Drax

A dedicated hub for community engagement, education, and information sharing tied to the project to run a 505km 2GW subsea cable from Aberdeenshire to Yorkshire has officially opened in Peterhead. The Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) is the UK’s biggest ever electricity transmission project, design

Renewable energy pioneer Drax is to invest around £15.4 million in a major refurbishment of its historic Glenlee power station.

Energy company Drax has acquired battery energy storage sites near the village of Neilston in East Renfrewshire and in East Kilbride.

Cruachan Power Station celebrates its 60th anniversary, marking six decades of helping to keep the country’s lights on.

Scotland's charities benefited from over a quarter of a million pounds last year thanks to Drax Foundation's commitment to local communities and STEM development. £250,000 worth of funding went to a wide variety of organisations who support to local communities, help to develop STEM (science,

Renewable energy firm Drax is set to usher in a new dawn of sustainability for its historic Lanark and Galloway hydro schemes by installing state-of-the-art solar power panels across both sites. 

The Drax Foundation, the charitable entity of renewable energy leader Drax Group, has continued its long-term funding of the Argyll & the Isles & Countryside Trust (ACT), bringing total donations to the community-led charity to over £125,000 since 2023.

Renewable energy pioneer Drax has welcomed over 100 businesses, prospective suppliers and local communities to an event for the planned expansion project at Cruachan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Station. Organised in collaboration with NOF, a not-for-profit UK membership organisation helping to connec

Renewable energy company Drax has announced funding grants to 48 organisations including 12 across Scotland, in the communities where Drax operates. The donations, which range from £750 to £2,000, are for community-led projects that support STEM education and skills, promote safety and h

Ofgem has closed its investigation into Drax Power Limited after opening the investigation in May this year to learn whether the firm was in breach of annual profiling reporting requirements relating to the Renewables Obligations (RO) scheme and other related matters. The investigation focussed

Drax Group has launched a new £30,000 transport fund to help schools to organise visits to Drax’s sites around the UK. The new fund supports the work Drax’s charitable entity, Drax Foundation, does to get young people to develop their science technology engineering and maths (STEM)

Exploratory groundworks at the site of what would be the UK’s first pumped storage scheme to be developed in 40 years are underway on the slopes of Ben Cruachan, near Oban.

Renewable energy firm Drax Group has announced the support it will provide to community organisations local to its operations though its new Community Fund, launched in 2023.

The Drax Foundation, the charitable entity of renewable energy company Drax Group, has awarded £82,000 to two projects in Scotland. Ember Aquatics and ACT Native Tree Nursery are the two successful recipients of the second annual round of funding from the Drax Foundation. Both projects support

Unite has secured enhanced bonus pay for more than 500 engineering and construction workers at Drax power station. The workers are employed by Drax contractors Altrad and TEI.