Name of Work:

Lot 1 - Electromechanical equipment

Contractor:

Voith Hydro (Austria)

Contract Value:

€ 370 million

Contract Signing Date:

January 2021

Description:

Design, supply and installation of four new generating units (U1 to U4); upgrading of generating units U5 and U6 with new runners for increasing their capacity; supply and installation of transformers, balance of plant and control equipment

Work Progress:

12,3%

Name of Work:

Lot 2 - Main Dam

Contractor:

WeBuild (Italy)

Contract Value:

US$ 2.4 billion. (including Sup. Agreement No. 1).

Contract Signing Date:

July 2016

Description:

Construction of an upstream cofferdam; treatment of the salt wedge that exists beneath the dam; construction of the 140 m high Stage 1 dam and the 335 m high Main Dam; and grouting works

Work Progress:

40%

Name of Work:

Lot 3 - Right-of-way facilities

Contractor:

TGEM (Tajikistan)

Contract Value:

US$ 1.7 billion

Contract Signing Date:

July 2021

Description:

Series of tunnels and spillways that provide adequate flood discharge capacity as the height of the Main Dam increases and lower tunnels can no longer be safely used due to the excessive head; extensive hydromechanical equipment; galleries for grouting of the right abutment; possible bypass tunnel under consideration.

Work Progress:

10,5%

Name of Work:

Lot 4 Early Works - Left Bank Constructions

Contractor:

Tunnel Sadd Ariana Co. (Iran) and Nurek Experimental Mechanical Plant (Tajikistan)

Contract Value:

US$ 217 million

Contract Signing Date:

2022

Description:

Excavation and support of left bank slope, underground excavation and concreting, penstock lining, shaft excavation, grouting on left abutment, draft tube steel and concreting, downstream gates

Work Progress:

87,9%

Name of Work:

Pre-contract work

Contractor:

Local and international companies

Contract Value:

US$ 1.84 billion

Contract Signing Date:

2014

Description:

Rehabilitation of Diversion Tunnel-1 (DT-1) and DT -2 on the Left Bank; installation of hydromechanical equipment for DT -1 and DT -2; construction of additional diversion tunnel DT -3 on the Right Bank; strengthening of earthwork stability of the power plant complex; early generation works, etc.

Work Progress:

97,9%

Name of Work:

Lot 3A - Right Bank Constructions

Contract Value:

US$ 1.043 billion (est.)

Description:

The following works will be included in the scope of the contract: permanent hydraulic structures and spillways, various grouting galleries (and access galleries to grouting galleries), grouting curtain, stretches of tunnels and roads to maintain and construct within the right bank, design, manufacturing, supply, erection and commissioning of hydro-mechanical equipment and steel lining for permanent hydraulic structures and spillways, power supply auxiliaries, plunge pool(s) of permanent hydraulic structures and spillways, installation of monitoring system for civil structures and hydro-mechanical equipment and plugging works.

Estimated date of contract signing

First half of 2025

Implementation period:

6,5 year

Name of Work:

Lot 4 - Left Bank Constructions

Contract Value:

US$ 499 million (est.)

Description:

Hydro-mechanical, hydro-electrical equipment, and civil works -   Intake structure; permanent power intake (including power tunnels & penstocks), headrace and tailrace civil works and hydromechanical equipment required to provide inflows for the generating units; civil works and Balance of Plant (BOP) of the powerhouse; transformer hall; grouting galleries and grouting curtain of the left abutment.

Estimated date of contract signing

First half of 2025

Implementation period:

5 year

Name of Work:

Project Management Consultant

Contract Value:

US$ 150 million (est.)

Description:

The Project Management Consultant (PMC) advisory services for the Rogun HPP entail the performance of PMC functions for the entire project as well as specific functions under the FIDIC Red Book and Silver Book contracts. This includes tasks such as reviewing project documents, providing project management, scheduling and cost control services, preparing and updating dam safety plans, assisting with procurement, managing construction contracts, and providing construction management services, including on-site quality assurance and overseeing the environmental and social performance of contractors.

Estimated date of contract signing

Second half of 2024

Implementation period:

11 year

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Volumes 1 and 2 (1 = main body, 2 = technical annexes)

Available here: https://energyprojects.tj/index.php/en/rogun-hpp/eko-sots-instrument/1206-volume-11111

The 2023 ESIA is an update of the 2014 ESIA. Volume 1 of the updated ESIA includes a description of the Project, describes baseline E&S conditions and the potential impacts the Project may have, defines the measures that must be taken by various parties to avoid or reduce those impacts, and describes any residual impacts that may remain. The ESIA covers construction and operation of the dam and hydropower plant and the resettlement program. Volume 2 includes technical annexes that provide details of the assessment of impacts on human and environmental resources.

Environment and Social Management Plan (Annex 1 of Volume 3 of ESIA)

Available here: https://energyprojects.tj/index.php/en/rogun-hpp/eko-sots-instrument/1207-volume-3-word-doc

The ESMP provides more detail on the actions identified in the ESIA that must be taken by the Project Management Group, JSC Rogun, and the Directorate of the Flooding Zone to implement the mitigation measures, to monitor E&S performance, and to refine mitigation measures as needed to ensure they achieve their goals of impact avoidance or reduction. The actions include providing guidelines and instructions for construction Contractors to develop and implement their own programs and mitigation measures to avoid or reduce potential impacts on environmental resources and people.

NonTechnical Summary of the ESIA

Available here: https://energyprojects.tj/index.php/en/rogun-hpp/eko-sots-instrument/1178-nts

The NTS summarizes in nontechnical terms the primary findings of the updated ESIA and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.

Stakeholder Engagement Plan

Available here: https://energyprojects.tj/index.php/en/rogun-hpp/eko-sots-instrument/1224-stakeholder-engagement-plan1

The SEP describes the ways in which the Project, including PMG, JSC Rogun, and DFZ, will engage stakeholders during the ESIA period and throughout construction and operation. The SEP identifies key stakeholders, which include people who will be resettled or otherwise affected, companies involved in construction, construction workers, government and civil authorities (national, regional, and local), civil society organizations, and riparian countries.

Resettlement and Livelihood Restoration Framework

The RALRF establishes the principles and procedures to be followed by the Directorate of the Rogun HPP Flooding Zone in implementing program to resettle people whose land will be inundated by the reservoir. The RALRF will guide the development of Resettlement Action Plan Phases 2 (2017-2025) and future RAPs 3, 4, and 5. The overarching goal of the resettlement program is to ensure that households and peoples who are economically or physically displaced do not suffer a reduction in their standard of living.

Resettlement and Livelihood Restoration Action Plan 2 (2017-2025)

Detailed plan, consistent with the RPF, that identifies the households and families that will be resettled through 2025, including the compensation to which each household and each family is entitled and will be provided.

Gender Action Plan

Available here: https://energyprojects.tj/index.php/en/rogun-hpp/eko-sots-instrument/1218-rogun-hydropower-project-appendix-a-gender-action-plan

The GAP characterizes and defines the risks of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment during project construction and operation. It identifies measures to enhance women’s access to project opportunities and benefits. The GAP also identifies responsible parties, resources required to implement the actions, and monitoring indicators.

Cultural Heritage Management Plan

The CHPP reports on surveys that have been conducted to identify tangible and intangible cultural heritage that may be affected by the Project. Tangible cultural heritage includes archaeological remains, including surface and subsurface archaeological sites, cultural artifacts, historic monuments, and buildings. Intangible heritage includes cultural resources natural and human-made features of local cultural value, practices and ethnographic heritage, and the overall cultural landscape. The CHPP describes the actions that have been taken and will be taken to record heritage that will unavoidably be lost and to record and preserve what is possible to preserve.

Biodiversity Management Plan (including “No Net Loss Strategy”)

The BMP describes the biodiversity (plants, animals, fish, birds, habitat) that occur in the area that may be affected by the Project and outlines actions that will be taken to avoid or minimize impacts. This will include descriptions of “natural habitat” (as defined by the World Bank) that will be affected and outline actions that may be taken to achieve “no net loss” of biodiversity, which is required to balance the loss of natural habitat.

Other E&S Management Plans

Available here: https://energyprojects.tj/index.php/en/rogun-hpp/eko-sots-instrument/1217-labor-management-procedures-lmp-for-rogun-hydropower-project

JSC Rogun will develop guidelines and instructions for Contractors that will require the Contractors to develop their own plans and programs to avoid or minimize potential impacts on occupational health and safety, water quality, air quality, erosion, noise, human resources, community health and safety, security, traffic and transport, ecosystem services, river flows downstream of Rogun, soils and geology, hazardous and nonhazardous waste, and slope stability.