Running for 15 years, today’s deal will see the Co-op taking all the output from the dedicated 9MW site, pictured, near Wisbech.

Peak output from Coldham’s 19,000 panels will be enough, the Co-op calculates, to power 55 of its food stores, a demand equalling that from 2,000 homes.

Chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq said; “The launch of Coldham solar farm, as a result of our PPA with ScottishPower Renewables, shows Co-op’s commitment to achieving Net Zero in our own operations by 2035.

“Co-op maintains that the government should make decarbonising the grid a top priority”, Khoury-Haq went on. “

“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.”

ScottishPower Renewables boss Charlie Jordan responded: “We’re delighted to partner with companies that understand the importance of decarbonising their operations.

“By securing long-term commitments, PPAs provide stability, certainty, and ultimately accelerate our journey towards a greener, more resilient energy landscape.”

Enriched with 7,500 native trees planted by SPR, the Coldham solar farm sits next to SPR’s existing windfarm, and benefits from the same grid connection.

The Co-op recently signed of a 15-year CPPA to offtake from a 34MW solar farm in north Yorkshire, Its arrays are due to come fully onstream next year.

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Three more sites will benefit from PV before July, adding over 2,600 new panels this financial year to the chain’s parc of installed PV panels, towards an intended yearly output of over 930MWh.

The planned expansion adds to on-roof arrays installed already on the chain’s Leicestershire HQ, plus its stores in Swansea, Derby, Romford and Bristol.

Across its portfolio of over 150 outlets, Dunelm says it sourced 99.7 per cent of its power from renewable sources in the last financial year.

The retailer’s property director Steve Barton declared: “We’re very proud to be stepping up the solar panel roll-out in line with our ambition to reach net zero by 2030.”

“The investment comes in support of Dunelm’s greenhouse gas emissions targets, which were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative last autumn

Within a broader target to reach Net Zero emissions by 2040, Dunelm has in addition committed to an SBTi-validated near term target to halve absolute emissions from Scopes 1, 2 and 3 against a 2019 benchmark by the same deadline.  By 2040, it has a goal to cut Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 90 per cent.

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