Browsing: Drax

Studio Pietrangeli has been appointed as owner’s engineer for the project

Drax-backed analysis found grid was supplied with 100% renewables and nuclear for 25 hours straight in December

Operator agrees to pay over £6m after securing excessive grid balancing payments at 440MW Cruachan

A borehole will recover rock core for analysis to determine structural stability for 600MW underground plant

Developer is filing an application under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 which could take a year to progress

Corporate PPA is for output from the Galloway hydro scheme first built in 1935

Under the plans a second underground hydropower station will be built to provide stability services to the grid

KPMG report for Drax said a cap and floor scheme would help incentivise investment

Project to expand the pumped hydro plant in Scotland to over 1GW is expected to create nearly 900 jobs

Report with hydropower producers recommends introducing funding mechanism to support capacity