Drax Group plc
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Lobbying costs:
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50,000€ - 99,999€
Lobbyists declared: 1.5 FTE (3)
WARNING: The number of full time equivalent lobbyists declared by this organisation are extraordinarily high and may therefore have been over-declared.
Lobbyists with EP accreditation: 0
Meetings with European Commission: 9
Lobbying costs over the years:
Drax Group plc
Registration on EU Transparency Register
Website
Goals / Remit
Drax Group plc is committed to enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future.
Drax Group employs around 2,500 people and has three principal activities – electricity generation, energy supply, and compressed wood pellet manufacturing for use in electricity production.
We are responsible for generating 12% of the UK’s electricity. Having successfully upgraded the UK’s biggest power station through innovative engineering, Drax Power Station is now a predominantly biomass-fuelled generator. 70% of the electricity produced at Drax Power Station – enough to power Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool – is now made using compressed wood pellets rather than coal. Our generating portfolio also includes pump storage, run of river hydro, gas and biomass from waste.
Our US business employs innovative manufacturing techniques, using wood from responsibly managed working forests to produce compressed biomass pellets. These pellets are shipped safely and efficiently around (...)
Issues
Nothing specific but in general: Biomass Sustainability Policy Wood Pellet imports Power Generation Emissions Trading Climate Change
Address
Drax Power Station
Selby YO8 8PH
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 1757 618381