Power Generation News – Late January 2024
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Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho has approved Drax’s £2bn plans to install carbon capture and storage technology at its power plant in Selby, Yorkshire.
Drax’s power station was originally completely coal-fired but, over the past ten years, the facility’s six generating units were converted to run on biomass. The final two units were converted in early 2023.
The new Government decision, taken on Tuesday (16 January), grants Drax permission to add carbon capture technology to two of the units. Will Gardiner, chief executive at Drax Group, called the approval “another milestone”.
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