The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire, once the largest coal power station in Western Europe, has slashed its emissions by 90 per cent in less than 10 years and can now claim to be a “purely renewable power generator”, according to its owners.
In financial results posted today, Drax Group claimed it was now one of Europe’s “lowest carbon utilities”, following the sale of its power plant’s gas assets to VPI last February and the end of commercial coal generation at the site in March.
Coal use at the plant will end completely in September 2022, when existing capacity market agreements come …
