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| 8TH - 14TH MARCH 2019 | UTILITY WEEK
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Renewable energy company Orsted
has signed a long-term agreement
with Northumbrian Water that will see
the water company take almost a third
of its renewable energy demand from
Race Bank offshore wind farm.
The ten-year deal, which began on
1 March, is said to be the first power
purchase agreement (PPA) of its
kind in the UK and is an expansion
of a renewable electricity supply
agreement between the companies
that started in April 2018.
Northumbrian will source 30 per
cent of its renewable electricity
directly from Race Bank, which is
off the coast of Norfolk. The water
company said the sustainable and
renewable energy strategy builds on
its existing solar, hydro, gas-to-grid
and advanced anaerobic digestion
power generation.
Northumbrian banks
on wind farm
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