The Environmental Impact Assessment concerns the evaluation of the environmental impacts arising from the construction and operation of a complex of seven (7) Wind Farms in southern Evia, at the locations TRIKORFO (11.5 MW), PLATANOS (11.5 MW), AGIOI TAXIARCHES (18.4 MW), DISTRATA (13.8 MW), RIZA (29.9 MW), LIAPOURTHI (8 MW), and AGIOI APOSTOLOI (9.2 MW), along with their associated supporting infrastructure (road works, electrical interconnection works, construction/auxiliary areas, etc.). The complex consists of 45 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 102.3 MW.
The Special Ecological Assessment & Appropriate Assessment is an annex to the Environmental Impact Assessment of the project and was carried out because parts of the above works are located within or near the Special Area of Conservation (SAC-SCI): “Mount Ochi – Karystos plain – Potami – Cape Kafireas – coastal marine zone” (code GR2420001), the Special Protection Area (SPA): “Mount Ochi, coastal zone and islets” (code GR2420012) of the Natura 2000 Network, and the Important Bird Area (IBA) “Mount Ochi and surrounding marine area” (code GR113).
The Special Ecological Assessments were based on primary data collected through extensive fieldwork carried out for the protected features of the above Natura 2000 sites (74 field days for the SPA and 26 field days for the SAC).
The project was assigned to OikoM Ltd by DMX AIOLIKI MARMARIOU – RIZA SINGLE-MEMBER Ltd.