Power giant Drax has invested in 30 new rail wagons to deliver greater volumes of biomass to its huge generating plant.
The company, behind renewable power for four million UK homes, commissioned a next generation design to build on the original fleet of 225 - then the first in the world.
Designed by Lloyd’s Register Rail - now Ricardo Rail - and built by WH Davis in Mansfield, the new wagons will each be able to carry 30 per cent more feedstock. It will take the total to 71.6 tonnes, reducing the number of rail journeys required, in doing so making the supply chain more resilient, efficient and lowering emissions.
