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A Solar Farm About To Begin Construction In Norfolk Will Help To Power Network Rail Stations And Offices Thanks To A Revolutionary Deal With Energy Supplier Edf Renewables. Through The Corporate Purchase Power Agreement - A First For BritainS Railway - Network Rail Will Secure 64Gwh Of Clean Energy At A Fixed Cost Every Year For The Next 14 Years, Providing Around 15 Per Cent Of The Electricity Needed For Its Offices, Depots And Managed Stations - Known As Non-Traction Energy As A Result Of The Deal, Edf Renewables Will Start Work On A Solar Facility At BloyS Grove, Near Swainsthorpe In Norfolk, In Sight Of The Great Eastern Main Line. Just One Year Of Clean Energy Purchased By Network Rail Through The Deal Is The Equivalent Of Powering London Liverpool Street Station For Nine Years. In Fact, Over The 14-Year Contract, Enough Energy Will Be Provided To Power Every Network Rail-Managed Station (All 20 Of Them) For Eight Years. Rail Minister Lord Hendy Said: We Are Working With Partners Across The Rail Industry To Build A Modern Transport Network With Our Environmental Commitments At The Heart. The GovernmentS Plan For Change Is Driving Economic Growth, Transitioning The Country To Sustainable Energy, And Securing Jobs. Under Our New Integrated Approach, We Are Ensuring The British Rail Industry Remains At The Forefront Of Innovation And Improvement. The Deal Is A Key Part Of The CompanyS Green Strategy - - Which Outlines The RailwayS Route To A Sustainable Future. In Addition, It Is Hoped To Strike A Further Coppa To Move All Of Network RailS Non-Traction Electrical Requirements To Solar Power In The Next Few Years. Jeremy Westlake, Network RailS Chief Financial Officer , Said: This Contract, The First Of Its Kind For The Railway, Shows How Organisations Like Network Rail Can Use Their Buying Power To Drive Investment In Clean Power Generation For The Country. With The Railway Industry Set To Unite Under Great British Railways, This Contract, Our Green Strategy, And A Cohesive Railway System Provide Us With Even More Opportunities To Reduce Emissions And Make Our Railway Even Greener. Jo Lewington, Chief Environment And Sustainability Officer At Network Rail, Said: Travelling By Train Is Already One Of The Most Sustainable Ways Of Getting Around And We Know We Can Do More As A Business. In Future We Would Like All Of Our Office And Station Power To Come From Sustainable Sources And This Contract Is A Huge Step Forward Towards That. The Facility - Which Will Be Built, Owned And Managed By Edf Renewables Uk - Could Contribute To Saving Around 60,000 Tonnes Of Carbon Dioxide Emission Over Its Lifetime, Which Is Equivalent To Planting Approximately 2.2 Million Trees. Edf Renewables Uk Is Also Offering A Community Fund Of Ps20,000 Paid Annually For The 35-Year Lifetime Of The Project. James Schwerdt, Head Of Solar At Edf Renewables Uk, Said: We Are Very Pleased To Be Working With Network Rail To Help Them Transition To Green, Renewable, Low-Carbon Energy. This Project Shows The Importance Of Technologies Such As Solar In Reducing Costs And De-Carbonising The Uk Electricity System To Reach The CountryS Target Of Net Zero By 2050. Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Network Rail Press Office - Chris Denham Senior Media Relations Manager 020 3357 7969 07515 626530 We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
