Dzhankeldy Wind Power Project

2.8
Project Alternatives
In accordance with good practice methodologies for ESIA, the evaluation of various project 
design and activity alternatives should be considered, in order to ensure that the objectives of 
the proposed project have accounted for social, environmental, economic and 

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technological options. The following project alternatives were considered at the feasibility 
stage: 
 
No Project Option; 
 
Alternative Project Site 
 
Project Technology; 
 
Wind Farm Project Layout 
 
33/500kV Substation Location and; 
 
OHTL Route. 
2.8.1 
No Project Option 
The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan through the Ministry of Energy aims to increase 
the electricity production in the country to foster economic growth, develop and expand use 
of renewables and develop public-
private partnership in the country’s energy sector. The 
Dzhankeldy Wind Farm project forms part of the Ministry of Energy’s plan to develop and 
expand renewable use and increase electricity production in the country to 29.3GW by 2030. 
The generating capacity of the Project will be 500MW and this will contribute to the 3MW 
estimated wind power contribution to the total renewable power generating capacity of 8MW 
in 2030. Given the requirement for additional renewable energy contribution to the total power 
generating capacity, 
a ‘No Project’ option has not been considered further as considering this 
option would delay the Government of Uzbekistan from meeting its renewable energy target. 
Looking at the anticipated impacts as a result of the development of this project although the 
construction phase may likely result in potential temporary negative impacts, the operational 
phase of the project will result in an overall positive impact, particularly due to the 
development of utilities and socio-economic benefits and the increase in renewable energy 
being supplied to the Uzbekistan grid. 
2.8.2 
Alternative Project Site 
The process of site selection commenced 2019 between the Ministry of Energy, State Geology 
Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan and ACWA Power. In March 2020, ACWA Power 
considered four (4) potential sites for the development of wind power projects in the country 
as follows: 
 
Dzhankeldy: 7km west of Ayakguzhumdy; 
 
Bash: 30km west of Kokcha; 
 
Kanimekh 1: 20km northwest of Nurmakhan; and 
 
Kanimekh 2: 50km north east of Aznek 

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The Dzhankeldy site was selected for this Project due to the wind potential based on the vortex 
data, wind campaign measurements, geological factors, existing infrastructure and 
interconnection to the grid. 
Besides the above, the site at Dzhankeldy was also selected due to presence of existing road 
infrastructure in the project area and the location of the site away from protected areas, 
Important Bird Areas (IBAs) or Key Bird & Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). The presence of existing road 
will reduce the need for new access roads to the site thereby minimizing environmental & 
social impacts of the project facilities while locating the site away from IBA/KBAs will minimize 
impact to endangered or critically endangered bird species thereby ensuring there is no net 
reduction in bird 
species population as a result of the Project’s development. 
The consideration of an alternative project location may not only be costly to the Project due 
to a need for construction of new access roads, it could also potentially result in additional 
environmental and social impacts. 
On 27
th
October 2021 the Ministry of Energy provided the key steps of the site 
identification/selection process and a summary of this is outlined below.