Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...Wind Development on the Isthmus 1.29 Mexico’s principal wind resource is located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in Oaxaca. This coastal plain also has areas of high, moderate, and low winds, which together allow for the installation of wind turbines classified as Class I, II, and III, or Special Class, according to the association LAWEA in its report on wind energy in Latin America for the 2009-2010 period. 1.30 In the southern part of the Isthmus, the wind de...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Filing: Request received by Executive Secretariat

...wind farm, but of transmission lines, as explained below. 12. The Project wind farm will be built on two principal bases. The first base, San Dionisio del Mar, will be on the Barra between the Upper Lagoon and the Lower Lagoon in the municipio of San Dionisio del Mar, and will involve the construction of 102 wind turbines occupying a total of 37.86 hectares.6 The second base, Santa María del Mar, will be on the lands of Santa María del Mar, where 30 wind turbines wi...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Closing Report: File transferred to the Executive Secretariat

...Wind Project,” approved by the IDB Board of Executive Directors on 23 November 2011 and financed under the Bank’s private sector window. The project consisted of the construction and operation of the 396 MW “Mareña Renovables Wind Power Project” in the La Ventosa region of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The project was to include two wind farms—”San Dionisio” and “Santa María”—and had five components: (1) erection of 132 Vesta V90 wind turbines...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...wind farm with total capacity of 396 MW in two adjacent areas on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Under the Project, 102 wind turbines will be installed on the Barra Santa Teresa (“San Dionisio del Mar Wind Field”), in the municipio of San Dionisio del Mar, and 30 turbines will be installed in the community of Santa María del Mar (“Isthmus Wind Field”), which are part of the municipio of Juchitán (see Fi...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Management Response: Submission of the final document to the Board of Executive Directors for consideration

...Wind Project involved the construction and operation of a wind park in two indigenous communities, San Dionisio del Mar and Santa Maria de Mar, on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Tehuantepec Isthmus has a natural wind tunnel that generates some of the best wind resources in the world, making this area a prime location for large-scale wind energy projects and several are already 3 ICIM Policy, Paragraph 53. 4 ICIM Policy, Paragrap...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...wind turbines would be installed on the Barra Santa Teresa (“San Dionisio del Mar Wind Farm”), in the municipality of San Dionisio del Mar, and 30 turbines will be installed in the community of Santa María del Mar (“Isthmus Wind Farm”), which are part of the municipality of Juchitán. In addition, the Project provides for (a) the construction of three substations located in Virgen del Carmen (Santa María del Mar), Tileme, and Santa Teresa (San Dionisio del Mar), the first two of which would be co...

Complaint > Krnovo Wind Farm

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...Wind Farm Project, available at http://www.ebrd.com/work-with- us/projects/psd/krnovo-wind-farm.html. 4 III. SUMMARY OF THE RELEVANT PARTIES’ VIEWS 1. Complainant 8. The Complainant initially contacted PCM on 7 August 2015 via email, stating that he owns 21,100 m² of land in Krnovo, Montenegro, where the Krnovo Wind Farm was going to be constructed with financial support from EBR...

Complaint > Krnovo Wind Farm

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...wind farm project, June 2016, p. 5. Not publicly available. 59 Id. 60 Ledec, George C.; Rapp, Kennan W.; Aiello, Roberto G. 2011. Greening the wind: environmental and social considerations for wind power development (English). A World Bank study. Washington, DC: World Bank, p. 82, available at: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/239851468089382658/Greening- the-wind-environmental-and-social-considerations-for-wind-power-development (Last accessed 11 February 2018). ...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Management Action Plan: Action Plan by Management received at ICIM

...WIND PROJECT I. BACKGROUND 1.1 In a meeting of the Policy and Evaluation Committee (PEC) of the Board of Executive Directors on September 14, 2016, in response to the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM), Report of the Compliance Review Phase for the Mareña Renewables Wind Project, Management proposed to prepare a work plan to address the recommendations in the document MI-32-6, taking into account the com...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Management Response: Final decision of the Board of Executive Directors

...Wind Project” (2644A/OC-ME) DATE: September 14, 2016 SUBJECT: Final Decision of the Board of Executive Directors on the Compliance Review Report for the Mareña Renovables Wind Project As per paragraph 71 of the Policy establishing the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism approved on February 2010 by the Board of Executive Directors, I hereby notify the Requesters...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Management Action Plan: Action Plan by Management received at ICIM

...Wind Project (Loan 2644/OC/ME) In a meeting of the Policy and Evaluation Committee (PEC) of the Board of Executives Directors on September 14, 2016, with regards to the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI), Report of the Compliance Review Phase for the Mareña Renewables Wind Project, Management proposed to prepare a work plan to address the recommendations in the document MI-32-6, taking into account the comments made by the aforementioned Committee. Furthermore, it was ag...

Complaint > Marena Renovables Wind Project 2

Management Action Plan: Action Plan by Management received at ICIM

...WIND PROJECT I. BACKGROUND 1.1 In a meeting of the Committee of the Whole of the Board of Executive Directors on September 14, 2016, in response to the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM), Report of the Compliance Review Phase for the Mareña Renewables Wind Project, Management proposed to prepare a work plan to address the recommendations in the document MI-32-6, PR-3796-12, taking into account the comme...

Complaint > Orion-02/ Gualeguaychu

Filing: Complaint with Annexes, August 5, 2009

...winds, thus underrating their impact on our shores, particularly on the resort. We have always maintained that the winds especially in Summer, would carry that pestilence to the shores of the resort, so, as could be expected, the tourists would abandon the place, never to return, and transmit their bad experience with the obvious repercussions on this touristic undertaking. We asserted, also, that this would happen simultaneously with the productive activity of this plant. Well, it is already ha...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Filing: 78-Request for Inspection (English)

...Wind Studies on the wind energy potential of Kosovo vary widely. One study [8] was based on meteorological data collected at 10 potential project sites throughout the country. 7 of these 10 sites were found to have wind speeds to slow for commercial viability. Of the remaining 3 locations, the highest wind speed was measured at BBUD, in Budakova. The modeled wind resource at this location is shown in the Figure 9. The estimated annual average wind speed at 38 meters is estimated to be 6.9 m/s. ...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Other: 28-Map

...WINDS* CLAIMANTS' PROVINCES MYANMAR CORAL REEFS FEBRUARY ...

Complaint > Eskom Investment Support Project

Management Response: 65-Management Response (English)

...winds, as noted earlier. Marapong and Onverwacht are located upwind, to the north and east of the project site. Downwind of the project site the land use is primarily large game farms with low density human population. Existing (baseline) data show that the highest S02 levels occur in the sparsely populated game farm area to the southwest. With significantly fewer people living downwind than upwind, it is expected that there would be significantly fewer at-risk individuals, and the likelihood of...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 31-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...winds were neglected in the Project’s analyses. This is only partially true. The actual current records, which include wind effects, were used to predict transport of the waste. Measured currents very near to the surface were not used, however, nor were wind records explicitly used to predict current movement very near to the surface. These phenomena will be further investigated through the use of wind records extending over a period of several years. 13. Annex B assumes winds from the nort...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Compliance Report: 31-Investigation Report (English)

...wind fields, a methodology that does not capture the important influence of the wind on near surface currents in a stratified water column. Below it is shown that 171 Figure 10 a: Wind Direction and 10 x Wind Speed July and Aug 2002. Note predominant wind direction is between 250 and 100 Degrees, with 250 to 360 having a strong onshore direction. (From Dalia Moreno Engel (2004)). Figure 10 b: Wind Direction and 10 x Wind Speed March 2002. Note pred...

Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Management Action Plan: Remedial Actions in English and in Gujarati

...wind and intercept coal dust will develop (planted in 2012). (iii) A 9 m tall wind barrier has been constructed along the Vandh village-ward plant boundary, adjoining the coal stockyard to arrest the movement of coal dust. (iv) The height of coal piles over one-third of the Vandh village-ward length has been restricted to below 6 m. Further Corrective Action11 Scheduled Date (a)...

Complaint > Krnovo Wind Farm

Filing: Complaint

...Wind Farm Please describe the harm that has been caused or might be caused by the Project. Project Sponsor did not try to acquire land rights through negotiation but through expropriation which is not in compliance with EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy. Project Sponsor did not contact me until I reached out to EBRD. Project Sponsor intended to expropriate only the area where the towers will be built but not the area under power wires and adjacent area that will be unusable completely for s...