51250-001: Baikonyr Solar Power Project
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Initial Environmental Examination Project Number: 51250-001 September 2017 Baikonyr Solar Power Project (Kazakhstan) Prepared by EcoSocio Analysts LLC. The report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “Terms of Use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. European Bank for Reconstruction and Developmen BAIKONUR SOLAR POWER PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT September 2017 1 CONTENT 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 5 3 LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................... 6 3.1 EBRD ........................................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 ADB Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 6 3.3 Kazakhstan and International Requirements .............................................................................. 7 4 COMPLIANCE STATUS ............................................................................................................................... 9 5 EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS................................................. 14 5.1 Climatic conditions ..................................................................................................................... 14 5.2 Geomorphology and Geology ................................................................................................... 15 5.3 Surface and ground water and its quality .................................................................................. 15 5.4 Ecology and biotic resources .................................................................................................... 16 5.5 Air quality and noise .................................................................................................................. 18 5.6 Ground conditions ..................................................................................................................... 18 5.7 Socio-economic and cultural issues .......................................................................................... 18 6 PROJECT IMPACT ASSESSMENT........................................................................................................... 20 6.1 Construction ............................................................................................................................... 20 6.2 Operation ................................................................................................................................... 22 6.3 Closure and Decommissioning .................................................................................................. 23 6.4 Risk of Emergencies .................................................................................................................. 23 6.5 Alternatives impact comparison ................................................................................................ 25 6.6 Project Benefits.......................................................................................................................... 25 6.7 Key uncertainties and data gaps ............................................................................................... 26 6.8 Residual Impact ......................................................................................................................... 26 7 EHS AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING FRAMEWORK .................................. 26 8 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM ............................................................................ 27 APPENDIX 1 DETAILS OF PERSONS CONSULTED ................................................................................... 28 APPENDIX 2 REVIEWED DOCUMENTS ....................................................................................................... 29 APPENDIX 3 IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY .............................................................................. 29 1. Defining environmental aspects ................................................................................................ 29 2. Determining impact significance ................................................................................................ 29 3. Determining Environmental Impact Magnitude ......................................................................... 30 4. Determining Risks of Accidental Events ................................................................................... 34 ABBREVIATIONS AND CURRENCY CONVERSION ADB Asian Development Bank CSRP Corporate Social Responsibility Program EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ESAP Environmental and Social Action Plan HSE Health Safety and Environment ILO International Labour Organization OVOS Environmental Impact Assessment based on Russian standards PR Performance Requirement of the EBRD Environmental and Social Policy SPP Solar photovoltaic power plant Aquila Solar SPS Safeguard Policy Statement TL Transmission Line SEP Stakeholder Engagement Plan For financial figures an exchange rate KZT330/$ is used in this report Baikonur Solar LLP Baikonur Solar Power Plant Environmental And Social Assessment EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TСО EuropОan Bank Пor RОconstructТon and DОvОlopmОnt (“EBRD”) and the Asian Development Bank (“ADB”) (or tСО “Banks”) are considering providing financing to Baikonur Solar LLP for the construction and operation of a 50 MWe Solar photovoltaic power plant Baikonur (SPP) in the Kyzylorda Region. The project will be implemented by Baikonur Solar LLP (the Company). The 150ha fenced site will have nearly 200 000 fixed photovoltaic panels, 33 pairs of PV Box RT invertors and a substation connected with the invertors with 10kV underground cables and with the grid via a wireline to the existing 220kV line that runs 100m away from the site. Summary of the project impacts in relation to EBRD Performance Requirements and ADB’s SaПОguards and Social Requirements are given below: EBRD Performance ADB Policies & Impacts and Issues ESAP Action Requirements Requirements Overall compliance expected but risk Environmental and EHS system to 2009 SPS SR1 that the EBRD requirements may not 1 Social Appraisal include contrac- Environment be transferred to the contractor and and Management tors subcontractors 2009 SPS SR1 EHS manage- Environment Overall compliance expected but rent- Labour and Work- ment systems 2 ed worker accommodation may not ing Conditions 2001 SPS on and contractor meet the requirements core labor stand- management ards Pollution Preven- Need to manage 2009 SPS SR1 3 tion and Abate- Overall compliance construction Environment ment process EHS manage- 2009 SPS SR1 Overall compliance. Site guards may ment systems 4 Health and Safety Environment not know how to deal with trespassers and contractor management No physical or economic displacement CSR program to Involuntary Reset- 2009 SPS SR2 of land users and owners, no impact on address local 5 tlement and liveli- Involuntary Re- road users if access road is not social issues to hood restoration settlement blocked or damaged during construc- ensure benefit tion but no benefit to local population. from project None. Saksaul is Biodiversity Con- Site not located in sensitive areas but abundant and servation and Sus- 2009 SPS SR1 contain included in Kazakhstan Red 6 tainable Natural will recover from Environment Book saksaul shrub endangered as it is Resource Man- roots and seed used as firewood agement bank The nearest settlement to the project 2009 SPS SR3 are inhabited by Kazakhs. There are no Indigenous Peo- 7 Indigenous Peo- communities which meet ADB and N/A ples ples EBRD’s crТtОrТa to bО consТdОrОd as In- digenous Peoples. SR1 Environ- Small likelihood that ancient burial Chance find 8 Cultural Heritage ment mounds are present on site process Local residents may miss on employ- Information Dis- Need for ongo- ment opportunities created by the pro- closure and 2009 SPS ing social dia- 10 ject. Perceived project impacts may Stakeholder En- logue, SEP and 2011 PCP deviate greatly from the actual impacts gagement NTS if not communicated EcoSocio Analysts LLC 3 Baikonur Solar LLP Baikonur Solar Power Plant Environmental And Social Assessment The Project has been categorized by the EBRD as B and the En- vironmental and Social Assessment (ESA) has not identified any issues that would warrant a re- view of this categoriza- tion. The ESA con- firmed that environmen- tal and social impacts are site specific and short term in nature and that the Project is struc- tured to comply with the EBRD’s PОrПormancО Requirements and ADB’s saПОguards polТ- cy and social require- ments, namely, the 2009 Safeguards Policy Statement, 2001 Social Protection Strategy, the 1998 Gender and De- velopment Policy; and the 2011 Public Com- Figure 1 SPP layout showing the fixed panels (black), converters (red), substation munications