- Once the biggest coal fired power station in Western Europe, Drax has now slashed its CO2 emissions from power generation by over 90 percent since 2012, radically transforming the company and securing its place as one of Europe's lowest carbon utilities.
- Using sustainable biomass and hydro, in the first half of 2021 Drax became a purely renewable power generator, producing 12% of the UK's renewable electricity - enough to power over 5 million homes and support the deployment of intermittent renewables such as wind and solar.
- And by deploying bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at the power station, Drax is set to go even further - generating the negative emissions needed to meet the UK's net zero climate target while delivering jobs and clean growth in the North.
British renewable energy company Drax Group has cut the carbon emissions from its power generation by over 90 per cent in under a decade, becoming one of Europe's lowest carbon intensity power generators and moving it closer to achieving its world-leading ambition to be carbon negative by 2030.
Formerly the largest coal power station in Western Europe, Drax has this year ended commercial coal generation, sold its existing gas assets and transformed itself into one of the region's primary decarbonisers - it is now a purely renewable power generator.
Drax has also made significant progress in the first half of 2021 with plans to deploy the world's largest carbon capture project by fitting critical negative emissions technology BECCS at the power plant in North Yorkshire.
Deploying BECCS at Drax could enable the renewable energy company to make an even greater contribution to carbon reductions in the coming decade, while creating jobs and supporting the UK's green transition.
