RWE has appointed Corinne Barry as its first East Coast Director for Net Zero to align the company’s net zero ambitions with those of the Humber, Teesside and surrounding areas.
Businesswoman Corrine Barry will accelerate the growth of RWE’s local portfolio of renewable and low carbon projects to ensure a secure domestic energy supply while also delivering RWE’s and the UK’s net zero ambitions.
Barry holds the title of The Renewables Woman of the Year and Chair of the Humber Offshore Wind Cluster Business Environment Group as a result of her contribution to the growth of the region’s clean energy sector, supporting local suppliers and developing new skills and training opportunities.
Corrine Barry, RWE UK East Coast Director for Net Zero, said of the new role: “I am privileged to lead such an important initiative from RWE. With its diverse generation portfolio and its pipeline of innovative projects, RWE can provide solutions that will enable the region to not only decarbonise, but also benefit from major local investment opportunities.
“These will support the creation of new jobs, help develop a new future skilled workforce, and benefit the supply chain and local communities.
“The UK’s East Coast is emerging as a true super-power for clean and low carbon electricity and will play a key role in the energy transition over the coming years. I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead and helping RWE play a key role across the East coast.”