Regional power giant Drax has welcomed a key report from the Climate Change Committee calling for greater pace from government to deliver on Net Zero targets.
Progress in Reducing UK Emissions - 2023, has called for specific policy to support the development of carbon removals projects. Drax is the western anchor for the huge plan to link heavy industry across the Humber with pipelines to transport to storage the captured harmful emissions, while providing hydrogen to enable clean fuel switching. But it was not backed in the first round of cluster sequencing this spring, despite strong calls to start in the heaviest polluting region.
It aims to invest billions either side of the Atlantic, as it presses on with the end of coal-firing at the huge plant, where biomass has become the feedstock over the past decade. Major US plans were outlined last month. The company has also confirmed coal will not be available this winter as decommissioning work continues.
