British Co-op Group inks wind PPA to green operations
Pamela Largue
Posted on: 7 October 2025
RWE will supply Co-op with 33GWh of electricity annually, enough to power the approximately 140 Co-op food stores a year.
Co-op Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, has signed a seven-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with UK-based energy company RWE.
Under this agreement, RWE will supply Co-op with 33GWh of electricity annually, enough to power the approximately 140 Co-op food stores a year.
The electricity, sourced from the 576MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the coast of North Wales, will help power the Co-op estate, including food stores, distribution centres and funeral care homes across the UK.
Olaf Lubenow, head of Commodity Solutions UK, North & South Europe at RWE Supply & Trading explained that there is a growing interest in sustainable energy solutions in the UK's retail sector.
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Heather Thomas, Group Property & Sustainability director at Co-op, added: "...We believe that every business should be playing its part to help green the grid, be that by reducing their energy demand or indeed by ensuring that renewable electricity generation forms an integral part of their energy procurement decisions.”
Co-op has set a goal to reach net zero across its operations by 2035 and the entire business by 2040.
In its updated Climate Action Plan, Co-op committed to sourcing renewable energy via corporate PPAs and investing in supporting suppliers and producers to decarbonise.
