# UKRI-2255 Direct Wire Solar Power Purchase Agreement for STFC

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK Research & Innovation](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: EDF Energy Renewables Limited
- Award value: £46,000,000
- Tender value: £46,000,000
- Award date: 3 April 2023
- Published: 12 July 2023
- Contract start: 30 June 2023
- Contract end: 30 June 2048
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 6027df81-1deb-4742-aba8-24513e6643e7-662164
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f6a905e5-7a2a-43b4-8cf1-84bb8a1df044

## Description

UK Research and Innovation \('UKRI'\) is seeking to establish a contract to supply electricity via direct wire solar Power Purchase Agreement \(PPA\) for the Science and Technology Facilities Council \('STFC'\)\. A contract of up to 25 years to supply electricity is being sought via direct wire due to grid capacity limitations at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Harwell, Oxfordshire\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6027df81-1deb-4742-aba8-24513e6643e7-662164)