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Infinity Power 2023 Sustainability Report 2020

Preserving

biodiversity

Biodiversity and ecological impacts Examples of our work to protect biodiversity
include: PLANTING NATIVE TREES – SENEGAL
are a risk for both wind and solar

projects during construction and • Reducing bird fatalities at our West Bakr This year, we’ve improved our

operation, with wind farms posing a wind farm in Egypt with an Active Turbine reforestation programme at our Taiba

Management Programme to shut down N’Diaye Wind Farm. Located in an arid
more significant challenge for bird
turbines on demand region that’s at risk of desertification
and bat populations.
due to climate change, it’s vital that we
• Planting native Baobab trees at our
expand forested habitats to provide more
Taiba N’Diaye wind farm in Senegal
At Infinity Power we take a proactive approach to
space for birds, animals and insects.
mitigate negative effects, and we want to improve • Expanding a nature reserve near our Previously we were unable to source

biodiversity and habitats wherever possible. Kangnas wind farm in South Africa indigenous trees due to low availability,

We consider potential wildlife impacts from
• Working with the local authorities to but this year we’ve sourced and planted
project planning through to decommissioning
protect nature hotspots and indigenous 100 native Baobab trees to join the 5,000
and we use habitat and species assessments
plants in Ceres, South Africa trees already planted over the past four
to monitor and mitigate predicted impacts. We
years. Baobab trees are of great cultural
have implemented several measures to protect
significance in the region and provide
important species and in 2024 we are developing
an ideal habitat for native animals
a more comprehensive approach to biodiversity
and insects, which will improve our net
management to ensure no net loss to biodiversity
biodiversity impact at the wind farm.
in future.