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 > 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 > Provincial Agricultural Services Program II (PROSAP II)

Dispute Resolution: Issuance of Consultation Phase Report

...winds made it clear that the material at the surface is gradually becoming exposed by erosion. This observation, along with the work done previously by Drs. Gustavo Neme and Adolfo Gil, confirm the existence of stratigraphic levels beneath the surface, making the rescue of the site even more important.” Wind erosion of the archaeological site (photograph from the report by Dr. Michieli) Project Ombudsperson ...

Complaint > Provincial Agricultural Services Program II (PROSAP II)

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...wind and rain. Here therefore suggests the performance of a proper archaeological rescue. This involves the excavation of a representative section of the remaining area, which will determine the type and age of the materials present on the site. Those materials can then be studied and exhibited in an exhibition hall in the nearby town (Real del Padre), as the local population intended. The requester also notes that both the Frugoni‐Marco and Nuevo Alvear canals are built in an oasis framed by th...

Complaint > Termoelectrica del Golfo Project

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...wind to disperse the ash in the vicinity to then be inhaled by or otherwise come into direct contact with the inhabitants.” When the expert was questioned about the impacts or risks to the health of the inhabitants of Las Palmas Ejido, she responded, “…that question would have to be answered by an expert in human health.” 3.6 The alleged “new evidence” is a ruling from an amparo proceeding against the use of coke for street repair. Notwithstanding the transcription of l...

Complaint > Pando-Monte Lirio Hydroelectric Power Project

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...wind). Grupo Eleta is a Panamanian private foundation organized in 2003 by Fernando Eleta Almarán. The Group’s principal main include: communications media, energy, real estate, and agribusiness. The cost of the Pando-Monte Lirio project is calculated at US$291.7 million, of which US$109 million will be EISA capital, US$153 million will be senior debt, and US$30 million will be subordinated debt. The project is expected to be financed at a 63:37 debt-to-equity ratio. The project is cofinanced by...

Complaint > Food and Agriculture Health and Quality Management Program (CCLIP)

Filing: Request received by Executive Secretariat

...wind over very long distances and contaminate aquatic systems thousands of miles away. Some pesticides may leach into groundwater, causing human health problems from contaminated wells.” (“Agricultural pollution of water resources”) For this reason, Professor Mártir of Honduras stated that “By abusing agrochemicals, we are planting skeletons instead of plants.” (Participatory analysis of natural resources, San Francisco Candelaria, Lempira). For its part, the WHO recognizes weaknesses in the p...

Complaint > Food and Agriculture Health and Quality Management Program (CCLIP)

Eligibility: Issuance of Eligibility Memorandum

...wind over very long distances and contaminate aquatic systems thousands of miles away. Some - 22 - pesticides may leach into groundwater, causing human health problems from contaminated wells.” (“Agricultural pollution of water resources”) For this reason, Professor Mártir of Honduras stated that “By abusing agrochemicals, we are planting skeletons instead of plants.” (Participatory analysis of natural resources, San Francisco Candelaria, Lempira). F...

Complaint > Sao Jose dos Campos Urban Structuring Program

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...winds. 48 PIAS, cited in footnote 24, pp. 17 and 19. 49 Id. p. 20. 13 São José dos Campos Urban Structuring Program BR-MICI006/2011 Assessment Report – Project Ombudsperson _______________________________________________________________________________ common occupations for Banhado residents were general services helper, scav...

Complaint > El Dorado International Airport

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

...Wind Project (ME-MICI002-2012), there is a detailed schedule for the mission, the review of the documents, the preparation of a draft report, etc. We suggest that a similar schedule would also be appropriate in this case. b) We would like to be consulted prior to the confirmation of the proposed experts. We understand that their selection is a principal responsibility of the MICI, but we ask the MICI to ...

Complaint > Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project

Management Response: Consideration by the Board of Executive Directors of the Recommendation and ToRs

...window—the Structured and Corporate Financing Department (SCF)—began due diligence for this operation with the signature of the mandate letter in April 2012, which culminated in approval of a non- sovereign guaranteed loan of US$200 million by the Board of Executive Directors on 16 October 2013 as the Alto Maipo Hydroelectric Power Project (loan CH-L1067) for the project’s design, construction, operation, and maintenance stages. At the time of approval, the project’...

Complaint > Productive Infrastructure Program - Request II: Caracol Industrial Park (MICI)

Filing: Complaint

...wind blows in particular. There was a woman who went to bathe in the river and after she had scratches.” Louis Tirène. “It's not every time you go to the river that you can see it's directly polluted. They will throw stuff in the river at specific moments. One day you may come and you see the river quite clean, and then if you come back the next day, the water smells really bad and is completely green.” Re...