Drax Group CEO, Will Gardiner, welcomes National Energy
Commenting on the National Energy System Operator''s (NESO) report Clean Power 2030 Will Gardiner, Drax Group CEO, said: "NESO couldn''t be any clearer, our power stations and plans to invest billions in renewable flexible electricity and carbon removals have a critical role to play in delivering the Government''s clean power target and wider climate goals.
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Drax to launch new business focused on becoming the global
Delivery of Drax Power Station BECCS project to continue to be handled by a UK-based team within Drax Group. Global renewable energy company Drax Group plc has announced that it plans to establish a new independent business unit that will focus on becoming the global leader in delivering large-scale and high-integrity carbon removals.
Compliance and Policies
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Drax at a glance; Drax is committed to high ethical standards and to conducting its business with both honesty and integrity in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
North America Operations
Drax''s North America operations are strategically located in the U.S. and Canada, providing ready access to large tracts of responsibly managed working forests, modern infrastructure and an available workforce of trained loggers, wood
Drax – 50 years of moving forward
Drax''s ambition for BECCS goes beyond the UK and Yorkshire. The company has bold plans to become a global leader in the technology, capitalising on what McKinsey predicts could be a $1.2 trillion industry by 2050. Earlier this year Drax announced plans for a new, US-based business to oversee its global expansion plans.
North America Leadership Team
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Our Purpose & Strategy; Corporate Governance. North America Leadership Team; Board & Committees; Compliance and Policies; REMIT; Our History; Operations By State.
Drax Group
Drax Group plc, trading as Drax, is a power generation business. The principal downstream enterprises are based in the UK and include Drax Power Limited, which runs the biomass fuelled Drax power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire. The Group also runs an international biomass supply chain business. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
World-leading engineering team appointed to Drax''s Cruachan
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Drax''s Development Manager for the Cruachan Expansion project, In 2024, we launched Elimini, a US-based company to lead our global efforts to deliver carbon removals at megaton scale. Elimini''s purpose is to
World-leading engineering team appointed to Drax''s Cruachan
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Drax at a glance; a US-based company to lead our global efforts to deliver carbon removals at megaton scale. Elimini''s purpose is to remove carbon for good. To achieve this, it is convening engineers
Board & Committees
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Drax at a glance; The Company Secretary acts as Secretary to the Committee. The Chairman of the
Board & Committees
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Our Purpose & Strategy; The Company Secretary acts as Secretary to the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee reports the Committee''s deliberations to the following Board meeting and, once agreed, the minutes of
Andy Skelton, Group Chief Financial Officer
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Andy provides the financial oversight and controls that has supported the growth of Drax from a renewable energy company to an international company with a differentiated portfolio. Highly values driven, with a
Acquisition of 90,000 tonnes Canadian pellet plant
Drax''s strategy to become a world leader in sustainable biomass, supports international decarbonisation goals and puts Drax at the heart of the global, green energy transition." Enquiries: Drax Investor Relations: Mark Strafford +44 (0) 7730 763 949. Media: Drax External Communications: Ali Lewis +44 (0) 7712 670 888. Website: END
Pellet Sales
At Drax, we make our pellets from sustainable biomass generated from the harvest and manufacturing of other forest products. We purchase biomass from a variety of suppliers – from large forest product companies to small harvesting contractors and from tenure holders to private land owners– and in a variety of forms – from sawdust to unmerchantable logs to in-woods
The companies making coal history
Like Drax Group and the UK, companies and countries are quickly moving beyond unabated coal-fired power generation. Share. Most Read. Electrification. Storage solutions: 3 ways energy storage can get the grid to net zero. Sustainable bioenergy. Forests, net zero and the science behind biomass.
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Drax Group CEO, Will Gardiner, welcomes National
Commenting on the National Energy System Operator''s (NESO) report Clean Power 2030 Will Gardiner, Drax Group CEO, said: "NESO couldn''t be any clearer, our power stations and plans to invest billions in renewable
Over 100 businesses attend Cruachan Expansion event
The Group also aims to build on its BECCS innovation at Drax Power Station with a target to deliver 4 million tonnes of negative CO2 emissions each year from new-build BECCS outside of the UK by 2030 and is currently developing models for North American and European markets.
Annual Report
Drax Group plc Annual report and accounts 2023. Our purpose: to enable a zero carbon, lower cost, energy future the last 15 years Drax has transitioned from a UK-based coal-fired power generator to an international renewable energy company. With the development of carbon removal opportunities utilising BECCS technology, I believe that Drax
Our History
Drax Group''s ambition is to become a carbon negative business by 2030, through innovative greenhouse gas removal technology. Drax at a glance; A first phase of the £100m development is launched by Peel Ports in Liverpool and Drax becomes the first company to transport regular rail freight over the Pennines for nearly 35 years. Building a
Drax at a glance
At launch the US-based company group has entered into 11 carbon dioxide removal deals with eight companies, As an independently operated, wholly owned subsidiary within Drax Group, Elimini will also sell carbon removals generated at Drax Power Station, which conducted the first BECCS pilot of its kind in Europe and with the right government
Will Gardiner, Group Chief Executive Officer
Will has driven the vision and operations of the company since becoming CEO in January 2018, inspiring Drax''s transformation from a leading UK renewable energy company to global leadership in sustainable biomass with the ambition to be a global leader in carbon dioxide removals. Sustainability considerations are at the core of everything at Drax.
Leeds MP visits ''ground-breaking'' carbon capture company
C-Capture is a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leeds, established through funding from IP Group Plc. ENDS. Media contacts. Ali Lewis Drax Group Interim Head of Media & PR E: [email protected] T: 07712670888. Jessica Gorton Drax Group Press Officer E: [email protected] T: 07712677177. Editor''s Notes
Advancing carbon removal: why BECCS methodology is having
The company is not simply focused on advancing the technology, but is committed to ensuring that BECCS projects deliver the carbon benefits they promise are sustainable, and provide an equitable energy transition that everyone can benefit from. There''s an urgent need for companies like Drax to develop high-quality carbon removal projects at
MOU agreed to develop ''bioship'' technology and plans
Leading Japanese companies, NYK Line (NYK), NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers (NBP), TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd. ("TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING") and British renewable energy business, Drax Group (Drax), have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop both the world''s first biomass-fuelled ship (bioship) and the
4 FAQs about [Drax group company Bouvet Island]
Who is Drax Group?
Drax Group is a renewable energy company engaged in renewable power generation, the production of sustainable biomass and the sale of renewable electricity to businesses. Drax operates a generation portfolio of sustainable biomass, hydro-electric and pumped hydro storage assets across four sites in England and Scotland.
Who owns Drax Power Station?
In 1990, the electricity industry of England and Wales was privatised under the Electricity Act 1989. Three generating companies and 12 regional electricity companies were created. As a result of privatisation, Drax Power Station came under the ownership of National Power, one of the newly formed generating companies.
When did Drax Group acquire Haven Power & Billington Bioenergy?
In 2009, Drax Group acquired Haven Power – enabling it to sell electricity directly. In 2015, the Group acquired Billington Bioenergy, specialists in providing sustainable biomass pellets for domestic energy systems.
Is Drax scraping Europe's largest gas plant after climate protests?
Energy Live News. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021. ^ Ambrose, Jillian (25 February 2021). "Drax scraps plan for Europe's largest gas plant after climate protests". The Guardian. ^ "BBC Panorama: The Green Energy Scandal Exposed". BBC Panorama. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.