Environmental Impact assessment Tafila Wind Farm
Tafila – Kingdom of Jordan
By: Mohammed Akram Herzallah.
2014-2015
Objectives of the project
• The project cover 3% of the national electricity demand (to produce 117 MW electricity in Jordan ).
• Growing business opportunities in the region.
• The project will contribute to Jordan's development objective in the energy sector aiming to increase both electricity production and the share of renewable energy in its electricity generation portfolio.
• Reduce energy import dependency.
• Reinforce reliability of supply and energy security.
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Objectives of the project
BENEFICIARIES
• End users of housing units, commercial and
• industrial facilities.
• Local residents (job creation).
• Local farmers and livestock owners (improved access & infrastructure).
Description of the project
Description of the project
IFI : International financial institutions
• Region : Middle East
• Company name (promoter) : JORDAN WIND PROJECT COMPANY PSC
• Country : Jordan
DURATION
• Total Design/Build Phase: 21 months
• Operations Phase: 20 years
• Last Updated Date: January 18, 2013
TOTAL COST
• €209 million (100% funded through private investment and loans provided by IFIs.)
ACTIONS
• Construction of a wind farm in the Tafila Governorate (38 turbines with a total capacity of 117 MW).
• Installation of an internal collection system connecting the turbines to the transformer substation and to the high voltage transmission network.
• Civil works for access roads and transformer station.
• Provision of installation equipment and transportation of turbines.
Environmental Impact Evaluation
EIV = RI * ECV
RI: Resulting Impact
RI = D*Ce*(A&S + E + In + P + Rv + Pr)
ECV : environmental components value ECV Relative relevance
0 NULL
1-3 LOW
4-6 Moderate
7-8 High
9-9 Very High
EIV ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
IMPORTANCE
- 301 TO 2100 Negative
signicative
-1 TO -300 Negative
Non signicative
>0 Positive
Evaluation of impacts
Attribute Definition Description
Denotation (D) Indicates if the impact is positive or negative
Positive Impact (+1)Negative Impact (-1)
Certainty (Ce) Indicates the probability ofoccurrence of the impact
Certain (10)Very likely (7)Likely (4)Unlikely (1)
Accumulationand synergy(A&S)
Indicates if the impact is simple,acculative or synergic
Simple (1)Cummulative (3)Synergic (6)
Criteria for the evaluation of Impacts .
Evaluation of impacts
Attribute Definition Description
Extension (E) Defines the magnitud of the areaaffected by the impact (surface where the impact is felt)
Puntual (1)Partial (2)Extense (3)
Intensity (In) Indicates the incidence degreeover the environmental component in the area where the impact is produced
Low (1)Medium (4)High (5)Very high (6)Total (10)
Persistence (P) Indicates the persistence of theimpact
Fleeting (1)Temporal (2)Permanent (4)
Criteria for the evaluation of Impacts .
Evaluation of impacts
Attribute Definition Description
Reversibility(Rv)
Indicates if the impactedcomponent has the capacity toreturn to their original state
Short term (1)Medium term (2)Long term (3)Irreversible (4)
Periodicity (Pr) Indicates the periodicity of theimpact
Discontinuous (1)Periodic (2)Continuous (4)
Criteria for the evaluation of Impacts .
Prediction and assessment of environmental impacts and risks
Environmental Component
Code Impact
Air quality A1 Increase in the emission of particulatematerial and gasses to the atmosphere
Geomorphology Geo1 Modification of topography
Hydrology Hy1 Alteration of runoff in Chañaral ravine
Soils S1 Loss of soil
Noise No1 Modification of basal noise pressure
• Potential impacts identified – Physical aspects
Prediction and assessment of environmental impacts and risks
Environmental Component
Code Impact
Floraandvegetation
FV1 Loss of vegetational formations and floraassociated
Fauna Fau1Fau2
Perturbation to environmentsCollision of birds
• Potential impacts identified – Biotic aspects
Prediction and assessment of environmental impacts and risks
Environmental Component
Code Impact
Socioeconomic SE1SE2
Increase of employmentDecrease of touristic activity due to effect on marine mammals
Basicsocialwell-being
BSWB1
BSWB2
BSWB3
- Improvement in road infraestructure- Transfer delays due to alterations in local traffic- Energy generation with low emissions ofgreenhouse gasses
Landscape Lan1 Alteration of the landscape quality andtouristic value
• Potential impacts identified – Human aspects
The EIA results Impact Construction phase Operation phase Closure phase
A1 -252 -56 -252
Hy1 -63
Geo1 -240
S1 -252
No1 -56 -128 -56
FV1 -900
Fau1 -900 -756
Fau2 -684
SE1 +780
SE2 -72
BSWB1 +960 -147 -72
BSWB2 -196 -196
BSWB3 +1820
Lan1 -200 -260
Conclusion
• The Tafila wind farm will contribute significantly to the goal of using the renewable energy in GENERAL , with each turbin providing power for more than 2,500 Jordanian households . These households will benefit not only from the stable price of the energy produced by these turbines , but also from the reduction of GHG emissions that is caused by using power from this wind farm insted of fossil-fuel burning power plants .
References
• http://www.inframed.com/investments/11/Tafila_Wind_Farm_%E2%80%9CTafila%E2%80%9D_.html
• http://ufmsecretariat.org/tafila-wind-farms/
• http://ifcext.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/651aeb16abd09c1f8525797d006976ba/888a87e4e02ad60985257af700703021?opendocument
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