The project consists of the development, design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the 500MW Zarafshan wind power plant located in the Navoi region of Uzbekistan under the terms of a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with the JSC National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan (NEGU), the state-owned single buyer and offtaker. This wind power plant will be comprised of up to 111 wind turbine generators (WTGs), each with a capacity of up to 4.5 MW.

The complaint, filed by a resident and landlord of the property where the cement batching plant for the project is operating in the Tamdy district, Uzbekistan, raised the following issues: (a) heavy machinery used by the project spilling waste/oil on his land and damaging his land; (b) government authorities fined the complainant for this oil spillage on his land; (c) environmental impacts of the construction work such as dust distributed by the turbines, making animals impossible to feed and graze in the area as the plants are covered with dust; (d) impact on animal health; with unfenced trenches that are dangerous for animals; (e) economic loss, as the complainant lost 18 sheep and one horse due to above situations and adverse impacts on his land that the complainant uses for animal breeding purposes, which is the main source for his economic subsistence.

In October 2023, CAO found the complaint eligible for assessment. The assessment process is now ongoing.