Deal #11094

According to the Validation Report: The Project has been developed in an area where there are no indigenous people present and away from lands/territories that are claimed by indigenous people.

According to the data sources, land belonged to individual landowners, no mention of communal land ownership anywhere

The stakeholder consultation has been conducted separately for each sub-project , except the PV4 and PV5 where the project locations are in the same area. The stakeholder meetings include of • The initial project introduction to villagers , government organizations and NGOs; • Project presentation ; • Public hearing ; • Site visit of other solar power plants and ; • Referendum. The final results from the referendum has been presented to Sub-district Administrative Organization (SAO) for the final approval for starting project construction.

The validation team confirmed that the stakeholder consultation process was adequate and gave fair opportunity for local stakeholders to participate. No negative comments were received during the consultation process.

According to the Validation Report: The project does not involve any kind of resettlement because the project activity has been developed in an area where there are no communities or houses at the place where the current project activity is located. The same has been confirmed through the ESA reports.

The project requires water for cleaning the solar panels, which could potentially impact local water resources, especially during dry seasons. The project generates hazardous waste, including used transformer oil.

Aside from meeting the energy demand for people in central Thailand, the project improves local infrastructure and provides employment opportunities to skilled and unskilled workers from communities within the project area in manufacturing, installation, operation and maintenance of equipment.

The major employed staff are from the local area. The employees were interviewed during the site visit and confirmed on the employment and income generation. We were farmers and the only income was from husbandry prior to the implementation of the Project. The Project offers us the opportunity working for the power stations and increases our income The Project improves the road condition for us. Moreover, it provides clean power energy for the nearby villages.