A LEADING energy supplier has announced it is now purchasing 100 per cent of the power available from Barrow Offshore Wind Farm.

OVO Energy announced that it had entered into a power purchase agreement with power company Ørsted on Thursday.

The buying of all the 90MW wind farm’s power has been effective from that date.

Kyle Worthington, head of power origination at Ørsted, said: “We’re delighted to begin this relationship with OVO Energy and help the UK move towards a greener, more climate-friendly energy system.

“It is great to see major suppliers like OVO committing to increase the amount of electricity they are sourcing from renewable generators, and we are very happy to help them on this journey.”

Ben Blake, chief executive of OVO Energy, said the company was committed to ‘exploring how we can source more energy from renewable generation here in the UK’.

He said this would support the industry and help to ‘drive down costs’.

“We’re proud to work with Ørsted on a major power purchase agreement,” he said.

Hugh Yendole, director of Barrow Offshore Wind Limited, said: ”It’s great to see our well-established assets such as Barrow Offshore Wind Farm continuing to provide value to new customers.

“This agreement underlines the value of our investment during the last decade and of Ørsted’s world-class operations and maintenance and asset management teams, keeping more mature assets productive and efficient for the foreseeable future.”

In October 2020, OVO Energy announced it had moved move to 100 per cent renewable electricity.