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Drax

Drax taps Voith Hydro to support 'Hollow Mountain' energy storage vision

Infrastructure

Drax taps Voith Hydro to support 'Hollow Mountain' energy storage vision

Proposed Scotland pumped hydro storage facility has planning consent, but Drax claims further government support needed to make it commercially viable

clock 09 July 2024 • 3 min read
Going beyond BECCS: Why the UK needs to rethink its approach to negative emissions

Biomass

Going beyond BECCS: Why the UK needs to rethink its approach to negative emissions

Bioenergy with CCS technology carries significant risks and will fail to deliver the emissions savings promised, argues Ember's Frankie Mayo

clock 22 May 2024 • 4 min read
Wind provides largest source of UK electricity over winter months

Wind

Wind provides largest source of UK electricity over winter months

New study ranks UK top in global league table for decarbonisation

clock 22 May 2024 • 5 min read
Drax's halo may be tarnished - but it stands on the side of the angels

Biomass

Drax's halo may be tarnished - but it stands on the side of the angels

Characterisations of Drax as the world's biggest wood burner are misleading and sometimes deliberately dishonest, argues environmental campaigner Jonathan Porritt

clock 21 May 2024 • 5 min read
'Hollow Mountain': Drax announces £80m upgrade for pumped hydro power station

Infrastructure

'Hollow Mountain': Drax announces £80m upgrade for pumped hydro power station

Major reburbishment of Scottish power station expected to increase plant’s capacity by 10 per cent

clock 29 April 2024 • 2 min read
Drax advances carbon capture plans, as feedstock controversy escalates

CCS

Drax advances carbon capture plans, as feedstock controversy escalates

Energy company announces plans to explore potential for North Sea carbon storage, in same week as it faces fresh questions over the sustainability of wood chips sourced from North America

clock 29 February 2024 • 8 min read
Drax launches dedicated carbon removals business

Energy

Drax launches dedicated carbon removals business

Power plant operator launches US-headquartered entity to oversee development and construction of new-build BECCS plants

clock 29 January 2024 • 3 min read
NAO: Government 'cannot currently demonstrate' whether biomass power plants are sustainable

Biofuel

NAO: Government 'cannot currently demonstrate' whether biomass power plants are sustainable

Auditor argues government must step up its evaluation of whether biomass generators are meeting sustainability criteria

clock 24 January 2024 • 5 min read
Government mulls how to support Drax's biomass power plant when current subsidies end

Policy

Government mulls how to support Drax's biomass power plant when current subsidies end

DESNZ has published a list of options for how government might support large biomass power plants eyeing a transition to BECCS from 2027 onwards - BusinessGreen delves into the fierce debate around the power station's future

clock 19 January 2024 • 10 min read
'Negative emissions': Government gives planning green light to Drax BECCS project

Biomass

'Negative emissions': Government gives planning green light to Drax BECCS project

Flagship CCS project takes major step forward, but decision comes as campaigners warn biomass plant could cost British taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds a year

clock 16 January 2024 • 4 min read
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