Infinis Energy Holdings Limited
First Floor, 500 Pavilion Drive, Northampton Business Park, United Kingdom
Since Jun, 2015
Infinis is one of the UK's leading generators of renewable power. We operate a growing portfolio of landfill gas and onshore wind plants across the UK. In view of the challenging decarbonisation targets adopted by the UK government by 2020, we have a unique opportunity to play an active role in building out the UK renewable power generation capacity requirements over the coming decade.
Infinis has the strategic vision, funding, operational and development capabilities to play a leading role in one of the most dynamic growth sectors while positively contributing to carbon abatement in communities across the UK.
Our objectives
The power generation sector in the UK will be fundamentally re-shaped over the coming decade. The retirement of old coal and gas plants to meet stringent emissions regulations and the UK's EU obligation to generate at least 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 create new opportunities for a company with the right strategic vision, access to funding and ambition to become a leading player in an industry traditionally dominated by a handful of large utilities.
Infinis is keen to continue to expand its diversified portfolio of embedded renewable power generation activities, thereby reaping substantial synergies at operational, commercial and overhead level. As the second largest renewable electricity generator in the UK, we are passionate about having all our biogas, wind and hydro activities share the same operational excellence.
As we continue to expand our renewables footprint, we are committed to building strong partnerships with local communities and other stakeholders who stand to benefit from our investments and to ensuring the best working conditions for our employees. With these interests rightly balanced, a lot of hard work and a winning company culture, we are confident our drive will enable us to both create value for our shareholders and make a significant contribution towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK.
Overview
As a green energy business, Infinis operates a portfolio of 137 renewable generation sites across the UK and is in the process of developing many more, with a particular growth focus on onshore wind schemes.
To effectively operate existing plants and develop new sites, our approach relies on building strong partnerships with a variety of interested parties such as landowners, landfill operators, local communities, regulators and power offtakers (our customers).
The rapid growth of our generation activities in the past few years has been underpinned by a rigorous adherence to the following key principles:
- Relentless focus on operational excellence
- Develop high level of in-house commercial expertise
- Nurture a winning company culture in the organisation
- Achieve a strong development and acquisition track record
Our values
At Infinis, we believe that we have a unique ‘winning’ company culture that encourages employees to develop and thrive in an environment where excellence is recognised and rewarded. Our people show great passion and enthusiasm in their roles and enjoy the opportunities that come from our entrepreneurial approach and rapid growth. Amongst the features that demonstrate the values of the company are:
- Employees regularly showing a willingness to ‘go the extra mile’ for their team, or the company generally, at times when that bit of discretionary effort is needed to ensure that power continues to be generated
- The very regular communication, whether it be the daily morning operations tele-conference calls, monthly team meetings or the quarterly roadshows, that ensures that all our people are fully ‘in the know’ and sufficiently well-informed to succeed in their jobs
- Our determination to ‘set people up for success’ by providing the support, training and development needed for employees to be quickly up to speed and effective in their roles
- The flexibility regularly shown by employees, when the scope/breadth of their role expands, reflecting the high-growth environment that we work in
- The chance for all employees to feed back their views, even to the most senior levels in Infinis! This opportunity can be taken in the Q&A session at the company annual conference, in the regular confidential employee surveys, or even on a more ad-hoc basis in our open-plan head office
- The recognition that is given to our highest achievers in the high-profile ‘Star Performer’ awards that are celebrated on an annual basis at our all-employee conference, where awards for achievements as diverse as ‘hitting the ground running’, ‘new ways of working’, and ‘great team working’ are presented in front of a large audience
Infinis is a great place to work for those with a can-do attitude and a tenacious desire to succeed, safe in the knowledge that the rewards and recognition follow for proven performers.
Environment
Our leadership in this area has been recognised by the Sunday Times in their annual Best Green Companies ranking since its inception in 2008. We have consistently been one of the best performers in the competition, coming within the top five Best Green Companies in each of the last three years.
Health and safety
Our highest priority is ensuring the safety of our employees and anyone who may be affected by our activities. All our operational teams attend an induction Health & Safety course and a refresher course every two years. Our strong performance in this area has helped us achieve both the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold standard for the fifth year running and the British Safety Council's International Safety Award for a sixth year. With an annual RIDDOR (Reporting Injury Disease and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations) accident frequency rate of 0.4, we have met our target of beating the waste industry average by a large margin and the utilities average. We are very close to reaching the UK all-industries average. Our ultimate aim is zero RIDDOR incidents and we continue to work hard towards achieving and maintaining this stretching objective.
An important part of good health and safety management is listening to employees' views and feedback on health and safety in their everyday work. We measure this through our bi-annual employee survey. In 2010, 97% of employees participating in the survey responded that they believe that health and safety is taken seriously at Infinis. 98% also stated that they understand their responsibility with regards to health and safety, which reflects clear accountability mechanisms and training.
Relentless focus on operational excellence
As a power generator, Infinis has adopted an operational philosophy aimed at optimising the reliability of its biogas and onshore wind to deliver a reliable output to its commercial offtakers.
With landfill gas (LFG) plants, which provide electricity on a base load basis, this starts with the gas field monitoring and balancing processes which enable Infinis to maximise the extraction of LFG from approximately 15,000 gas wells under management while ensuring optimal compliance with environmental regulations. Infinis runs the single largest fleet of LFG engines in the world (approximately 323 gensets) which are subject to rigorous maintenance and overhaul regimes. Gas field monitoring, engine overhauls and engine servicing are predominantly carried out in-house and we provide extensive ongoing training to both gas field and engine technical teams who make up approximately 75% of our 370 employees. We closely track the monthly conversion of LFG into GW hours of electricity and engine performance KPIs which form the basis for continued improvement efforts by our field teams.
For onshore wind farms, for which generation is intermittent in nature, our operational focus is to keep the wind turbines optimally maintained to maximise equipment availability levels.
Finally, the investment in our best in class 24/7 Logistics Centre at our headquarters in Northampton has enabled us to constantly monitor the environmental compliance and GW hour output performance of our LFG and onshore wind generating plants.
| Company Name | Infinis Energy Holdings Limited |
| Business Category | Energy |
| Address | First Floor, 500 Pavilion Drive Northampton Business Park United Kingdom |
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