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promotes education and advanced training programs on sustainable development and environmental management;
develops research activities on the main areas of environmental protection, with specific focus on developing countries;
hosts initiatives which provide a meeting platform for the competent authorities, researchers and those who are involved in environmental and sustainable development issues.
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Presentation #7 of 9: Huygen van Steen from Ecofys shares Netherland's experience in environmental impact monitoring, lessons learned and future perspective.
The Center for Thematic Environmental Networks (TEN) is a Center for education and research in the fields of environment and sustainable development.
TEN Center promotes the exchange of knowledge and information on the environmental field and offers tools and supplementary approaches in order to solve environmental issues with specific reference to sustainable development.
TEN Center:
promotes education and advanced training programs on sustainable development and environmental management;
develops research activities on the main areas of environmental protection, with specific focus on developing countries;
hosts initiatives which provide a meeting platform for the competent authorities, researchers and those who are involved in environmental and sustainable development issues.
Since 2003, TEN manages and coordinates advanced training programs devised for director generals and managers of public administrations, researchers and private sector experts from the People’s Republic of China and Eastern European countries. The aim is to augment and improve the capabilities of policy-makers and to facilitate knowledge transfer in order to promote sustainable environmental, social and economic policies.
Global Consulting Executive Search recently completed a study about the motivations of consultants,
former consultants and prospective consultants. We were interested in what makes highly-educated
business people join the field, remain in it, leave it and sometimes, return to the profession.
Our findings confirmed a number of motivations considered common knowledge in the field, as well as
some trends that we did not expect. Expected results include:
1. Variety of work is the most significant attractor to consultants.
2. Travel is the most significant downside of the profession.
3. Pressure to sell stands alongside travel as the most significant negative among consultants and
former consultants.
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SIAA Business Meetings are designed around creating relationship networking opportunities between our Strategic Partner Company attendees and our Master Agency Principals, Executives and Managers responsible for agency network development.
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2. 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.
3. • Reduce energy import dependency.
• Reinforce reliability of supply and energy security.
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Objectives of the project
4. BENEFICIARIES
• End users of housing units, commercial and
• industrial facilities.
• Local residents (job creation).
• Local farmers and livestock owners (improved access & infrastructure).
6. 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.)
7. ACTIONS
• Construction of a wind farm in theTafila 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.
8. 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
9. 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 of
occurrence of the impact
Certain (10)
Very likely (7)
Likely (4)
Unlikely (1)
Accumulation
and synergy
(A&S)
Indicates if the impact is simple,
acculative or synergic
Simple (1)
Cummulative (3)
Synergic (6)
Criteria for the evaluation of Impacts .
10. Evaluation of impacts
Attribute Definition Description
Extension (E) Defines the magnitud of the area
affected by the impact (surface where
the impact is felt)
Puntual (1)
Partial (2)
Extense (3)
Intensity (In) Indicates the incidence degree
over 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 the
impact
Fleeting (1)
Temporal (2)
Permanent (4)
Criteria for the evaluation of Impacts .
11. Evaluation of impacts
Attribute Definition Description
Reversibility
(Rv)
Indicates if the impacted
component has the capacity to
return to their original state
Short term (1)
Medium term (2)
Long term (3)
Irreversible (4)
Periodicity (Pr) Indicates the periodicity of the
impact
Discontinuous (1)
Periodic (2)
Continuous (4)
Criteria for the evaluation of Impacts .
12. Prediction and assessment of environmental
impacts and risks
Environmental
Component
Code Impact
Air quality A1 Increase in the emission of particulate
material 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
13. Prediction and assessment of environmental
impacts and risks
Environmental
Component
Code Impact
Floraand
vegetation
FV1 Loss of vegetational formations
and flora
associated
Fauna Fau1
Fau2
Perturbation to environments
Collision of birds
• Potential impacts identified – Biotic aspects
14. Prediction and assessment of environmental
impacts and risks
Environmental
Component
Code Impact
Socioeconomic SE1
SE2
Increase of employment
Decrease of touristic activity due to effect on
marine mammals
Basicsocial
well-being
BSWB1
BSWB2
BSWB3
- Improvement in road infraestructure
-Transfer delays due to alterations in local traffic
- Energy generation with low emissions of
greenhouse gasses
Landscape Lan1 Alteration of the landscape quality and
touristic value
• Potential impacts identified – Human aspects
16. Conclusion
• TheTafila 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 .