The former coal-fired power plant plans up to 2030 and become carbon neutral
Powerhouse company in North Yorkshire is already largely running on renewable fuels such as wood pellets and now it promises to expand the system of carbon sequestration, which will capture millions of tons of greenhouse gases annually.
power generation company Drax also plans to close the two remaining coal mines in North Yorkshire by 2025, although the company did not say how it will affect electricity generation.
currently a pilot project at the site picks up a ton of carbon every day. By the end of the next decade, designed to reduce CO2 will remove eight million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, promise in the company.
"the UK Government is working on a policy and investment structure to encourage technologies with negative emissions, which will allow the UK to become home to the world's first carbon-negative company," - said the head of Drax will Gardiner.
the Proposed scheme will require the extension of government subsidies, which expire in the year 2027, the company said. Currently, Drax receives around 2 million pounds a day from the state to support their "green transition", but this support runs out in less than 10 years.
energy Production from biomass is being challenged by certain members of the campaign for the protection of the environment. In the report of Chatham House for 2017 States that wood burning is not carbon neutral, as young trees planted as replacements, absorb and store less carbon than the burned. Others say that it can lead to the loss of forests.