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Drax Power Station provides the most renewable power of any single location in the UK, some 14 terawatt-hours or enough electricity to power the equivalent of four million homes. To do this, Drax runs on a massive scale.

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Drax in discussions with data centers over …

Drax recently agreed to a bridging agreement with the UK government to keep its power station running from 2027 to 2031. The plant, which generates 2.3GW of electricity from biomass, plans to deploy carbon capture …

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Support mechanism for Drax Power Station

When there's too much electricity on the UK grid, Drax can reduce generation, helping to balance the system. Importantly, the mechanism will result in a net saving for consumers. Independent analysis from Baringa indicates the …

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Sustainability

At Drax, our mission is to help meet the world's increasing demand for secure energy, sustainably. For us, sustainability isn't about words, it's about action. Constant tireless action to benefit climate, nature and people.

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Pumped Storage Hydro

Pumped storage hydro (PSH) is a large-scale method of storing energy that can be converted into hydroelectric power. The long-duration storage technology has been used for more than half a century to balance demand on Great Britain's …

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Cruachan Expansion

We are continuing to engage with DESNZ, Ofgem, and other stakeholders about a policy environment which could sufficiently de-risk and incentivise investment in such projects. Drax has begun exploring further enhancements to the …

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Drax: The UK's 'Carbon Neutral' Biomass Power Plant

Britain's biggest power plant, Drax in North Yorkshire, produces around 6% of the UK's electricity through burning biomass. Drax claims to be Europe's largest decarbonisation …

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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage …

The Drax BECCS project would be financed through private investment. However, as negative emissions in the UK are not currently rewarded or incentivised today, we need the UK Government to create an investment framework that would …

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Carbon Emissions

Our purpose – to enable a zero carbon, lower cost energy future – means Drax is investing to play a leading role in the UK's journey to a net zero economy. In December 2019, at COP25 in Madrid, we set an ambition to be carbon …

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Our Sites & Businesses

Drax is the second largest producer of sustainable biomass globally, and the UK's largest source of renewable power by output. We are progressing options for carbon removals using bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS).

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Drax at a glance

Drax has continued to play an important role in preserving the UK's energy security. In 2024 across its pumped storage, hydro, and biomass assets, Drax provided 10% of the UK's renewable power, and Drax Power Station in North …

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What are ancillary services?

As the UK's electricity system continues to change, so to do its requirements for different ancillary services. The switch from a few very large power stations to a greater variety of different electricity sources, some of …

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Our history

This saves around one million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to taking 275,000 cars off the UK's roads. Drax commits to transforming the business into a mainly biomass-fuelled generator using compressed wood …

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Visit Cruachan Power Station

Cruachan Power Station is located on the shores of Loch Awe in the Scottish Highlands, between Glasgow and Oban. The huge turbine hall is located 1 km within the hollowed-out mountain of Ben Cruachan.

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Bridging Mechanism Consultation

Drax welcomes the UK Government's announcement of the launch of a consultation on a transitional support mechanism for large-scale biomass generators, including Drax Power Station, as they transition from the end of …

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Drax provides £1m funding for groundbreaking Smart Green …

The project will see Drax inject £1m into the initiative, matched by funding from the UK Government's Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) grant, which will see …

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Drax ends half a century of coal-fired power …

Drax has announced that almost 50 years of power generation from coal at its North Yorkshire power station has come to an end. Drax Power Station was once Western Europe's largest coal-fired power station but has …

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Cruachan Power Station

Bought by Drax in December 2018, the site is one of only four pumped storage hydro stations in the UK and has a capacity of 440 MW – enough to power more than 90,000 homes. Pumped storage is one of the oldest forms of large-scale …

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The Biomass Carbon Calculator

The 'Biomass Carbon Calculator' is a greenhouse gas lifecycle emission tool developed by Drax that allows accurate calculation of wood pellet supply chain GHG emissions in accordance with UK and EU regulations.

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Groundbreaking seismic surveys underway for …

Renewable energy leader Drax is progressing plans to build a new 600 MW underground plant adjacent to its existing Cruachan facility. Seismic surveys are being taken to provide crucial geological data about the rock in …

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Our communities

The Drax Foundation is our flagship corporate community investment programme. It was established in 2023 to provide grant funding for non-profit organisations that improve equitable access to STEM education, nature and community …

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Press Releases

Analysis: development of BECCS at Drax Power Station projected to save UK £15bn and offset carbon emissions equivalent to all departing flights from Heathrow View Press Release Drax …

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Government backs carbon capture pilot at Drax's …

Having converted Drax Power Station to use sustainable biomass instead of coal it has become the UK's biggest renewable power generator and the largest decarbonisation project in Europe. It is also where Drax is piloting …

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Annual Report

Our strategy is designed to realise our purpose of enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future. Energy security, affordability, and the need to decarbonise economies – the energy trilemma – have remained important global themes in …

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Powering UK Industries | Drax

Many different industries, right across the UK, are reducing their carbon footprint and boosting their sustainability credentials by getting our renewable source electricity and added value services.

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The Drax power station in Yorkshire is a converted coal plant, which now produces 12% of the UK's renewable electricity. It has already received £6bn in green energy subsidies.

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The single biggest transformation of our century

Jason Shipstone, Drax Strategic Projects Manager, played an instrumental role in upgrading Drax. The final hurdle In 2009 the team overcame one of the final challenges, and …

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Drax to pilot Europe's first carbon capture storage …

Drax Biomass, is based in the US and manufactures compressed wood pellets produced from sustainably managed working forests, supplying fuel used by Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire to generate flexible, renewable …

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