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First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Powering Britain: engineering Drax power station

There are few projects in Atkins’ history which are of a similar scale to the engineering work conducted at Drax power station in Yorkshire, UK. In only two decades, Atkins completed 15,000 man-years of work to engineer what remains the largest coal-fired ... [Published Atkins - May 14 2013]

Entities: Drax Power Station, United Kingdom, Coal, Boiler, Infrastructure

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Papermakers join forces with NGOs to oppose biomass

The CPI, a host of charities, and other associations are uniting against a move from coal generated energy.THE UK PAPERMAKING INDUSTRY HAS joined forces with environmental groups and other industry associations to protest at the conversion of the giant ... [Published Print Business - May 13 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Coal, Drax Power Station, Power Plant, Carbon

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Federal Communications Commission

FCC seeks other landfill energy source other than landfill gas

While landfill gas has traditionally been the main source of extracted energy from landfill sites, FCC Environment is now sourcing another form of energy from its sites.The company has harvested its first crop of biomass fuel grown on two of its restored ... [Published SCM scrap-ex - May 09 2013]

Entities: Landfill, Landfill Gas, FCC Environment, Federal Communications Commission

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Spencer Group wins biomass handling contract at Port of Hull

Specialist engineering business Spencer Group has become one of the first companies to benefit from supply chain opportunities linked to a £100 million investment in the Humber ports.Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced it had signed a 15-year ... [Published Hub 4 - May 09 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Ports, Drax Power Station

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Yorkshire Forward

York puts faith in Leeds City Region on economy

York is to split from a public-private partnership promoting the North and East Yorkshire economy in a move that could shift control over the spending of millions of pounds in the region, the Yorkshire Post has learned. The decision to leave the York ... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 07 2013]

Entities: Leeds, Yorkshire Forward, Drax Power Station, James Alexander

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Measures biomass levels

A biomass co-firing facility enables Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire to receive, handle, store and process a variety of biomass materials that are directly injected into coal-fired boilers where they are burnt alongside coal.A biomass co-firing ... [Published Ipsearch.com - May 04 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Drax Power Station, Boiler, Miscanthus, Coal

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Social landlords offer warm welcome to £6m in renewable heat funding

DECC launches new £6m competition to support rollout of renewable heat technologies, as campaigners raise fresh concerns over biomass industrySocial housing projects are today being offered the chance to bid for £6m of funding to support renewable heat ... [Published BusinessGreen - May 02 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Department of Energy & Climate Change, Biomass Energy, Low-carbon

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Road to nowhere

Receive daily updates with our mid-morning newsletter Nick CraftsLessons from the UK housebuilding boom in the 1930sCoalition’s make-or-break bid to revamp UK’s antiquated infrastructure slammed by MPsTHE GOVERNMENT’S crucial plan to boost UK growth by ... [Published City A.M. - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Infrastructure, United Kingdom, Paul Deighton, Drax Power Station

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

New loan agreements to aid power station’s switch to biomass

DRAX Power Station has been given Government support for its plans to switch from coal power to biomass.Operators have agreed a £75 million loan with Friends Life, which will mature in 2018, and is underpinned by a guarantee from the Treasury.The loan ... [Published York Press - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Power Plant, United Kingdom, Mark Versey

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Drax's £75m loan marks first for guarantee scheme

The Treasury is to underpin a 75m loan for the Drax power station in North Yorkshire, marking the first project to be financed using the Governments 40bn infrastructure guarantee scheme. Drax used the guarantee to agree a cheaper debt deal with Friends ... [Published Telegraph - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Green Investment Bank, Infrastructure, Drax Power Station, Danny Alexander, Prudential Plc

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Drax power station given first UK loan guarantee

The Treasury is to underwrite £75m worth of investment in the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire in the first confirmed deal using government-backed funding guarantees. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced today that Drax Group’s ... [Published Public Finance Magazine - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Drax Power Station, Drax Group Plc, United Kingdom, Danny Alexander

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Power worker gets suspended sentence for selling plant’s scrap metal

A WORKER who made £106,000 by selling scrap metal belonging to the power station where he was employed has avoided an immediate prison sentence.Brian Paul Smith, 53, of Drax, pleaded guilty to selling metal belonging to Drax Power Station for his personal ... [Published York Press - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Paul Smith, Suspended Sentence, Brian Paul, Drax Power Limited

Quotes

In a joint statement, York Council leader James Alexander and York and North Yorkshire with East Riding LEP chairman Barry Dodd said: "We have worked extremely well together since the formation of the partnership, and developed excellent relationships over the last two years."

York puts faith in Leeds City Region on economy [Published Yorkshire Post - May 07 2013]

"We have jointly written to government to warn that the reckless pursuit of generating electricity from wood threatens to backfire, both in terms of the environment and the economy" the letter states

Social landlords offer warm welcome to £6m in renewable heat funding [Published BusinessGreen - May 02 2013]

"Ofgem's role is to ensure that consumers do not lose out by the failure of firms to deliver all the help required or are not disadvantaged by late delivery."

Greedy energy giants facing huge fines for failing to cut Britain's most vulnerable people to cut ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 01 2013]

Leeds based Senior Planner, Liz Wells, who is managing the project for WYG said: "The onshore / offshore element and diversity of stakeholders associated with this scheme has added plenty of dimension to this project. It's been crucial to approach assessment, planning and stakeholder engagement consistently, and this will continue as the project gains momentum. Regular dialogue with the Planning Inspectorate, local authorities and stakeholders will be critical to ensure project milestones are achieved and progress maintained."

WYG PLC: WYG joins pioneering commercial Carbon Capture & Storage project - 24/4/2013 [Published 4 Traders - Apr 24 2013]

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Energy policy: the lunacy of biomass [Published EU Referendum - Mar 10 2013] In the Saturday essay for the Daily Mail , Booker dissects Britain's energy policy by looking at the giant Drax power station in Yorkshire.There is, he writes, no better symbol of madness than turning one of the biggest and most efficiently run ...
UK politics: aid for industry [Published EU Referendum - Mar 08 2013] Readers will be delighted to learn that the UK government, under the care of Mr Cameron, last night announced a £10 million aid package for the mining industry.A slight downside to this award is that it is not for the hard-pressed British industry, ...
8 ENGINEERING A CARBON-CAPTURED FUTURE [Published SUCKING CARBON OUT OF AIR - Jan 13 2013] 8 ENGINEERING A CARBON-CAPTURED FUTUREIn this post, I want to draw together some of the threads that I have been pursuing so far, and weave them into a workable scheme that I hope will make sense to others. I cannot expect to reach energy company ...
Broker Round-up part 2, including Seeing Machin... [Published Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom website - Nov 30 2012] Broker finnCap said the largest sale yet of Seeing Machines ’ ( LON:SEE ) driver fatigue monitoring systems underpins its 2013 revenue growth forecasts of over 60% to A$11.5mln. It also said the deal to sell 180 units of its Driver Safety Solution ...
Appraise Biomass Market Drivers in EU and Asia ... [Published http://www.xeniosworld.com/feed/ - Jan 18 2012] Appraise Biomass Market Drivers in EU and Asia at 3rd Biomass Trade and Power SummitBiomass (wood pellets, wood chips and agricultural residues) contributes more than half of renewable energy consumption in the EU, providing a clean, secure and competitive ...