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Co-op expands its sustainable energy supply with offshore windfarm partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has announced that it is to enter a seven-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to utilise energy generated from a wind farm located off the coast of North Wales. The consumer co-operative is working in partnership with RWE – the UK’s leading electricity producer and a global leader in renewable energy – to increase the amount of renewable energy it procures to support national energy security and accelerate its path towards decarbonisation. Under this new agreement, Co-op will source electricity produced from the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm to…

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Nestlé opens new wind farm Dumfries and Galloway to power their UK & Ireland businesses

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and drink company, has opened a new wind farm at Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The farm, developed in partnership with energy business Community Windpower, is made up of nine turbines which, combined, are now producing around 125GWh of power per annum. That’s enough to supply half the annual electricity demands of all Nestlé’s UK and Ireland operations. Each year, enough electricity to power 30,000 homes will be delivered back to the National Grid, meaning that Nestlé is now contributing directly to the de-carbonising…

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