Announcing the biggest ever sponsorship deal in Welsh club rugby, npower renewables, the UK's leading green energy developer and operator, has teamed up with Celtic League Champions, the Ospreys.
At a joint press conference the company confirmed its commitment to Welsh regional rugby with a sponsorship deal worth £300,000 over the next two years.
Ospreys Captain Barry Williams unveiled the new look Ospreys shirt emblazoned with the npower renewables brand logo, alongside fellow Ospreys and Welsh National team stars Gavin Henson and Ryan Jones.
Kevin McCullough, director of npower renewables said, "We are delighted that our first major sports sponsorship deal will be with the Ospreys. They are the premier team in Wales and have a growing fan base throughout the South West Wales area. We were attracted to the sponsorship because of the team's outstanding performance over the last season and reputation as the leading team in Wales.
"Our sister company, electricity retailer npower, has a strong track record in sports sponsorship in England. npower renewables has a long heritage of developing and operating renewable energy projects in Wales and given our ongoing commitment to working with local communities, we decided that sponsorship of a Welsh rugby team of the calibre of the Ospreys would be a very successful partnership for us."
Mike Cuddy, joint managing director of the Ospreys said, "We are very pleased to secure such a lucrative sponsorship deal for the Ospreys and to work with npower renewables, who are an innovative company, leading the way in green energy in the UK."
In addition to the sponsorship, npower renewables will work in partnership with the Ospreys to run a community programme of events throughout the rugby season.
Kevin McCullough said, "We are dedicated to generating electricity using sustainable, environmentally-friendly resources while working in close partnership with communities across the UK. Our investments in Wales are already benefiting local communities and creating jobs."
For further information contact:
- Leonie Edwards, MGB PR
Tel: 01792 460200
- Sara Alan-Smith, PR Officer, npower renewables
Tel: 01189 59 24 40
Editors Notes
- npower renewables is a leading UK renewable energy generator and is a specialist subsidiary of one of the UK's leading integrated energy companies, RWE npower.
It operates 51% of all onshore and offshore installed wind energy capacity in Wales. It also operates some 43 megawatts of the installed hydroelectric power in Wales. 77% of people in the UK support the need for wind farms (NOP, June 2005)
RWE npower is a major employer in Wales operating the following plants:
- Aberthaw Power Station
- Two Combined Heat and Power plants at Barry and Bridgend
- Six hydroelectric schemes in North Wales
- The UK's first major offshore wind farm, North Hoyle, off the North Wales coast
- Six onshore wind farms in Wales
In all, RWE npower's installed conventional and renewable energy generation in Wales supplies the equivalent of around one-third of Wales' electricity needs.
- Information about the Mynydd y Gwair Wind Farm proposal can be found at
www.npower-renewables.com/mynyddygwair
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