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Renewables revolution powers UK to top of decarbonisation league table
Renewables revolution powers UK to top of decarbonisation league table

New report finds that the UK has decarbonised its electricity system twice as fast any another major economy

  • Energy
  • 30 November 2020
If the world wants a green recovery, it must commit to innovation
If the world wants a green recovery, it must commit to innovation

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner

  • Energy
  • 23 September 2020
Drax carbon capture pilot takes step forward as it appoints engineering partner
Drax carbon capture pilot takes step forward as it appoints engineering partner

Australian firm Worley appointed by Drax to provide the front-end engineering and design work on the first two carbon capture units at its Yorkshire biomass plant

  • Technology
  • 21 September 2020
Drax to trial second CO2 capture system at Yorkshire biomass plant
Drax to trial second CO2 capture system at Yorkshire biomass plant

Drax teams up with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for 'groundbreaking' 12-month carbon capture pilot at its Yorkshire biomass plant

  • Technology
  • 24 June 2020
Government reveals plans to accelerate low carbon heating rollout
Government reveals plans to accelerate low carbon heating rollout

Proposals to replace RHI include Clean Heat Grants of up to £4,000 for homes and business for heat pumps and other technologies

  • Biomass
  • 28 April 2020
Opus Energy launches 100 per cent renewable power tariff for small firms
Opus Energy launches 100 per cent renewable power tariff for small firms

UK’s fifth largest business energy supplier, which is owned by Drax, offers fully renewable tariff for new and existing SME customers

  • Energy
  • 11 March 2020
UK land area used to grow bioenergy crops shrinks in 2018
UK land area used to grow bioenergy crops shrinks in 2018

Defra statistics show 1.6 per cent of UK's arable land was used to grow bioenergy crops for transport fuel, electricity, and biogas production last year

  • Biomass
  • 13 January 2020
Drax announces 'world first' target to be carbon negative by 2030
Drax announces 'world first' target to be carbon negative by 2030

Power firm plans to use bioenergy with carbon capture and storage to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it generates

  • Technology
  • 10 December 2019
My committee will ensure Drax lives up to its climate commitments
My committee will ensure Drax lives up to its climate commitments

Former chief scientific adviser Sir John Beddington on why he has joined Drax's new advisory board

  • Biomass
  • 17 October 2019
Drax appoints independent advisory board and promises 'stronger' biomass sourcing policy
Drax appoints independent advisory board and promises 'stronger' biomass sourcing policy

Energy giant has faced criticism for use of biomass in the past

  • Biomass
  • 17 October 2019
Velocys unveils plans for negative emissions biofuel plant
Velocys unveils plans for negative emissions biofuel plant

Technology is initially planned for a site in the US, but could also be used in the UK if a proposed plant is given the go-ahead, Velocys says

  • Technology
  • 14 October 2019
Mystery complaint threatens delay to crucial wave of offshore wind contracts
Mystery complaint threatens delay to crucial wave of offshore wind contracts

EXCLUSIVE: Industry sources fear a Judicial Review application against the government's latest clean energy auction could delay the high profile bid process

  • Wind
  • 13 August 2019
IPCC on land use: What do the latest warnings mean for businesses?
IPCC on land use: What do the latest warnings mean for businesses?

The headlines have been filled today with stark warnings from scientists about the state of the world's land masses - how will this impact the business community?

  • Management
  • 08 August 2019
Diageo uncorks £180m of green energy funding for Africa
Diageo uncorks £180m of green energy funding for Africa

Drinks giant to invest in biomass boilers, water recovery equipment and solar arrays across 11 African plants in largest green investment for a decade

  • Supply chain
  • 05 August 2019
Climate activists turn ire on SSE and Drax gas power plans
Climate activists turn ire on SSE and Drax gas power plans

Anti-fossil fuel demonstrators force shutdown of SSE's Keadby 2 gas plant in Lincolnshire and try to picket Drax's London headquarters

  • Energy
  • 30 July 2019
Drax partners with Equinor to turn the Humber into UK's first 'zero carbon cluster'
Drax partners with Equinor to turn the Humber into UK's first 'zero carbon cluster'

Project will explore potential for combining hydrogen production with carbon capture usage and storage

  • Energy
  • 28 May 2019
New guidelines, old loopholes as world's carbon accounting is overhauled
New guidelines, old loopholes as world's carbon accounting is overhauled

A mammoth scientific review of greenhouse gas monitoring methods does not address flaws around bioenergy use, according to campaigners

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 14 May 2019
It's time for bioenergy to stake its claim in the UK renewables mix
It's time for bioenergy to stake its claim in the UK renewables mix

The bioenergy industry needs more carrot and less stick, argues REA's Nina Skorupska

  • Energy
  • 03 April 2019
Burning wood for power breaches EU treaty, new lawsuit claims
Burning wood for power breaches EU treaty, new lawsuit claims

Plaintiffs from six European countries and the US argue biomass does more harm than good and should be not be counted as a renewable energy source

  • Biomass
  • 05 March 2019
'World-first': Drax BECCS pilot begins capturing carbon emissions
'World-first': Drax BECCS pilot begins capturing carbon emissions

C-Capture says its technology is now trapping one tonne of CO2 each day from the Drax power plant in Yorkshire

  • Biomass
  • 07 February 2019
REA to review UK bioenergy's 'long-term potential in low carbon energy mix'
REA to review UK bioenergy's 'long-term potential in low carbon energy mix'

Renewable Energy Association to assess potential role for bioenergy - including biomass, green gas and energy from waste - in meeting UK climate targets

  • Policy
  • 23 January 2019
ClientEarth takes EIB to court over biomass financing row
ClientEarth takes EIB to court over biomass financing row

Case represents first time NGO has taken legal action against the European Investment Bank

  • Investment
  • 15 January 2019
Drax flicks switch on Europe's first Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage pilot
Drax flicks switch on Europe's first Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage pilot

Pilot plant expected to capture a tonne of CO2 a day from biomass operations

  • CCS
  • 26 November 2018
Kneejerk RHI proposals could jeopardise renewable heat targets
Kneejerk RHI proposals could jeopardise renewable heat targets

Wood Heat Association chair Neil Harrison argues the end of RHI support for biomass in urban areas is misguided

  • Biomass
  • 20 November 2018
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