British cooperative and retailer Co-op has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ScottishPower to take 100% of the electricity produced from over 19,000 solar panels at a Cambridgeshire farm.
Co-op will source electricity for its estate, including food stores, distribution centres and Funeralcare homes across the UK, over a 15-year period, to increase energy security and accelerate its path towards decarbonisation.
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ScottishPower Renewables will be supplying Co-op with a peak capacity of 9MW of solar energy – which is reportedly enough to power the equivalent of around 55 Co-op stores, equal to 2,000 homes.
Co-op chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq commented: “We maintain that the Government should make decarbonising the grid a top priority.
“However, businesses still have their part to play, and this solar farm is a further step in Co-op’s approach to renewable energy procurement through a mixture of PPAs and embedded generation.”
This agreement follows Co-op’s signing of a 15-year PPA for the entire output of a 34-megawatt solar farm, located in North Yorkshire, which is set to be fully operational in 2025.
Co-op has also recently called on communities affected by retail crime to urge police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates in their region to commit to a crackdown on criminal activities.
