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East Coast Cluster selected as a “Track-1” cluster [video]

The East Coast Cluster (ECC) has been named as one of the UK’s first carbon capture, usage and storage clusters following a successful bid to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Former Australian PM visits Drax’s iconic ‘Hollow Mountain’ Power Station during COP26 to see major expansion plan

Former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, visited Drax Group’s iconic ‘Hollow Mountain’ Cruachan Power Station to see the critical role it plays in unlocking Scotland’s renewable power potential and the energy company’s plans for a major expansion.

Drax launches major planning consultation at its North Yorkshire power station

Renewable energy giant Drax will launch a major public consultation on 1 November to advance its plans to deliver the pioneering negative emissions technology, bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at its power station in North Yorkshire.

Louisiana governor visits UK’s Drax Power Station – the largest importer of US agricultural goods – to see Europe’s biggest decarbonisation project ahead of COP26

Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards has visited Drax Power Station – the UK’s largest renewable power generator – ahead of attending the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow to see how Drax is leading the way in reducing emissions from the UK energy system.

Community events to discuss Drax’s Cruachan expansion

Renewable power company Drax is launching the next stage in its public consultation on its exciting plans to more than double the generating capacity of its iconic ‘Hollow Mountain’ Cruachan Power Station.

Drax employees donate £2500 to local charities

Teams at Drax’s Galloway and Lanark Hydros have donated over £2500 to charity, with the fundraising boosted by their own safe working practices.

Transporting captured CO2 in pipes may be a new idea for the UK but the science and experience is there to ensure it’s safe

The jobs needed to build a net zero energy future

To tackle global warming and transition to a low-carbon economy the world needs more people in these careers

What are nature-based solutions?

Forests, oceans, and soil have a key role to play in removing emissions from the atmosphere.