Drax

Drax targets UK-based skills and materials for biomass carbon capture plant

Infrastructure

Drax targets UK-based skills and materials for biomass carbon capture plant

Energy firm sets goal for 80 per cent domestic materials and services during construction phase for its BECCS technology in North Yorkshire

clock 24 September 2021 • 2 min read
The solar boom: Is it time for businesses to get onboard?

Solar

The solar boom: Is it time for businesses to get onboard?

More businesses need to explore installing onsite solar power if the UK is to meet its net zero targets, writes Valpy Fitzgerald from Drax

clock 23 August 2021 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

'Unique achievement': Shift from coal to biomass has cut CO2 90 per cent, Drax claims

North Yorkshire power plant once dependent on 10 million tonnes of coal annually now produces 12 per cent of UK’s renewable electricity, according to Drax Group

clock 29 July 2021 • 3 min read

Biomass

How limited is the planet's capacity for supplying 'sustainable' biomass and biofuel?

Energy Transitions Commission provides guidance on availability and use of biomass, warning sustainable sources are limited in volume worldwide

clock 07 July 2021 • 4 min read

Energy

'Hollow Mountain' power: Drax starts planning for second pumped hydro storage station inside Scottish peak

Proposed 600MW plant would be built next to existing pumped hydro station inside Argyll’s highest mountain and help provide critical balancing services to grid

clock 24 June 2021 • 4 min read

Infrastructure

Getting the UK's grid ready for net zero: The need for long-duration energy storage

SSE, Drax, Highview Power, Greenpeace, Green Alliance, ILI Group and Invinity Energy Systems urge government to set the right regulatory framework to support rollout of long-duration energy storage systems

clock 24 June 2021 • 5 min read

CCS

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Drax ink BECCS deal

Energy company says carbon capture technology partnership is first of its kind in the UK

clock 10 June 2021 • 3 min read

Policy

'A poor use of public funds': Should the government subsidise biomass and carbon capture technology?

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for taxpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component...

clock 24 May 2021 • 11 min read

Biomass

Drax fires up plans for fleet of pellet plants to supply UK biomass operations

UK energy firm to begin construction of first of three biomass pellet plants in North America later this month in bid to bolster supply chain for sustainable feedstocks

clock 10 May 2021 • 2 min read

Venture Capital

Drax completes acquisition of biomass pellet producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy

Deal aims to shore-up Drax's wood pellet supply chain as it sets sights on global biomass and carbon capture growth

clock 13 April 2021 • 3 min read