RWE is committed to delivering projects that benefit the local community and the natural environment while respecting local heritage and the landscape. These case studies demonstrate RWE's focus on sustainability, innovation, and collaboration with local stakeholders to ensure that each project contributes positively to the surrounding area.
You can also read our Developer’s Charter below, which sets out our 15 commitments for how RWE will develop all of our solar and storage projects.
Watch our film below and listen to Cotmoor Solar Farm Project Manager, Rebecca Clingan explain how we’re building the project in a responsible and sustainable manner.
Thanks to our extensive experience of developing solar projects across the UK, we have developed a close, collaborative relationship with landowners that we work alongside to realise our projects.
In doing so, we remain committed to ensuring the best possible economic and agricultural benefits can be achieved for those landowners who host our projects, while also playing an important role in protecting the environment, securing UK energy supply, and helping delivery Net Zero.
We aim to design our solar farms, and manage them to enhance biodiversity.
You can read more about our biodiversity enhancement work in the case study below, or alternatively watch our film featuring Development Project Manager, Robin Johnson explaining the great work in this area being carried out at our Cotmoor Solar Farm.
Solar farms are essential for decarbonising the UK’s power system and offer British farmers a valuable opportunity to diversify their income. By using some of their land to host solar farms, farmers can make their businesses more resilient against the impacts of climate change, which are already affecting crop yields and farm revenues.
RWE contributes £2m annually to farm businesses through land rent payments, a figure set to grow. This steady source of income ensures the long-term sustainability of their operations and enables British farmers to continue producing food on their most productive fields.
Read our case study below from award winning farmer Clare Wise, to learn about her insights into the benefits of hosting a solar farm on her land. Alternatively watch the film below featuring landowner and farmer, Richard Crane talking about what led him to decide to host our Cotmoor Solar Farm.
Cotmoor Solar Farm is a 50MW project spanning 210 acres in Halloughton, Nottinghamshire, with the capacity to power over 24,000 UK homes.
Watch our film to hear from Project Manager Rebecca, Landowner Richard, and Development Project Manager Robin as they discuss the site's benefits and how it has been thoughtfully integrated into the local landscape and community.
