Complaint > Lydian Intl3-01/Gndevaz & Jermuk

Monitoring: English

...wind direction Biodiversity and the presence CAO finds that IFC’s review and supervision of the project risks to of Armenian “Red Book” biodiversity during the period 2007–13 were insufficient. species IFC did not have assurance that the client was in a position to meet the requirements of PS6 in relation to critical habitats. Baseline studies undertaken to support the Armenian environmen...

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 > Belgrade Solid Waste PPP

Filing: Complaint

...wind, solar), while for waste management, prevention, Please write on a separate sheet wherever needed. 4 composting and recycling certainly have lower emissions than burning waste, especially when one considers the need to manufacture new materials to replace those burnt. It should also be pointed out that although the ESIA tries to present the incinerator as a sustai...

Complaint > Southeast Europe Equity Fund II

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for CR

...winding up of the Management Agreement, and is confident that the Company’s view will be quickly confirmed in a court of law. 7. The Executive has opened a case in the Kosovar court system. Interestingly, the Executive’s legal complaint is significantly different than the complaint submitted to EBRD via the Project Complaint Mechanism. While the PCM action states that the Executive was compelled to file such complaint “on grounds of protecting the Kosovar p...

Complaint > Boskov Most Hydro Power

Filing: Complaint

...wind, solar and sustainable biomass, there are certainly technically and economically feasible alternatives to the project. However the alternatives have not been properly assessed due to the lack of Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Strategy for renewable use of energy sources of the Republic f Macedonia. PR 6.13: Irrespective of whether it is natural or modified, some habitat may be considered to be critical by virtue of (i) its high biodiversity value; (ii) its impor...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Eligibility: 34-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...wind over the flooded Rann of Kutch were of considerable concern to the TL de- signers, and a major topic of discussion in the consultations among the Government, WAPDA and local stakeholders in 1996-1999 (see Section V). To protect against the damaging effects of wind driven ...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Dete...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Dete...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Compliance Report: English

...wind break has been installed to the west of the coal conveyor delivery site) and from ash handling (movement of ash to ash ponds in sealed pipes; the ponds are kept wet to prevent windblow). The ash ponds are a temporary solution to storing the ash. CGPL has included infrastructure onsite to enable ash to be used offsite for other purposes (including as a building/fill material by third parties) with a goal of reaching 100 percent utilization within four years. As noted in recent monitoring rep...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Report and Recommendation

...wind-power in Uganda. Moreover, there are few if any places in Uganda known for sustained, high winds throughout the year. Hence wind power is currently not viewed as a near-term realistic option for grid-connected generation and was not considered in the Economic Study. It bears noting that Uganda is a...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...wind, solar-photovoltaic, bagasse and biogas, and mini- hydroelectric energy generation. As an example, India has about 900 MW of installed power capacity. The renewable resources program is supported, through the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), by several donors, including the Bank Group under the Renewable Resources Development Project (US$115 million under Cr. 2449-IN), and a grant from the Global Environment Facility (US$26 million)...

Complaint > Mongolia Mining Infrastructure Investment Support (P118109) and Mining Infrastructure Investment Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: 102-Report and Recommendation(English)

...wind and solar sources could not fully substitute for hydro or coal based energy generation options. Management indicates that this study continues to be a reference point for the options assessment carried out thus far. 26. Coal fired plants and increased electricity imports were compared with the best potential options for the proposed Shuren HPP during the pre-feasibility study. The latter were identified through a separate analysis of alternative sites for hydropower development on...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Eligibility: 78-Eligibility Report (English)

...wind and solar energy, 19 and that the Bank's analysis does not examine a meaningful mix of base, load-following and peaking units. 20 28. The Requesters state that they have raised these issues with relevant World Bank staff on numerous occasions, most recently in a letter dated March 5, 2012, and are not satisfied with the response received. The Requesters ask the Board of the World Bank to "immediately address all demands and concerns raised on the concer...

Complaint > Pando Montelirio-01/Chiriqui

Eligibility: English

...wind). Grupo Eleta is a Panamanian private foundation created in 2003. The Group was founded by Mr. Fernando Eleta Almarán, a well known Panamanian business man and politician. Grupo Eleta’s main activities comprise: media, energy, real estate, and agribusiness. The Project cost is estimated to be $291.7 million, of which $109 million will be in equity from the Sponsors, $153 million will be in senior debt, and US$30 million will be in subordinated debt. The Project is expected to be finan...

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 > CMI Offshore

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...wind farm projects independently and successively developed in the same general location. See further, A. Enriquez-de-Salamanca, ‘Project-Splitting in Environmental Impact assessment’, (2016) 34/2 Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 152-159, at 154. 7 PUBLIC PUBLIC pu...

Complaint > Paravani Hydro Power Plant

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...wind and other alternatives were not considered feasible. Further, the Bank explains that the assessment process is not the appropriate place to discuss policy- level questions such as national energy priorities, but that the ESIA in this case did consider and verify findings of a 2007 costs-benefit analysis of the Paravani Project in light of other hydropower options 31. Inadequate Project Documentation vii. The Bank contends that releasing the ESIAs in the local languag...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Management Response: 46-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...windroses for the data collected by KESH in 2004 and 2005 can be seen in Figure 1 and 2 below. 39 Albania FIGURE 1 WINDROSE FOR THE SITE (2004) FIGURE 2 WINDROSE FOR THE SITE (2005) 40 Management Report and Recommendation The results of the modelling undertaken were compared to the relevant EU and World...

Complaint > IPP4 Al-Manakher Power Project

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...wind direction was toward the east/southeast. The view to the west showed some cultivated fields and rocky outcrops, with a gentle rise to higher elevations where the villages were located several kilometers away. The eastern side of the plant comprised barren rocky lands. Photo 1 Current view to West of IPP4 57. During the briefing on 10 February, the Client mentioned the following: • A state-of-the-art continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) had been installed and wo...

Complaint > Paravani Hydro Power Plant

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...wind, geothermal and bio-energy, giving only background descriptions. 7.2 EBRD Policy and Procedural Requirements EBRD Performance Requirement 1: Environmental and Social Appraisal and Management requires within Paragraph 9 that for category a projects a comprehensive environmental and/or social impact assessment and that inter alia the ‘assessment will include an examination of technically and financially feasible alternatives to the source of such impacts and documentation of the rationale for...