Lidl signs five-year offshore wind power purchase agreement with RWE in the United Kingdom

German company RWE has signed a five-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Lidl GB, the British subsidiary of Lidl, for the supply of renewable electricity from the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm located in the Irish Sea.

Under the terms of the agreement, Lidl GB will receive 100 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity annually from the wind farm, covering slightly more than 15% of the supermarket chain’s electricity demand in the United Kingdom.

The Gwynt y Môr wind farm has an installed capacity of 576 MW and consists of 160 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6 MW. The project was commissioned in 2015 and is located approximately 13 km off the coast of North Wales.

This contract expands the cooperation between the companies. Previously, in 2023, Lidl, together with another Schwarz Group retail chain, Kaufland, signed a long-term PPA with RWE for the supply of approximately 250 GWh of renewable electricity per year from the Kaskasi offshore wind farm in the German North Sea for the period from 2028 to 2038.

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