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Drax starts £450m extension to share buyback

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said on Thursday the final tranche of its £300 million share buyback programme has been completed — and announced the commencement…



Drax investigated by Financial Conduct Authority

Drax Group plc, the North Yorkshire power generator, said the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has commenced an investigation into the company relating to “certain historical…


Drax hires Shell executive Lemmink as CFO

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group announced the appointment of Shell executive Frank Lemmink as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and as an executive director of the…




Drax CFO Skelton to retire

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said Andy Skelton will retire as Chief Financial Officer and board member.  He will remain as CFO and a…




Drax completes £450m refinancing

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said it has completed the refinancing of its revolving credit facility. The company, which runs the UK’s largest renewable…






UK Govt approves BECCS at Drax Power Station

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group announced that the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, has approved the Development Consent…



Drax welcomes UK Government biomass support

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said on Thursday it welcomed the UK Government’s support for sustainably sourced biomass and the critical role that Bioenergy…








Drax adjusted EBITDA up 84% to £731m

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group announced that its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization rose 84% in 2022 to £731 million. That’s…





Drax acquires Canada pellet plant

North Yorkshire power generator Drax Group said it signed an agreement with Princeton Standard Pellet Corporation (PSPC) to acquire its pellet plant in Princeton, British…





Drax biomass deal takes sales book to $4.5bn

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group announced that its subsidiary Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc has agreed to acquire the pellet sales contract book of Pacific…






Drax acquires stake in Alabama Pellets

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group announced it agreed to acquire a 20% minority interest in Alabama Pellets, LLC — a joint venture which owns the…



Drax buys Canada biomass firm in $581m deal

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said on Monday it agreed to buy Canada-based Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc — a producer of sustainable biomass — in a…





Drax secures new £160m infrastructure loans

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said on Monday it has struck a new infrastructure term loan facilities agreement “that provides committed facilities of approximately £160…





Drax extends £125m ESG loan facility to 2025

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group plc said on Friday it has completed a three-year extension to the £125 million Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) loan…







Drax earnings rise, helped by renewable output

Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group plc said on Tuesday its 2018 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 9% to £250 million,…


Drax board in big shake up

Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group plc on Thursday announced that big changes will be taking place during 2019 on its board of directors. “The…


Drax completes £702m ScottishPower acquisition

Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group plc said on Wednesday it completed the acquisition of ScottishPower’s portfolio of pumped storage, hydro and gas-fired generation….




Drax Targets £1bn Of ScottishPower Assets

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group is in talks to buy a number of ScottishPower assets as it continues to diversify away from coal-burning generation. Drax said…



Outages hurt Drax H1 earnings; shares down 7%

Shares of Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group fell about 5% after it said its first-half earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell to…



Drax starts £50m share buy-back programme

Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said on Friday it is commencing a £50 million share buy-back programme. J.P. Morgan Securities plc (JPMS plc) will…


Biomass boost as Drax revenue hits £3.68bn

North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said its 2017 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 64% to £229 million — more than analysts were…


Drax takes £10m hit from power station outage

Shares of North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group fell more than 4% after it said biomass deliveries are currently restricted after an unplanned outage on the rail unloading facilities…




Drax CFO Gardiner succeeds Thompson as CEO

Selby, North Yorkshire-based power company Drax Group said its chief financial officer Will Gardiner will succeed Dorothy Thompson as CEO from January 1, 2018 — just as…