Northumbrian Water and Ørsted energy deal is a UK first

Northumbrian Water has signed a long-term agreement with Danish renewable energy specialist Ørsted that will see the water company take almost a third of its renewable energy demand from an offshore wind farm. The 10-year deal, the first Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) of its kind in the UK, is an expansion of a renewable electricity supply agreement between the companies, which started in April 2018. From March 1, 2019, Northumbrian Water sourced 30% of its renewable electricity directly from the Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of…

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