Publication of Category A projects

The project involves constructing and operating 21 wind turbines at an existing wind power plant. As part of the project, the existing 26 turbines will be replaced with higher-performance models. This will increase the installed capacity from 50 MW to approximately 142 MW. The site is located around 60 km north-west of the city of Baku.

Further information on the environmental, social, and human rights aspects of the project can be found in the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESIA Wind Farm Yeni Yashma (PDF 17.8 MB).

The project involves the construction and operation of an integrated wood processing and furniture production complex with several production lines for wood-based materials and one furniture production line. The planned annual production capacity of the furniture line is approximately 10 million m² per year. The site is located in the Green Home Furnishing Industrial Park in Sichuan Province.

Further information on the environmental, social and human rights aspects of the project can be found in the Executive Summary of the Environmental and Social Due Diligence Report (ESDD, PDF, 590 KB).

The project consists the construction and operation of a double-track high-speed train network for passenger and freight transport. In total, the construction of three lines is planned, the present project includes the so-called "Blue and Red Line“. The “Blue Line” will be running from October Gardens Station (near Cairo) via Fayoum/Beni Suef to Abu Simbel and  “Red Line” will be running from Safaga to Qena. 
More informationon the environmental, social and human rights aspects of the project can be found in the Non-Technical Summary (PDF, 815 KB).

The project involves the expansion and operation of an existing sugar refinery with a production capacity of 930,000 tonnes of sugar per year and the cultivation and management of around 49,000 hectares of land as part of an existing sugar beet agricultural complex. The sites are located in the south-west of the Minya governorate, around 250 kilometres south of Cairo.

Further information on the environmental, social and human rights aspects of the project can be found in the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment(ESIA Beet Sugar Factory, PDF, 5 MB and ESIA Land Reclamation, PDF, 5 MB).

The project comprises the construction and operation of an offshore wind farm comprising 35 turbines with a generation capacity of 495 MW. The project site is located approximately 20 km west of the coast near the village of Tong Xiao in Miaoli County, Taiwan.

Further information on the project's environmental, social and human rights aspects can be found in the non-technical summary of the environmental impact assessment (NTS, PDF, 2 MB).