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6 years ago
The latest conversion means two thirds of the plant is now running on biomass.
Octopus Investments has completed a £174 million refinancing of a biomass and landfill gas portfolio in what is thought to be the first major UK biomass deal in 2018.
Drax profits have fallen after the company suffered two unplanned outages at its power station in Yorkshire - one caused by a fire at the biomass rail unloading facility at the end of 2017.
It’s once again the time of year when National Grid gazes deep into its crystal
Energy Systems Catapult's study examined the “effective carbon price” which has emerged in different parts of the economy due to a complex web of taxes, subsidies, contracts and regulations.
The European Parliament and EU member states have agreed a new target of one-third of
"On the surface, Defra seem to be saying that biomass burning has air quality issues"
Drax has switched off one of the three remaining coal units at its power station in Yorkshire as it prepares to convert the unit to run on biomass.
Drax has announced plans to trial carbon capture and storage (CCS) on one of the three biomass units at its power station in Yorkshire.
TEN years after the passing of the Climate Change Act, Energy UK is launching a far-reaching project looking ahead to the next decade.
7 years ago
The role of gas in the UK’s future power mix is set to rise to more than 50 per cent in under 10 years, according to BMI Research of ratings agency Fitch Group.
The new 21.5MW Ince Bio Power biomass plant in Cheshire has begun generating electricity. The
The government has confirmed plans to conduct a formal review of the capacity market “later this year”.
A £15 million fund designed to promote the production and distribution of energy from renewable resources in Greater Manchester has launched today (9 March).
Renewable energy supplier Good Energy, which has had an advert banned for claiming its electricity contains no carbon dioxide, has said it can sometimes be “difficult to manage simplicity against detail”.
The boss of Drax Power says he is confident the company will be able to secure capacity market contracts for new gas turbines, despite the record-low price in the latest auction.
Drax Group has seen a rise in earnings despite the loss of £5 million due a fire at its Yorkshire power station which led to the temporary shut-down of two biomass units.
Renewable output rose by 27 per cent over 2017 due to windier weather and new capacity coming online, according to the latest Electric Insights report from Imperial College London.
Coal generation has been routed in the latest capacity market auction, with nearly 2.8GW dropping