Project features

ACWA Power is developing 500 MW Wind Farm on a PPP basis in Peshku district, Bukhara region, near Kuldzhuktau mountains and has entered into a 25-year PPA with NEGU (Off-taker). The Project includes the development, financing, construction, and O&M of the wind farm including 79 WTG, 500/220 kV pooling station, 33 kV OHTL connecting western plot with eastern ones, and 128.5 km OHTL. Juru’s scope included:

• Conducting seasonal Vantage Point bird surveys 
• Collision Risk Modelling as per following Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Guidance recommendations based on the outcomes of surveys, as well as 
• Seasonal statistic bat monitoring

Services provided

• Assist in preparation of ToR for ESIA from biodiversity perspective of selected project site;
• Desktop study on bird & bat surveys previously conducted at/near selected project site;
• 12 months bird monitoring surveys at 10 vantage points 36 hours per season following the Scottish Natural Heritage: Recommended bird survey methods to inform impact assessment of onshore windfarms (March 2017, v2.) (SNH 2017);
• Houbara Bustard specialized breeding survey;
• Breeding raptors survey at cliffs of Kuldzuktau mountains;
• Preparation of seasonal and annual Collision Risk Modelling based on particular bird species or species groups, wind farm based on the specific dimensions and physical characteristics of the rotors, the birds, and the density of bird flights recorded in the wind farm area;
• Seasonal (spring and summer) bat monitoring including monitoring by Wildlife Acoustics Song Meter SM4 recorder during 21 nights between April and October; 
• Data analysis and determination of bat species by Kaleidoscope Pro Auto Analysis and BatSound 4 software as per results obtained through sound