‘Hugely exciting': Drax to test carbon capture technology at North Yorkshire biomass plant

Drax and C-Capture say North Yorkshire pilot could be the 'first of several' in the UK aimed at delivering negative emissions

(L-R) Jason Shipstone, head of R&D at Drax Group; Caspar
Schoolderman, director of engineering at C-Capture;
Andy Koss, CEO Drax Power; Prof. Christopher Rayner,
 technical director at C-Capture; Carl Clayton, research
 and innovation engineer at Drax Group 

Drax is set to pilot Europe's first biomass carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, having today announced a partnership with CCS specialists from the University of Leeds to pilot "new technology" at its North Yorkshire power plant.

In a major boost for both CO2 capture development and hopes that a negative emissions industry could one day play a key role in a net zero emission economy, the energy firm said it was partnering with C-Capture - a spin out from the University of Leeds - to invest £400,000 in "what could be the first of several pilot projects" at Drax to deliver "rapid, low cost demonstration of BECCS" (bioenergy CCS).

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