The UK's largest cheese producer has teemed up with Good Energy, the 100 per cent renewable energy company - and have launched a competition to give free electricity to their customers.

Wyke Farms have announced a national partnership with Good Energy, and both companies are keen to educate the public about the traceability of their products.

To celebrate the new partnership the pair will now be hosting an 'on-pack' competition for the next 20 weeks, where consumers will have the chance to win free power.

One lucky winner will win a lifetime supply of renewable energy, worth £22,000, and a further 20 winners will receive one year's worth of power, capped at £550 each.

Both brands share a passion for provenance and hope to increase consumer understanding of the environmental consequences of their consumption choices.

Wyke Farms is run by the Clothier family, who have been making award-winning cheddar from their traditional family recipe, in the heart of Somerset, for over 155 years.

All of their milk comes from their family farm or other local family farms and British Red Tractor Farms.

Good Energy, the UK's first 100 per cent renewable electricity supplier, is keen to educate customers about where our energy actually comes from.

Their research shows that over 60 per cent of power used to generate electricity is imported from abroad, travelling on average up to 2,500 miles before it reaches the UK.

All of the electricity Good Energy supplies to the National Grid is sourced from UK renewable sources like wind and solar, as well as biofuels generated from food waste at Wyke Farms.

Juliet Davenport, CEO and founder of Good Energy, said: "We are two very like-minded businesses so it’s great to be working together.

"Using food waste to generate renewable energy is a great example of a sustainable business in action, and we’re proud to say that some of this unique power makes up part of our electricity.”

Rich Clothier, managing director of Wyke Farms, said: “The prize offering of our competition has the humble cow at the very heart of it.

"Firstly, by supplying the milk to make the cheese and then to create the waste that generates the power, which will be supplied by Good Energy to fulfill the prize. It’s working with nature at its very best.”