Kipeto wind project’s biodiversity plan offsets potential bird impacts

The biodiversity action plan of the 100 MW Kipeto Wind energy project, in Kenya, includes attempts to offset potential impacts on birds through on-site mitigation measures, including the observer-led shut-down-on-demand (SDOD) of turbines. The plant also has off-site raptor conservation programmes implemented through conservation partners, which are focused primarily on anti-poisoning community awareness-raising and interventions to decrease human-wildlife conflict.