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Energy Storage System
UK Government ‘Must Act Fast’ on Ldes Support
Cruachan Dam, Scotland, an existing 440MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility, one of only four in the UK. Companies like owner Drax say the government …
Carbon Emissions
UK's Drax Power Plant Gets Approval for Carbon Capture Plan
Drax power station is pictured during the sunset in Drax, North Yorkshire, Britain, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBrit…
Energy Storage Project
UK Support Scheme for Long-Duration Energy Storage Proposed as Cap-And-Floor, Lithium Excluded
Cruachan Dam, Scotland, an existing 440MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility, one of only four in the UK. Companies like owner Drax say that government…
Biofuel
Drax Sustains Its Biomass Hopes With Carbon Capture Push
Drax’s biomass terminals have been at the centre of controversy in the UK’s push to reach net zero and bolster energy security.Drax’s biomass …
Hydropower Plant
Drax Group Partners on Hydropower Education Programme at Scottish Schools
UK-based power generation business Drax Group and Glasgow Science Centre have partnered to launch pioneering hydropower education programmes for primary and sec…
Offshore Wind Power
UK Wind Capacity Overtakes Gas for the First Time Ever
An analysis from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights has found that the UK now has more installed wind capacity than any other type of power stat…
Hydropower Plant
Cowi Selected as Advisor for £500 Million Cruachan Expansion
Cowi has been selected by renewable energy firm Drax to provide advisory services for the £500 million expansion of its Cruachan pumped storage hydro plan…
Biofuel
Port of Tyne Agrees Biomass Import Contract
Port of Tyne has agreed a deal with Drax. (Photo credit: Pixabay)The Port of Tyne is expanding its role in the UK's renewable energy market with a new suppl…
Biofuel
Drax Increases Pellet Capacity, Considers US BECCS Projects
Drax Group plc on July 27 announced its pellet plants produced approximately 1.9 million metric tons of wood pellets during the first half of 2023, down slightl…
Hydropower Plant
Drax Given Greenlight for £500 Million Underground Pumped Storage Hydro Facility
This project could bring the overall capacity of the site to over 1GW. Image: Drax.Renewable energy company Drax Group has secured development consent for a 600…
Hydropower Plant
Drax Group Receives Development Consent for £500 Million Cruachan Pumped Storage Expansion
Drax Group has been granted development consent by the Scottish Government for its project to construct a new underground pumped storage hydro plant at at its e…
Coal-Fired Power Plants
Japanese Industry, Embassy Officials Visit Drax Power Station
A delegation of officials from the British Embassy in Tokyo and Japanese industry have been welcomed to Drax Power Station – the country’s single-la…
Pumped Storage
Studio Pietrangeli to Enhance Cruachan Expansion Design for Drax
Drax has named Studio Pietrangeli as Owner’s Engineer on its project to build a new 600MW underground plant adjacent to its existing underground Cruachan …
United Kingdom
Drax Names Studio Pietrangeli to Enhance Design of Cruachan Pumped Storage Expansion
Drax has appointed Studio Pietrangeli to optimize its plans to build the 600 MW pumped storage hydro expansion of the 440 MW Cruachan facility in Scotland.Incre…
Net Zero Emission
UK Confirms Record Single-Year Rise in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2021
Image: Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire | Credit: iStockOfficial data confirms UK emissions rose five per cent in 2021, yet they were still lower than befo…
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