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The Latest Breaking News from Drax

Currys no longer flavour of the month in the Scando countries

It seems nothing is ever straightforward with the UK’s foremost electrical retailer

The Guardian - UK

Exact time tonight Brits are being asked to cut electricity use in bid to halt blackouts

UK next-day electricity prices surged yesterday to help attract power imports through interconnectors from Europe. Record prices are expected during the peak demand hours of 5pm to 7pm today

Daily Mirror

National Grid asks two coal plants to fire up amid big freeze

National Grid said the move to use two standby plants should ‘give the public confidence in Monday’s energy supply’

Evening Standard

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People asked to turn appliances off between 5pm and 7pm tonight in system test

Two more coal-fired power stations are being brought online to prepare for a surge in demand

Wales Online

National Grid stands down coal plants on standby in icy weather

Great Britain’s electricity system operator says it has no concerns over blackouts despite snow and ice

The Guardian - UK

Chamber backs Humber 2030 Vision as 'single message strategy' endorsed to bring international investment in

£15b decarbonisation plan pleases early signatory to zero carbon proposal on the Energy Estuary

Birmingham Post

Hunt’s windfall tax on energy leaves several billion on the table

The chancellor’s statement, viewed through the lens of companies and investors, looks ‘a very reasonable outcome’

The Guardian - UK

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30 new wagons heading to Drax as power giant turns to UK railfreight manufacturer

New order placed with original supplier as efficiencies achieved to make suplpy chain more sustainable

Birmingham Post

Climate change activists protest 'environmental abominations' outside bank

Campaigners say Barclays is funding forest destruction, biodiversity loss, environmental injustice and climate-wrecking emissions

Liverpool Echo

Former Energy Secretary claims government has been 'backsliding' on green agenda as Humber role hots up

Chris Huhne is confident carbon capture and hydrogen can follow offshore wind success story with mechanism to make it happen

Birmingham Post

Power giants to face ‘windfall tax’ after all as Liz Truss delivers U-turn

Prime minister accused of ‘another screeching U-turn’ having previously rejected calls to impose levy

The Guardian - UK

Drax agrees deal for US pellet plant stake as it vehemently defends Canadian forestry work amid BBC claims

Panorama programme dismissed by North Yorkshire power giant bosses as supply chain secured in $22m deal

Birmingham Post

Climate campaigner ejected from Labour event sponsored by Drax power plant firm

Activists interrupt party conference debate to criticise company’s wood-burning biomass operations

The Guardian - UK

UK accused of funding environmental racism with subsidies to Drax

The power station has paid out millions over alleged overpollution in US south, investigation finds

The Guardian - UK

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Birmingham Post

Power generator Uniper nationalised by German government as stabilisation measure over energy crisis

Gas-focused business with major UK assets has been hit by hikes and impact of Russia's Ukrainian invasion - no plans to sell off

Birmingham Post

World's largest carbon trading deal struck by Drax at New York Climate Week

Biomass-focused renewable energy giant is looking to build a plant in North America

The Guardian - UK

Energy bills may rise if government gives Drax more support, say MPs

Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions could negotiate over Liz Truss’s £150bn bills freeze

The Guardian - UK

Centrica and EDF are at the table – now UK ministers must strike a fair electricity price

The companies may have volunteered for duty so speedily because they’re looking for something for themselves

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Birmingham Post

New apprentices recruited to Drax Power Station as it undergoes decarbonisation moves

The energy plant, which is now a biomass operation, is training a group of local people

The Independent UK

Coal power plant closure ‘postponed to ward off winter blackouts’

The National Grid has already made deals with Drax and EDF to keep open two units each from October to the end of March

The Guardian - UK

Closure of coal power station set to be delayed to prevent UK blackouts

Under deal, German owner of Nottinghamshire station would be paid a fee to pause decommissioning

Daily Mirror

Lame duck Boris Johnson pops in to energy crisis talks - but there’s STILL no plan

The Prime Minister made a surprise appearance at talks in Downing Street, where he lives and works, as bills rise to £4,200 - but announced no new measures to help struggling Brits

The Guardian - UK

Burning imported wood in Drax power plant ‘doesn’t make sense’, says Kwarteng

Drax power plant has taken £5.6bn in subsidies from energy bill payers but business secretary says practice is ‘not sustainable’

Birmingham Post

Drax swoops for Canadian pellet plant to bolster strategic supply

90,000 tonnes to be added to existing operations in North America

The Guardian - UK

National Grid asks UK coal power plants to be on standby this winter

Users may also be paid to use less electricity, as country prepares for gas shortfalls across Europe

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