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🌿 Enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future. CEO: @ddwg.

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The UK government has high ambitions for AI - forecasts see at least 6 GW of AI-capable data centres needed by 2030. 📈

How can we ensure we accommodate this new demand effectively?

➡️ Learn more in #ElectricInsights: https://t.co/q4yS7HvDwe

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⚡️New Evidence Hub paper on the future of electricity systems.

As renewables grow and demand rises, delivering a reliable net zero system needs a mix of technologies and evolving markets.

Our conclusion: markets & carbon pricing alone aren’t enough.

🔗 https://t.co/PwbSjFcfaG

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🤝 Our Community team attended the @BITC Pride of Place summit this week, bringing together business, government and the voluntary sector to tackle youth unemployment and create meaningful opportunities. #PlaceSummit26

Learn more: https://t.co/GRPuaAN6LB

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🔋Drax is investing in battery storage that can store renewable energy when it’s abundant and use it later in the day to balance high demand and costs.🔋

Learn more in this ESS News @pvm_ess_news article from Drax CCO, Paul Sheffield: https://t.co/7NP0cwfTgg

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As more weather-dependent renewables come online, electricity is increasingly generated when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing.

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We’ve published the May edition of Drax’s LinkedIn newsletter - bringing together some of the key stories and updates from the past month. 🗞️

Read more: https://t.co/9CwiQIH2O6

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⚡️ The Q1 2026 #ElectricInsights report is live. @imperialcollege @iain_staffell

It explores how Britain’s AI ambition depends on the grid; how we can insulate Britain from geopolitical energy shocks; and much more.

🗞️ Read here: https://t.co/AFNiz9ReAo

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What are residual emissions — and why do they matter? ⚡️

There’s no single definition, but they’re real and need managing and counterbalancing to reduce risk.

➡️ Read more in our report: https://t.co/PwbSjFcfaG

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⚡️ How does biomass deliver system stability in an uncertain energy landscape? 🌿

Hear from our Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer, Ross McKenzie, in his new opinion piece for Bioenergy Insight.

➡️ https://t.co/wlcqQTielt

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Find out more in our press release: https://t.co/j9MzcteI0n

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The Princess Royal recently visited Cruachan ‘Hollow Mountain’ Power Station to mark its 60th anniversary. 👑

Carved into Ben Cruachan, the plant was the first large-scale reversible pumped storage hydro facility in the world when it was opened by the late Queen Elizabeth II.

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In the latest episode of The Purposeful Strategist, our CEO Will Gardiner @ddwg discusses the changing role of electricity in modern life - and why energy is now central to economic growth, innovation and resilience. 🎙️

👉 Learn more here: https://t.co/5etWewA8Rz

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Our team attended the  WBCSD Annual Meeting 2026 in Montreux, Switzerland last week - joining C-suite leaders, Council Members and implementation experts to explore how sustainability can be turned into performance and delivered at scale. 🌍

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We’re pleased to have completed the first in a series of solar power installations across our historic Galloway and Lanark hydropower schemes in Scotland. ☀️

Learn more in our press release: https://t.co/00QQpkLzz3

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🔗 Read the full article: https://t.co/TPCsT7lif6

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“Expanding clean, domestically produced power will be central to building a more secure energy system...the direction is clear; the challenge now is delivery”.⚡️

Read more from Ross McKenzie, our Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, in this @EnergyVoiceNews article.

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We’ve published the April edition of Drax’s LinkedIn newsletter - bringing together some of the key stories and updates from the past month. 🗞️

Read more: https://t.co/n2zV0hCuHa

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Ultra Yorkshire, which was launched and named as part of Drax Power Station’s 50th anniversary celebrations, has made its first transatlantic voyage delivering biomass pellets to support UK energy security. 🚢

Learn more in our press release: https://t.co/ntl2dfVZC5

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At Drax, our mission is to help meet the world's increasing demand for secure energy, sustainably. ⚡️

For us, sustainability isn’t about words, it’s about action.

Hear more from Drax’s Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer, Ross McKenzie.

➡️https://t.co/hxfUKLTH9M

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The UK paid £1.3 billion to turn off wind farms last year and avoid overloading the grid. ⚡️ #ad

➡️Read more from Ash Hein, FlexGen Business Development Director at Drax, in a recent @politico article: https://t.co/gm83ClyRsv