Drax, Equinor and National Grid Ventures have signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing them to work together to explore how a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility could be constructed in the Humber in the mid-2020s. It was announced on Monday 27 May…
Drax has launched an end-to-end electric vehicle (EV) service to help businesses switch their fleets to EVs. Announced on Monday 29 April, the service includes site assessment and civil work, EV charging infrastructure, charging operating software, the leasing of EVs, and supplying 100% renewable electricity. Drax’s first customer for the…
The first bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot project of its kind in the world at Drax Power Station is now capturing carbon dioxide, according to the power company. Drax said that the project could enable its power station in North Yorkshire to become the world’s first negative…
On Tuesday 1 January it was announced by Drax that it had completed the purchase of Iberdrola’s portfolio of flexible, low-carbon and renewable assets across England and Scotland for £702mn, subject to customary adjustments. First announced in October 2018, the acquisition adds 2.6GW to Drax’s portfolio and increases the company’s…
Drax has begun a bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot at its power station at Selby in North Yorkshire. The BECCS pilot began on Monday 26 November, with the first carbon expected to be captured “in the coming weeks”. The six-month project has been designed in partnership with carbon…
New analysis from power generator Drax has found that GB renewables capacity has now overtaken fossil fuel capacity in GB. Drax said on Tuesday 6 November that renewable capacity has tripled over the past five years, bringing total capacity to 42GW. At the same time, it said, a third of…
ScottishPower’s portfolio of pumped storage, hydro and gas-fired generation has been acquired by Drax from Iberdrola, subject to Drax shareholder approval, it was announced on Tuesday 16 October. The £702mn acquisition consists of 440MW of pumped storage hydro, run-of-river hydro locations at Galloway and Lanark of 126MW, four Combined Cycle…
Drax announced on Wednesday 30 May that it has submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the Planning Inspectorate for its gas generation and battery storage Repower project. The project aims to replace Drax’s two remaining coal generating units with a gas plant up to 3.6GW and up to…