Drax has agreed to keep the coal-fired units at its North Yorkshire power station running this winter as the government and grid operators…
Continue Reading‘Options Open’ to Keep Coal Plants Running this Winter Amid Gas Crisis
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
The lives of Britain’s coal power stations could be extended as the country weathers the gas crisis, Energy Minister Greg Hands said, although…
Continue ReadingThe UK government is exploring whether coal power stations slated for closure this year could be kept online to ease the energy crisis…
Continue ReadingFossil Fuels Dropped to All-Time Low on British Power Grid on 29 December
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Britain received no coal in its stockings this year. In fact, fossil fuel generation fell to its lowest level yet just days after…
Continue ReadingA coal plant that has been converted to burn biomass, attracting more than one billion pounds of green energy subsidies, is the UK’s…
Continue ReadingDrax Plans to Build New Hydro Storage Plant at ‘Hollow Mountain’
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Drax is seeking planning permission for a new pumped hydro storage plant at the Cruachan site in Scotland, providing critical balancing services to…
Continue ReadingDrax confirmed it has scrapped plans to replace the coal-fired units at its North Yorkshire power station with two combined cycle gas turbines…
Continue ReadingUK’s Largest Power Station to Stop Burning Coal by March 2021
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire will stop burning coal next March, after nearly fifty years as one of Western Europe’s largest…
Continue ReadingDrax Considering Options for Final Coal Units at North Yorkshire Plan
Written by Lauren Smith in Broadband
Power company Drax is pondering the future of the remaining coal units at its North Yorkshire plant.
Continue ReadingCoal power in Britain moved even closer to extinction this summer, providing just 1.3% of the UK’s power between April and June, according…
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