'Flexible and renewable focus': Drax to sell four gas power stations in £193m deal

Cecilia Keating
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Sale of four combined cycle gas turbine sites acquired just two years ago will allow Drax to slash emissions and enhance its focus on flexible and renewable power generation, company says

Drax has agreed to sell four UK combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations in a deal worth £193.3m with a holding company owned by Dutch energy trader Vitol, as the UK energy giant looks to double...

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