Drax

The Reclaim the Power group were picketing outside the London offices of Drax and blocked entrances to SSE’s site in Lincolnshire

The energy giant has teamed up with a biotech start-up to explore whether captured carbon dioxide emissions can be used to make edible proteins

The announcement coincides with the government’s commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050

They will explore how a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility could be built in the Humber region

The power plant owner will lease clean cars, provide EV charging infrastructure and software and supply renewable electricity to power the chargers

They will provide advice on the potential incentives and regulations needed for the development of a new CCUS market in Britain

The open cycle gas turbine plant will have a total capacity of 299MW

The £400k pilot is using C-Capture’s innovative technology to capture a tonne of CO2 a day from the gases produced when power is generated using biomass

It will use the cash to further develop its technology, which removes carbon emissions from power stations and cement, steel and aluminium facilities

The firm has bought the Spanish Energy company’s portfolio of flexible, low carbon and renewable assets