Scatec has started work on a massive solar project located at Kenhardt in the Northern Cape. RenewableEnergy PowerCrisis
Engineers from renewables company Scatec have started work on a massive project in the Northern Cape, which forms part of the South African government’s Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.
“We were extremely careful when we started to lay out the facility site. Learning from a rigorous environmental impact assessment process, we realised there is rich biodiversity in the region, and every precaution was taken to minimise the environmental impact,” says Jan Fourie, executive vice-president for Scatec in Sub-Saharan Africa.The mitigation principle followed, Fourie explains, is “avoidance, then relocation, and only then destruction”.
According to Scatec, the Kenhardt region is rich in plant biodiversity. The 16 species of fauna and 99 plants species of “conservation concern” life puts a special responsibility on anyone who does any kind of construction work in the vicinity, it notes. Fourie notes legislation requires the project to always maintain a net gain of species. In the case of quiver trees, the flora permit requires that 10 new trees be planted for every single relocated tree, he adds.
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