Drax is enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future
Drax is a renewable energy company engaged in generating renewable power, producing sustainable biomass, and selling renewable electricity to businesses. We are the UK’s largest single source of renewable electricity.
A portfolio aligned to energy security and the transition to net zero.
FlexGen
Our portfolio of flexible generation and energy solutions includes c.2.1GW of long- and short-duration storage and flexible generation:
0.4 GW capacity
Cruachan pumped storage hydro power station
0.1 GW capacity
Lanark and Galloway hydropower schemes
0.9 GW capacity
OCGTs (when fully commissioned)
0.7 GW capacity
BESS (when fully commissioned)
Options for growth
Options to invest in growth – energy security, data centres, and flexible, renewable energy, including GW scale pipeline of BESS opportunities.
Drax Power Station site – development of options to utilise 4GW of capacity and grid access. Planning application in development for potential option for c.100MW data centre. Ambition to grow to >1GW data centre post 2031. Develop system support capabilities and FlexGen.
Pellet Production
A vertically integrated producer, user, buyer, and seller of sustainable biomass. Producing wood pellets for use for generation at Drax Power Station and for contracted sales to third parties in Asia and Europe.
c.5Mt p.a. of capacity
Across 14 plants in the USA and Canada
Drax Power Station site
The 4GW site comprises four fully flexible and independent biomass units providing 2.6GW of capacity for secure 24/7 renewable power – capable of generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent of over eight million homes – and a wide range of system support services. In addition, the site has a further 1.3GW of grid access.
