EDF power solutions UK secures solar CPPA’s with BAE Systems and NatWest
- Two new CPPAs will supply BAE Systems and NatWest with renewable electricity from the Tye Lane solar farm.
- Agreements support construction of the 49.9MW project, due to complete in Spring 2026.
- Partnerships strengthen long term commitments to decarbonisation and clean energy investment.
EDF power solutions UK has signed two new Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs) with BAE Systems and NatWest, enabling both companies to source renewable electricity from the Tye Lane solar farm located in Suffolk.
The agreements support the delivery of the 49.9MW solar farm, which is already under construction and due to be completed in Spring 2026.
EDF power solutions already has a strong partnership with each organisation, including an existing CPPA with BAE Systems at the Stranoch onshore wind farm in Scotland and a separate CPPA with NatWest at the Porth Wen solar farm in Wales.
EDF Business & Wholesale facilitated the new CPPAs and will manage shaping, balancing and sleeving services to ensure smooth transfer of electricity from Tye Lane into each company’s supply agreement.
Matthieu Hue, CEO of EDF power solutions UK, said: “We are proud to strengthen our partnership with both BAE Systems and NatWest with the signing of these new CPPAs, which provide significant support for our Tye Lane solar farm. Working together in this way secures the delivery of important new renewable projects, highlighting the importance of collaboration in transitioning to a future powered by clean green energy.”
Once operational, the Tye Lane solar farm will help BAE Systems progress toward its target for ninety percent of its UK and international electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030. The solar farm will supply BAE Systems with enough clean energy to meet around 15 per cent of its current UK demand.
Deborah Allen, Director of Environment, Climate & Infrastructure at BAE Systems, said: “This new CPPA with EDF power solutions is an important step forward for BAE Systems as we continue to decarbonise our operations by improving energy efficiency and switching to lower-carbon alternatives. This new agreement also supports our drive to increase energy resilience and security, by providing long-term access to competitive renewable electricity.”
The Tye Lane CPPA will also help NatWest cut its operational emissions by supplying clean power to its offices and high street banks.
Fiona Walmsley, Head of Property Services at NatWest Group, said: “We are pleased to continue working with EDF Power Solutions UK to deliver the Tye Lane Solar Farm. As a bank we support a renewable, low-carbon energy future with the electricity generated supplementing the low-carbon supply we already receive from the Porth Wen Solar Farm in North Wales.
“As a long-standing member of The Climate Group’s RE100 programme, we have sourced 100% certified renewable electricity across our global operations since 2023, through a mix of on-site and off-site generation and green tariffs. The bank’s CPPAs have been central to our efforts to reduce operational carbon emissions, contributing to a 50% reduction in our operational carbon footprint by 2025.”
Tom Abbott, PPA Director, EDF Business & Wholesale, said: “Long-term renewable contracts such as these CPPAs bring vital certainty to an evolving energy market. By enabling the transfer of clean power from Tye Lane into BAE Systems’ and NatWest’s supply agreements, we are helping them secure reliable, low carbon energy for the future. This gives them the confidence to plan ahead and make sustained progress toward achieving their long term sustainability commitments.”
About EDF
EDF is driving the transition towards An Electric Britain – a secure, affordable, low-carbon future for everyone. As Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity, we are investing more than £100 million weekly in Britain’s electricity infrastructure. We supply millions of customers with electricity and help homes and businesses switch to electricity for heating, transport and industrial processes.
We operate five nuclear power stations and more than 35 onshore wind farms and three offshore wind farms. Since 2009, EDF has invested almost £9 billion in the nuclear fleet to improve reliability and extend station lifetimes. The five generating stations currently supply about 12% of the UK’s electricity demand.
EDF is building the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C. We are a minority investor (12.5%) in and major supplier to a replica plant at Sizewell C in Suffolk. Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C will provide low carbon electricity to meet 14% of UK demand and power around 12 million homes. EDF Group companies Framatome and Arabelle Solutions have a presence in the UK and manufacture critical equipment such as reactor pressure vessels and turbines.
EDF is enabling its 5 million customers, both in business and at home, to choose electric solutions that save cash and carbon, whether it is buying an electric car, generating and storing electricity, selling energy back to the grid or installing solar panels or a heat pump. In 2025, EDF’s Customers business was ranked as one of the Sunday Times’s Best Place to Work.
It is also one of the UK’s leading developers of renewable energy through EDF power solutions UK and Ireland. We have more than 2GW of renewable generation in operation and over 10GW in construction, planning and development across a range of technologies including onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage.
We are one of the largest suppliers to British business and a leading supplier of innovative energy solutions that are helping businesses become more energy independent. In addition, the company’s energy services business, Dalkia, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest technical service providers.
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