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, CO), particle and NMVOC emissions are avoided by the project activity. Therefore, in the SDM the positive effect of the project on the air quality is scored with (+). 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 towers. Dust emission control will be handled complying with regulation of Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Regulatory limits will not be exceeded, which is confirmed by the PIF that was carried out in connection with license application 4. For mitigation measures for dust emission please refer to Other Pollutants indicator. The positive impact of wind energy on air quality is described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. Net project 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 As compared to the baseline, no significant changes with regard to both ground and surface waters are expected because water will be used only for daily consumptions of the workers and not be used for construction and operation of wind farm 5. According to the PIF, there is no aqua production and protected aquifers close to the plant. 6 Wastewater produced by workers during construction and operation will not be released to the environment but will be collected in impermeable septic tank which will be constructed on the site. Later they will be periodically transferred to the wastewater treatment plant of Yenidoğan Municipality by sewage truck with required fee 7.This process will be handled according to the Regulation of Ministry of Environment and Forestry. By this mitigation measure, the project will not have any negative impacts to this indicator, hence, it is scored with (0) in the SDM. Amount of wastewater discharged to the environment will be monitored both during construction and operation phase of the project activity as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. Soil condition As compared to the baseline, no significant changes are expected. The area of land needed for the turbine installation is small; therefore the land will be used for the same purposes (agricultural activities) 8 as before project implementation. (Please also refer to what is described for the indicator Biodiversity below and to the Project lntroduction File, pages 4 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 6-7) 5 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 5, 8) 6 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 18) 7 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 5, 8, 9) 8 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 5, 18) 24

25 from 11 to 18) There will be no need to cut down any trees, because project area is plain agricultural areas 9. The negligible impact on soil condition is also confirmed by the stakeholders as they scored neutral this indicator. The land used for project construction (other than spots for project facilities such as turbines and power plant buildings) will be rehabilitated to let utilization for farming again. Therefore, that indicator is scored with (0) in the SDM. Negligible impact of the project activity to the land utilization (excluding spots for project facilities) will be monitored after construction as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. Other pollutants In the context of the wind farms other pollutants are building rubbish, dust emission caused by construction and noise: a) Building rubbish: Both during the construction and operation phase, all rubbish and waste caused by the workers and machines will be collected in separate closed bins (plastic, metals etc.) and then they will be collected by Yenidoğan Municipality. Non recyclable wastes will be collected in impermeable closed bins 10. b) Dust emissions caused by construction: According to PIF total dust emission level during construction of the project activity will be kg/hour, which is much lower than legal limit, i.e. 1.5 kg/hour 11. ABK pledged to comply with regulation related with Handling Digging Materials Regulation to minimize the dust emission caused by construction works. According to this regulation, digging materials will be loaded, transferred and unloaded with minimum winnowing. Then they will be shaded with bale cloths to prevent dispersing 12. Digging materials will be stored in site area near to each hole drilled for base of towers for later usage for landscaping 13. c) Noise: According to PIF, nearest settlement (Yenidoğan Municipality) is 1 km away from the project site 14. Distance-noise calculation for construction period of the project activity shows that the noise level for this length is 48 dba 15, which is below minimum legal limit values i.e. 50 dba for night and 60 dba for daylight 16. The number of turbines will be at most 15 thus combined noise from turbines during operation will also be low and under legal limits. Therefore, no negative impact of noise of the project activity to the habitants is expected during both construction and operation period. As explained above during both construction and operation of the wind farm the impact of the above pollutants will be negligible with implementation of identified mitigation measures. Thus this indicator is scored with (0) in the SDM. During excavation and construction no hazardous, toxic or flammable materials will be used. 9 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 18) 10 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 7) 11 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 10) 12 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 7) 13 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 6) 14 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 13) 15 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 11) 16 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 13, Table 4. For Regulation on the Evaluation and Management of the Environmental Noise see: (page 27, Table-4 for limits) 25

26 Level of dust emissions during construction and building rubbish during both construction and operation of the project activity will be monitored as described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. Since noise level during construction calculated in the PIF, which is officially approved, is below legal limits; this parameter will not be monitored during construction. However, during operation period, noise level will be monitored as described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. Biodiversity According to the PIF, the project area is not in natural protection zone. The dominant vegetation consists of Silene Dichotama, Silene Vulgaris, Xanthium Spinosum, Morua Alba, bush, oak and maquis 17. Other vegetations are trees called Pinus pinea, Pinus brutia, Pinus nigra. Regarding Berne Convention, there isn t any endangered flora in project area 18. While 15 turbines shall be built on an area that amounts to some 250 ha, the actual ground covered by the turbines, road and installations is only 2 ha. 19 The remaining land can be used as before, for example for agricultural production as cotton plantation. In the project area, there is no risk for birds, because project area is neither on the way for migrating birds nor an area for birds, according to PIF 20 and attached birds route map in Annex-3. The stakeholders confirmed that the project will not have any impacts on biodiversity or habitats by scoring (0) to this indicator in SDM. The project does not pose any dangers for sustainable environment and sustainable development as defined by Article 2 of Environmental Law No While project area is treeless plain land, there will not be any tree cuttings. Since, PIF and bird route map attests the negligible impact of the project to the birds, chosen parameter Number of bird strikes to the turbines will not be monitored. Quality of employment The project owner intends to employ local people in order to avoid moving or long travels for the employees. Within this project the stakeholder processes give fulfilment of labour standards a public site. Public consultations like this are not common in Turkey and therefore this case enhances thoughtfulness including job quality and fulfilment of labour standards. Minor dangers possibility for staff from fall off due to high towers ( m. long) during plant installation and maintenance. However, most of the workers are maintenance on the ground. Therefore, this danger is very small. Furthermore, all employees will have Health&Safety trainings, as a mitigation measure, to minimize the project related health risk. Electricity generation from wind power plant is not common practice in Turkey and requires high quality of employment with necessary operation or maintenance trainings. Thus this indicator is scored with (+) in the SDM. Health&Safety Trainings will be monitored as described in the Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. Operation and Maintenance Trainings shall serve as evidence for positive impact of the project activity to this indicator and 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. The stakeholders also confirmed that the project will have positive impacts on the livelihood of the poor by scoring + 17 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 12, 13) 18 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 12) 19 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 5) 20 SÖKE-ÇATALBÜK WEPP Project Introduction File (page 18) 26

27 to this indicator. However, since monitoring of direct positive impacts of this parameter on livelihood of the poor is difficult, this parameter is scored (0) in the SDM to be conservative. Since this indicator is scored zero and no mitigation measure is required chosen parameter, i.e. total local order placement, will not be monitored. Access to affordable and clean energy services As a local energy source, wind power helps to mitigate Turkey s high import dependency and thus improves the access to energy services, especially in the scenarios of import stops or energy price hikes. The International Energy Agency criticises dependency on oil and gas imports and demands for expansion of renewable energy in Turkey (cf. IEA: Energy Policies, Turkey 2005 review, 2005, pages 85, 100 and 129). However, as the 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 and therefore not be monitored, a conservative score of zero is applied to this indicator. Since this indicator is scored with zero and there is no mitigation measure for this indicator, chosen parameter, i.e. Change in energy use of local people, will not be monitored. Human and institutional capacity Project development will promote the use of renewable energy generation in the region. It will require widespread education and skills improvement, as the local people will be incorporated in the development and maintenance of the project. Therefore, that parameter is scored with (+) in SDM. The local public is intensively involved in the development and decision-making regarding the wind farm within the stakeholder consultation process, representing a new kind of institution as part of the development of a Turkish energy project. Total number of employee trained shall serve as evidence for positive impact of the project activity to this indicator and will be monitored with documentation as described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. Quantitative employment and income generation Installation of the wind farm will provide employment to local people, who will assist during the building phase as well as during the maintenance of the wind farm. During construction around 40 persons will be employed and around half of them will be local During the operating stage some 10 to 15 persons will be employed and again around half of them will be local. The exact number of employees has yet to be planned. Due to additional employment generation with implementation of the project activity, this parameter is scored with (+) in the SDM. The positions at the wind farm require skilled workers, which will be achieved by adequate trainings. In addition to the skilled employees, there will be employed some security staff in both stages. Because of the introduced new technology, the regional tourist interest in the region will increase, which is expected to influence the regional development and with it the employment situation. Number of employment (during construction and operation phase) is part of the monitoring, where employment contracts shall serve as evidence for this indicator as described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of the GS Passport. 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. Electricity generation from wind sources is completely independent from any imports and thus does not have any negative effects on the balance of payments. 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 have positive impact on this indicator and it is scored with (+) in the SDM: 27

28 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 self-reliance As the project developer is a Turkish company using the returns from the GS VER project to enable the realization of the wind farm, the Turkish capabilities, competencies and selfreliance regarding the introduction of innovative technologies are strengthened. The fact that the project activity is not common practice in Turkey is comprehensively derived in section B.4 part of the PDD). The project developer considers the investment into and the operation of a new technology in Turkey as a contribution to technological self reliance due to the gathered experience with the proposed project. Total number of employee having operation and maintenance certificates shall serve as evidence for positive impact of the project activity to this indicator and will be monitored and reported as described in Sustainability Monitoring Plan (section G) of GS Passport. 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 avoided NOx, CO, NMVOC emissions According to latest official data, NOx, CO and NMVOC emissions due to electricity generation in 2007 are: tons/gwh, tons/gwh and tons/gwh respectively 21. 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 the minimum electricity generation amount (86.1 GWh/y) is chosen for the project activity then expected annual emission avoidances with project implementation becomes 95 tons, 12.6 and 3.2 tons respectively for each parameter. Way of monitoring How No quantitative monitoring with respect to the different pollutants. The reporting of the amount of avoided electricity generation from the Turkish generation mix shall be sufficient to demonstrate that associated pollutants are accordingly avoided. When By who No 2 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Once a year during crediting period. Measurement technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD 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 Yenidoğan Municipality by sewage truck Amount of Wastewater discharged to the environment 21 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 also available to DOE in an excel spreadsheet. 28

29 Current situation of parameter No waste water discharge to the environment in the project area. Estimation of baseline situation of Continuation of current situation parameter Future target for parameter Continuation of current situation: No direct discharge of waste water to the environment due to project activity. Way of monitoring How Records of transfer of waste water by sewage truck and statement of Village Mayor (Muhtar). When On an annual base By who Health&Safety technician of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD No 3 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Soil condition Rehabilitation of the land which were used for construction of turbines will be implemented after construction.. Land utilization in the Project area after completion of project construction. Land in the project area is used for farming Continuation of current situation Other than spots of project facilities, all surrounding lands in the project area will be used for farming again. Way of monitoring How Photos of the project area before and after construction and Statements of Mayor of the village (Muhtar) indicating the post construction condition of project area When By who No 4 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Once only after completion of construction. Health&Safety of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD Other pollutants Dust emissions: Digging materials will be stored in site area near to each hole drilled for base of towers for later usage for landscaping. ABK pledged to comply with regulation related with Handling Digging Materials Regulation to minimize the dust emission caused by construction works. According to this regulation, digging materials will be loaded, transferred and unloaded with minimum winnowing. Then they will be shaded with bale cloths to prevent dispersing.no mitigation measures are required Building Rubbish: Both during the construction and operation phase, all rubbish and waste caused by the workers and machines will be collected in separate closed bins (plastic, metals etc.) and then they will be collected by Yenidoğan Municipality. Nonrecyclable waste will be collected in impermeable closed bins. Level of dust emissions during construction of the project activity. There is dust emission from close high way and other roads as well as natural dust emission by wind. Continuation of current situation With implementation of above described mitigation measures the dust emission due to construction of the power plant will be minimized and neighbouring residents will not be disturbed. Way of monitoring How Photos of the project area during construction and statement of Chosen parameter When By who Mayor of village (Muhtar). Once after completion of construction Health&Safety technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD Building rubbish during construction and operation of the project activity. 29

30 Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter There is rubbish around the project area because of usual activities of farmers. Continuation of current situation There will be no additional rubbish caused by project activity Way of monitoring How Photos of the rubbish bins and statement of Mayor of the Village (Muhtar). When On an annual base By who Health&Safety technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD Chosen parameter Noise during operation of the project activity Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Natural noise from trees, wind, close railway and daily activities Continuation of current situation Noise from rotating turbines shall have negligible impact to the closest inhabited house and shall be below legal limits (i.e. 60 dba during day time and 50 dba during night time) Way of monitoring How For the first monitoring period: Qualified equipped measurement (after installation and operation of whole turbines) at the nearest inhabited house and statement of the inhabitants. For the remaining monitoring periods: Statement of inhabitants of the house interviewed during first monitoring period. Qualified equipped measurement will be done only if negative comments will be raised. When By who On annual base Health&Safety technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD No 5 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Quality of employment Employees will be trained to increase their health and safety skills and occupational. There will be strict control to restrict access to turbines. Health&Safety Trainings Not applicable Not applicable. All employees will be trained to have necessary Health&Safety trainings and correspondent certificates. Way of monitoring How Documented with the help of training certificates When On an annual base. By who Health&Safety technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD Chosen parameter Operation and Maintenance Trainings Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Not applicable Not applicable. 5 (as indicated in B.7.2 part of the PDD) Way of monitoring How Certificates for Operation and Maintenance related trainings When On an annual base. By who Health&Safety technician of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD No 6 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Human and institutional capacity No mitigation measures are required. Total number of employee trained 30

31 Current situation of parameter Not applicable Estimation of baseline situation of Not applicable parameter Future target for parameter At least 5 employees will be trained on Health&Safety, Operation and Maintenance issues. Way of monitoring How Total Number of trained employees with related certificates When On an annual base By who Health&Safety technician of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD No 7 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Quantitative employment and income generation No mitigation measures are required. Number of employment No new employment due to activities in the project area Continuation of the current situation Additional employments with construction and operation of the project activity Way of monitoring How Employment contracts When On an annual base By who Measurement technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD No 8 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Balance of payment and investments No mitigation measures are required. Amount of avoided natural gas to be imported 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 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 9 million m 3 natural gas import each year by generation of project activity 22. Way of monitoring How TEİAŞ statistics for natural gas share in the electricity mix shall help to demonstrate the high import dependency. No further quantitative monitoring is planned. When By who No 9 Indicator Mitigation measure Chosen parameter Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of On an annual base Measurement technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD Technology transfer and technological self-reliance No mitigation measures are required. Total number of employee having operation and maintenance certificates Not applicable Not applicable 22 See TEİAŞ statistics for 2008: Detail calculation of current situation and future target is available to DOE. 31

32 parameter Future target for parameter Project will have positive impact on technological transfer and selfreliance by training employees on operation and maintenance issues. Way of monitoring How Number of trained employees on operation and maintenance with related certificates When On an annual base By who Measurement technicians of ABK as stated B.7.2 part of the PDD Additional remarks monitoring The name of the measuring technicians cannot be given as no employer is assigned yet. Name of staffs and their responsibilities will be submitted to DOE during each verification period. 32

33 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. 33

34 ANNEX 1 ODA declarations 34