EDF Renewables UK Limited

At EDF Renewables UK and Ireland our goal is to combat climate change - we’re passionate about creating a net zero future where clean energy powers our lives. Tackling climate change is what motivates us – it spurs us on to seek out and bring forward the right projects and to develop the most creative solutions for communities. We’re already one of the UK and Ireland’s leading renewable energy companies, developing, building, operating and maintaining innovative wind, solar and battery storage projects. Working closely with our R&D division, we’re developing future innovations, including hydrogen technology. We’re also investing in decarbonising the UK’s transport sector and developing vital power infrastructure for charging electric vehicles.

Our rapidly-expanding portfolio of projects spans Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland and includes:

• 34 onshore wind farms including 59 turbines at Dorenell Wind Farm near Dufftown, Scotland – currently our largest European onshore wind farm
• Two major offshore wind developments at Neart na Gaoithe, Scotland and Codling Wind Park, Ireland
• In Ireland we have an onshore and solar development pipeline of around 800 MW
• Plans for a floating offshore wind development at Blyth, Northumberland
• Our first solar farm of grid-scale at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire,
• Plans for a major solar farm and battery storage project at Longfield, Essex
• A 22 turbine wind farm development at Garn Fach, mid-Wales
• A UK-wide pipeline of grid-scale battery storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure
• Pivot Power’s Energy Superhub, the world’s first integrated approach to decarbonising power, heat and transport for the city of Oxford.

Through these ground-breaking projects, our expert team is helping England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to achieve their ambitious low carbon targets - and we want to do even more. We’re planning to build five times what we already have in operation and to do that responsibly and sustainably.

Benefiting people

We’re passionate about creating a future where clean, low carbon energy is accessible and affordable for everyone and we want to do this as quickly as we can. By helping individuals, communities and businesses to become greener, we’re playing our part in our shared mission to transform the economy and create new sustainable employment.

A huge part of our success is down to the communities we are part of and work closely with. Every EDF Renewables project has a community benefit fund allowing around £4 million to be invested every year in projects that local communities care about. EDF Renewables UK is also supporting the next generation.

Our apprenticeship scheme is up and running with our first group of eight apprentices being supported to spend three years at college to learn the practicalities of becoming specialist maintenance technicians for the renewables sector. These roles are fundamental to the success of the business, ensuring that there will be highly-skilled members of the team able to keep our assets in great shape and sustain them into the future.

Our green future

We believe that clean energy technologies have the potential to power our daily lives: from generating and storing low carbon electricity to heating and lighting our homes or travelling EDF Renewables: Narrative 2 to work by electric bus or car. At EDF Renewables UK and Ireland we want to make renewable energy accessible and affordable for everyone and we want to do it soon by building a business that attracts and retains the best talent. We know that we can do it but we know that it will not be easy. We’ll have to disrupt the status quo and act with pace - but we’re up to the challenge. By working across our teams and in partnership with communities, suppliers, businesses and public sector agencies we can help tackle some of today’s key challenges such as energy security and energy price certainty. With our range of renewable energy projects, we can provide a range of cost[1]effective and tailor made solutions such as power purchase agreements. By finding and delivering the right projects, we will not only grow our business but will also help the UK and Ireland stay at the forefront of the energy revolution.

We have big plans including:

England

In England, our battery storage, EV infrastructure, wind farm and solar projects stretch from Northumberland in the north east to the Kent coast in the south. New ambitious solar projects like Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire, our major solar farm and battery storage project at Longfield in Essex, and Energy Superhub Oxford, are increasing our profile and impact across the country.

Ireland

In Ireland, the Codling Offshore Windfarm will become one of Ireland’s largest offshore wind farms, making it critical to the Irish Government reaching its climate change targets of 70Gof electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Our new office in Dublin, acquisition of Wexford Solar, and our extensive development pipeline in onshore wind and solar further cement our presence in Ireland and underline our commitment to playing our part in helping the transition to a green economy.

Scotland

Scotland is home to Dorenell, EDF’s largest onshore wind farm in Europe. Now with the commitment of governments to tackling the climate emergency, we will be investing more heavily in onshore wind in Scotland. Work on the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm project in the Firth of Forth is well under way and includes a new operations and maintenance base at Eyemouth Harbour creating 50 new jobs. With our partners, ESB, this project alone has the potential to power almost four hundred thousand homes.

Wales

In Wales we have big ambitions including the Garn Fach wind farm at Powys in Mid Wales; Llangwyryfon, our wind farm near Aberystwyth; the Cemmaes wind farm development in Machynileth and the Porth Wen solar project in North Anglesey. EDF Renewables UK and Ireland is part of the EDF Renewables Group. Formed 25 years ago, our teams create and deliver renewable energy projects in more than 20 countries around the world.