Drax has signed an agreement with Allied Glass to provide 66 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity annually from a river hydroelectric scheme in Scotland.
The corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) allows Allied Glass to use hydro-backed Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificates to support its carbon reduction goals, linked to the generation at the Galloway hydro scheme.
The CPPA will help the business to further reduce its carbon emissions – already down by more than 10% since 2015.
The Galloway hydro scheme generates renewable power in response to rising electricity demand, helping to provide grid stability.
Dating back to 1935, the Galloway complex was the first large scale integrated hydroelectric power scheme to be built in Britain.
Located in rural south-west Scotland it comprises six power stations, 12 turbines, eight large dams, 16 km of tunnels and pipelines, five fish passes, 22 bridges and four pumping stations, generating 126MW of electricity.