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

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Biomass storage domes at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire | Credit: Drax
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Biomass storage domes at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire | Credit: Drax

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

Drax is aiming to source 80 per cent of the construction materials and services for its novel bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology from the UK, in a move it claims could create...

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