Early Warning System

Regions

Europe and Central Asia

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Countries

Turkiye

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Specific Location

Canakkale, Balikesir and Aydin provinces in the Aegean Region

Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.

Financial Institutions

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Proposed

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Borrower

Enerjisa Uretim Santralleri A.S.

A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.

Sectors

Energy
Infrastructure
Technical Cooperation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Amount (USD)

Not Disclosed

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ DFC website

Updated in EWS Jun 24, 2024

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

As stated by the DFC, the proposed project involves the development and operation of nine greenfield wind power plants in Western Turkey with an installed capacity of approximately
750 MW. The nine power plants will be located in the Canakkale, Balikesir and Aydin provinces in the Aegean Region.
The power plants will each range from 6 to 60 wind turbines with a total of 181 turbines, with a height ranging from 81m to 111m. Power will be exported to local transfer substations to connect to the national grid via overhead lines, with an approximate total length of 240 km. The project is expected to produce approximately 2,532 GWh per year.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

As stated by the DFC, none of the sites are located in any legally protected areas according to Turkish or international legislation. However, five of the sites are located within or near Key Biodiversity Areas: Biga Mountains, Çanakkale Strait, Kaz Mountains, Büyük Menderes Delta, Akdag – Denizli, Boz Mountains, çük Menderes Delta, Mahal Hills, and Lake Bafa.

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Investment amount not available at the time of disclosure.

Private Actors Description

A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

As stated by Bloomberg, Enerjisa Enerji Uretim Anonim Sirketi provides utility services. The Company offers generation, distribution, supply, and trading of electricity through hydroelectric, natural gas, and wind power plants. Enerjisa Enerji Uretim serves customers in Turkey.

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A.S., also known as Sabanci Holding, is a multibusiness enterprise operating in Turkey. The Company's main operation areas are financial services, energy (electricity generation and distribution), cement, retail and industrial sectors.

Private Actor 1	Private Actor 1 Role	Private Actor 1 Sector	Relation	Private Actor 2	Private Actor 2 Role	Private Actor 2 Sector
Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A.S.	Parent Company	Industry and Trade	owns	Enerjisa Enerji Uretim As	Client	Energy

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Local access to project information:

https://www3.dfc.gov/environment/eia/enerjisa/12-Location_of_Local_Access_to_Project_Information/Location%20of%20Local%20Access%20to%20Project%20Information.pdf

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Unlike many other development finance institutions, DFC does not currently have an access to information policy.

Under the United States Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), DFC is obliged to respond to reasonably formulated requests for Agency records. However, DFC may apply exemptions from release to certain types of information and may charge fees in responding to requests. DFC has a designated FOIA officer who is trained in how to respond to requests and implement the law. You can learn more about filing a FOIA request at: https://www.dfc.gov/foia

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION (DFC)

The Office of Accountability is an independent office that addresses complaints about environmental or social issues related to DFC-supported projects. The office provides communities an opportunity to have concerns independently reviewed and addressed. If you submit a complaint to the Office of Accountability, it may assist you by either seeking to address your problems by facilitating a problem solving dialogue between you and those implementing the project and/or investigating whether the DFC complied with its policies to prevent environmental, social, human rights, and labor harms.

You can find more information about the Office of Accountability at: https://www.dfc.gov/who-we-are/office-accountability