Drax

Energy

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

clock 30 July 2019 • 4 min read

Energy

UK power system produced record low CO2 emissions at end of June

Sunny, windy conditions on June 30 saw renewables supply more than half of UK's electricity, data commissioned by Drax shows

clock 24 July 2019 • 3 min read

Technology

Plans confirmed for UK industrial CCU plant: Has carbon capture's time finally come?

Government hands out £26m in carbon capture funding, including to Tata Chemicals which plans to get the UK's first industrial scale facility running by 2021

clock 27 June 2019 • 5 min read

Science

Carbon capture and feedstock: Drax unveils project to turn CO2 into animal feed

Pilot project from Drax and Deep Branch Biotechnology aims to find sustainable alternatives to soy and fishmeal

clock 18 June 2019 • 3 min read

Energy

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

clock 28 May 2019 • 3 min read

Energy

Drax drives into electric vehicle market with business advice service

UK energy firm to offer bespoke EV energy services to companies looking to switch to battery-powered fleets

clock 29 April 2019 • 2 min read

Investment

Carbon capture: Shell, BP, Tata Steel, and Drax join £1m UK advisory group

The CCUS Advisory Group, backed by £1m of funding, includes representatives from Shell, BP, Tata Steel, Drax, and National Grid

clock 22 March 2019 • 3 min read

Biomass

'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

clock 07 February 2019 • 3 min read

CCS

C-Capture secures £3.5m backing from BP, Drax and IP Group

UK carbon removal specialist's fundraise will help it further develop chemical-based system to remove CO2 from power plants, steel works, and cement factories

clock 04 February 2019 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Haven Power and GridBeyond to offer businesses flexible renewables supply

Deal means Haven Power's business customers will be able to trade and optimise energy use via GridBeyond's flexibility platform

clock 29 January 2019 • 2 min read