UK''s biggest power station signs up to Powering Past Coal Alliance
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies 7 percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest single site renewable generator in the UK and the
New Drax Trains: Powering the Northern Powerhouse
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies 7 percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest single site renewable generator in the UK and the
Drax''s iconic Cruachan ''Hollow Mountain'' power station set for
Renewable energy leader Drax is to invest £80 million in a major refurbishment of its iconic ''Hollow Mountain'' Cruachan pumped storage hydro power station in Scotland, increasing its capacity and supporting UK energy security.
Northamptonshire farm trials innovative solar power with
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies six percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest renewable generator in the UK and the largest
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Of all the changes to Drax Power Station over the last decade, perhaps the biggest is one you can''t see. Since converting three of its six generating units from coal to run primarily on compressed wood pellets, Drax
Local people to be consulted on plans for gas-fired power station
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies 7 percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest single site renewable generator in the UK and the
Leading B2B renewable energy supplier changes its name to Drax
Having converted Drax Power Station to use sustainable biomass instead of coal it has become the UK''s biggest renewable power generator and the largest decarbonisation project in Europe. It is also where Drax is piloting the groundbreaking negative emissions technology BECCS within its CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage) Incubation
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Santa to visit Drax as Christmas countdown begins
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies six percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest renewable generator in the UK and the largest
Drax Power Station
Drax Power Station has evolved considerably since construction began in the 1960s. It has six boilers, four of which have now been converted to biomass. With each as high as a 15-storey office block, a main chimney almost twice the height of the London Eye, and over 1,800 miles of steel tubing, enough to stretch from John O''Groats to Land''s
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Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries sign pioneering deal to
[LONDON/TOKYO] Drax Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd., part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have agreed a long-term contract for Drax to use its carbon capture technology, the Advanced KM CDR process ™️, in what would be the largest deployment of negative emissions in power generation anywhere in the world.
Drax to pilot Europe''s first carbon capture storage project
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies seven per cent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fueled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest single site renewable generator in the UK and the
New report shows Northampton-based Opus Energy has given
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies six percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest single site renewable generator in the UK and the
Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries sign pioneering
[LONDON/TOKYO] Drax Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd., part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have agreed a long-term contract for Drax to use its carbon capture technology, the
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Over the last 15 years Drax has transitioned from a UK-based coal-fired power generator to an international renewable energy company. With the development of carbon removal opportunities utilising BECCS technology, I believe that
New Drax Trains: Powering the Northern Powerhouse
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies 7 percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a
Power surge: UK spends £250 million each month importing
"Much of Britain''s conventional power generators like coal and nuclear stations have retired in recent years," explained Dr Iain Staffell of Imperial College London, and lead author of the quarterly Drax Electric Insights report series."Fewer dispatchable generators means less competition and higher prices, making cheaper electricity from the continent much more
Drax moves closer to coal-free future with unit four conversion
Drax Power Ltd, which operates the largest power station in the UK, based at Selby, North Yorkshire and supplies 7 percent of the country''s electricity needs. The energy firm converted from burning coal to become a predominantly biomass-fuelled electricity generator. Drax is the biggest single site renewable generator in the UK and the