WAVE 4 SOLAR PV IPP Part II General of RFP

GENERAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

applications

• Mounting structure
o UL 2703: Standard for Mounting Systems, Mounting Devices, Clamping/Retention
Devices, and Ground Lugs for Use with Flat-Plate Photovoltaic Modules and Panels
o UL 3703: Standard for Solar Trackers
o IEC TS 62727: Photovoltaic systems - Specification for solar trackers
o IEC 62817: Photovoltaic systems – Design qualification of solar trackers
o DIN 55634-1: Paints, varnishes and coatings - Corrosion protection of supporting
thin-walled building components made of steel - Part 1: Requirements and test
methods

4.5 Environmental Requirements

The Project Company is responsible for ensuring that the environmental impact is reduced to a
minimum during design, construction, commissioning and operation of the plant.

The Project Company shall provide, operate and maintain the Plant in accordance with all
applicable environmental regulations, environmental standards and stipulations of the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia and in accordance with the existing Environmental & Social Impact Assessment
(ESIA), the Environmental & Social Management Plan (ESMP) and the Environmental Permit to
be issued by the competent authority.

The Project Company shall be responsible for obtaining the Environmental Permit. SPPC will
extend its full support to the Project Company to obtain the Environmental Permit to achieve
Financial Close.

At present the ESIA is in draft and relates mainly to the conceptual stage and proof of feasibility;
project details may change and construction approaches will be clarified. The existing ESMP,
which is an integral part of the existing ESIA Report, shall be fully developed and implemented
by the Project Company. The ESMP shall be developed for the construction phase including
commissioning, and for the operation phase, in form of two separate documents. The Project
Company shall ensure unconditional compliance with all environmental and social measures
stipulated in the ESMP during the design, construction, commissioning and operation of the plant.
In case of any changes that may affect the content of the ESIA and require a change to the ESMP,
the Project Company shall update the construction and/or operation ESMP and coordinate with
the applicable authority a possible update and/or renewal of the existing Environmental Permit.

The current version of the ESIA Report is provided in Annex 1.6 of Part III of this RFP.

Upon the contract award, the Environmental and Social Management Plans will be subject to
review, comment and approval by SPPC.

4.6 Health and Safety

The Project Company is requested to consider for the design, construction, commissioning and
operation of the Plant all applicable and most recent health and safety laws, regulations, standards
and guidelines implemented in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition, the Project Company
shall comply with fundamental principles and rights at work of the International Labor
Organization, and the requirements of the eight conventions where these principles are laid down.

The Project Company shall be responsible for due care and diligence during and after the

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