Where We Operate

Drax is a growing, international business at the heart of the green energy transition and we are accelerating our plans to invest billions of pounds in critical renewable energy and carbon removal technologies which could create thousands of jobs and generate the secure, renewable power that this planet urgently needs.

Explore our locations and our sustainable biomass approach across the globe.

Global business information

3000
employees

38
locations

3.1 Mt
pellets produced

Find out how our Biomass sourcing is focused on our sustainable development framework to be

Climate
positive

Nature
positive

People
positive

  • ports Ports
  • operation-plants Operation Plants
  • corporate-office Corporate Office
Our US operations
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Our US operations

Across North America, the Group has 18 operational pellet plants and developments, with nameplate production capacity of around 5 million tonnes a year.

The Group also aims to build on its BECCS innovation at Drax Power Station with a target to deliver 4 million tonnes of negative CO2 emissions each year from new-build BECCS outside of the UK by 2030 and is currently developing models for North American and European markets.

Our UK operations
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Our UK operations

Drax owns and operates a portfolio of renewable electricity generation assets in England and Scotland. The assets include the UK’s largest power station, based at Selby, North Yorkshire, which supplies five percent of the country’s electricity needs.

 

 

Our Japan operations
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Our Japan operations

Drax is the second-largest sustainable biomass producer globally, and the UK’s largest source of renewable power by output.

Explore our locations and our sustainable biomass approach across the globe.

Our Canada operations
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Our Canada Operations

Across North America, the Group has 18 operational pellet plants and developments, with nameplate production capacity of around 5 million tonnes a year.

Glasgow

Northampton

Our Northampton office is home to our Customer business, Opus Energy. Opus Energy has supplied businesses and other organisations since 2002 and currently energises over 225,000 UK premises. By providing renewable source electricity as standard, plus energy services, we’re helping customers achieve their sustainability goals.

Find out more about Opus Energy here. 

How we’ve saved £80,000 by investing in solar >
Overview

Our Northampton office is home to our Customer business, Opus Energy. Opus Energy has supplied businesses and other organisations since 2002 and currently energises over 225,000 UK premises. By providing renewable source electricity as standard, plus energy services, we’re helping customers achieve their sustainability goals.

Find out more about Opus Energy here. 

Climate positive
How we’ve saved £80,000 by investing in solar >

Ipswich

Our Ipswich office is home to our Customers business, which is principally focused on renewable electricity sales to industrial and corporate customers. We also offer non-generation system support and energy management services, in addition to providing a route to market for many smaller embedded renewable generators.

Find out more about Drax Energy Solutions here.

How we cut energy output in our Ipswich office by 29% >
Overview

Our Ipswich office is home to our Customers business, which is principally focused on renewable electricity sales to industrial and corporate customers. We also offer non-generation system support and energy management services, in addition to providing a route to market for many smaller embedded renewable generators.

Find out more about Drax Energy Solutions here.

Climate positive
How we cut energy output in our Ipswich office by 29% >

Daldowie fuel plant

Generation capacity
Daldowie Fuel Plant can convert 1,000 tonnes of sludge into 23.5 tonnes of biomass pellets that can be used as a sustainable fuel source.

Acquired by Drax
2019

Find out more about Daldowie here.

Stevie Gilluley Senior Operator at Daldowie fuel plant
How Scotland’s sewage becomes renewable energy >
Biomass storage domes, Drax Power Station, July 2019
Towards Carbon Negative >
Carbon Emissions >
Our Communities >
Female engineer at Drax Power Station
Educational resources >
‘Renewable energy apprentices’ kickstart careers at Drax >
ESG data supplement >

Port of Liverpool

Acquired by Drax
Not owned by Drax

Find out more about Peel Ports here.

Overview

Acquired by Drax
Not owned by Drax

Find out more about Peel Ports here.

Ports of Immingham and Hull

Not owned by Drax

Find out more about the Port of Immingham here

Galloway Hydro Scheme

Generation capacity
109MW

Acquired by Drax
2018

Find out more about Galloway Hydro-electric scheme here.

Hydro-electric schemes >
Waterflow outside Glenlee Power Station
How river-powered hydro schemes work >
The Clatteringshaws Dam in the Galloway Forest Park in south west Scotland. Built by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners in 1932-38, it is on the south west
A brief history of Scottish hydropower >
Carbon Emissions >
Black Water of Dee Restorations
Working with Galloway Glens to boost salmon and trout habitats >
Drax invests £6M in Galloway Hydro Scheme refurbishment >
£1.1m refurbishment of historic Drax hydro power station >
Positive Social Impact >
Our Communities >
Female engineer at Drax Power Station
Educational resources >
Drax delivers laptops for learners to ensure Dumfries & Galloway’s students are not left behind in their studies >
Ryan Connelly, apprentice at Drax Group
Drax boosts STEM skills with Galloway apprenticeship >
Galloway Glens initiative visit
Drax announces £100,000 for Galloway Glens initiative >
ESG data supplement >

Drax Power Station

Generation capacity
2580MW (Biomass), 1290MW (coal)

Acquired by Drax
1967

Find out more about Drax Power Station here.

The role of biomass in securing reliable power generation >
CCUS incubation area, Drax Power Station, July 2019
BECCS and negative emissions >
Biomass storage domes, Drax Power Station, July 2019
Towards Carbon Negative >
Why the Humber represents Britain’s biggest decarbonisation opportunity >
Visit Skylark Centre and Nature Reserve, Drax Power Station >
Our Communities >
Female engineer at Drax Power Station
Educational resources >
The economic impact of Drax in the U.K., U.S. and Canada >
Bridging the skills gap to a net zero future starts with education >
The jobs needed to build a net zero energy future >
Selby College and Drax secure funding to support the green workforce of the future >
Drax to boost skills and training with five-year Selby College partnership >
Tractor preparing biomass wood pellets for shipment after loading onto the Zheng Zhi bulk carrier vessel at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in February
Sourcing Sustainable Biomass >
Carbon Emissions >
Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire
IPCC on biomass power generation carbon accounting >
ESG data supplement >