Where We Operate

Drax is a growing, international business at the heart of the green energy transition and we are accelerating our plans to invest billions of pounds in critical renewable energy and carbon removal technologies which could create thousands of jobs and generate the secure, renewable power that this planet urgently needs.

Explore our locations and our sustainable biomass approach across the globe.

Global business information

3000
employees

38
locations

3.1 Mt
pellets produced

Find out how our Biomass sourcing is focused on our sustainable development framework to be

Climate
positive

Nature
positive

People
positive

  • corporate-office Corporate Office
  • Development Development
  • operation-plants Operation Plants
  • ports Ports
  • Elimini Elimini
Our US operations
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Our US operations

Across North America, the Group has 18 operational pellet plants and developments, with nameplate production capacity of around 5 million tonnes a year.

The Group also aims to build on its BECCS innovation at Drax Power Station with a target to deliver 4 million tonnes of negative CO2 emissions each year from new-build BECCS outside of the UK by 2030 and is currently developing models for North American and European markets.

Our UK operations
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Our UK operations

Drax owns and operates a portfolio of renewable electricity generation assets in England and Scotland. The assets include the UK’s largest power station, based at Selby, North Yorkshire, which supplies five percent of the country’s electricity needs.

 

 

Our Japan operations
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Our Japan operations

Drax is the second-largest sustainable biomass producer globally, and the UK’s largest source of renewable power by output.

Explore our locations and our sustainable biomass approach across the globe.

Our Canada operations
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Our Canada Operations

Across North America, the Group has 18 operational pellet plants and developments, with nameplate production capacity of around 5 million tonnes a year.

Longview

Longview (Washington state) is a 450kt new-build pellet plant, including the development of a new port facility at this location.

The Longview facility – located adjacent to the Port of Longview in Washington State – will produce wood pellets made exclusively from locally sourced residual fiber that meets Drax’s high sustainability standards

Longview will receive all its fiber in the form of sawmill residuals from established and well-respected companies with strong sustainability practices.

Longview will support 300 direct and indirect jobs and ~225-275 construction jobs.

The plant and port are expected to begin commissioning in 2025.

Overview

Longview (Washington state) is a 450kt new-build pellet plant, including the development of a new port facility at this location.

The Longview facility – located adjacent to the Port of Longview in Washington State – will produce wood pellets made exclusively from locally sourced residual fiber that meets Drax’s high sustainability standards

Longview will receive all its fiber in the form of sawmill residuals from established and well-respected companies with strong sustainability practices.

Longview will support 300 direct and indirect jobs and ~225-275 construction jobs.

The plant and port are expected to begin commissioning in 2025.

Houston

Corporate office 

Houston is Elimini’s headquarters and also acts as an office for Drax in the US. This office is uniquely positioned to lead the transition to a cleaner, more efficient and more sustainable, lower carbon world, and Drax Group’s ambition to become a carbon negative business by 2030 aligns with our regions expertise and continued investment.

Drax Foundation donates over £320k to support STEM education and community initiatives in UK and North America >
Overview

Corporate office 

Houston is Elimini’s headquarters and also acts as an office for Drax in the US. This office is uniquely positioned to lead the transition to a cleaner, more efficient and more sustainable, lower carbon world, and Drax Group’s ambition to become a carbon negative business by 2030 aligns with our regions expertise and continued investment.

People positive
Drax Foundation donates over £320k to support STEM education and community initiatives in UK and North America >

Glasgow

Drax corporate office 

Overview

Drax corporate office 

Port of Tyne

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Find out more about the Port of Tyne here

Overview

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Find out more about the Port of Tyne here

Ipswich

Our Ipswich office is home to our Customers business, which is principally focused on renewable electricity sales to industrial and corporate customers. We also offer non-generation system support and energy management services, in addition to providing a route to market for many smaller embedded renewable generators.

Find out more about Drax Energy Solutions here.

How we cut energy output in our Ipswich office by 29% >
Overview

Our Ipswich office is home to our Customers business, which is principally focused on renewable electricity sales to industrial and corporate customers. We also offer non-generation system support and energy management services, in addition to providing a route to market for many smaller embedded renewable generators.

Find out more about Drax Energy Solutions here.

Climate positive
How we cut energy output in our Ipswich office by 29% >

London

Drax corporate office

Find out more about our UK operations here.

Port of Baton Rouge

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Find more information about the Port of Baton Rouge here.

Carbon Emissions >
Our Communities >
ESG Performance Report >

Port of Mobile

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Find out more about the Port of Mobile here.

 

Carbon Emissions >
Our Communities >
ESG Performance Report >

Port of Liverpool

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Acquired by Drax, not owned by Drax

Find out more about Peel Ports here.

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Overview

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Acquired by Drax, not owned by Drax

Find out more about Peel Ports here.

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Ports of Immingham and Hull

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Not owned by Drax

Find out more about the Port of Immingham here

Overview

Port involved in the supply of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station

Not owned by Drax

Find out more about the Port of Immingham here

Galloway Hydro Scheme

Drax hydro-electric scheme

Acquired by Drax: 2018

Find out more about Galloway Hydro-electric scheme here.

 

Drax
Hydro-electric schemes >
Waterflow outside Glenlee Power Station
How river-powered hydro schemes work >
Drax
A brief history of Scottish hydropower >
Carbon Emissions >
Black Water of Dee Restorations
Working with Galloway Glens to boost salmon and trout habitats >
Drax invests £6M in Galloway Hydro Scheme refurbishment >
£1.1m refurbishment of historic Drax hydro power station >
Private: Positive Social Impact >
Our Communities >
Female engineer at Drax Power Station
Educational resources >
Drax delivers laptops for learners to ensure Dumfries & Galloway’s students are not left behind in their studies >
Ryan Connelly, apprentice at Drax Group
Drax boosts STEM skills with Galloway apprenticeship >
Galloway Glens initiative visit
Drax announces £100,000 for Galloway Glens initiative >
ESG Performance Report >

Prince George

Corporate office 

Acquired by Drax: 2021

Carbon Emissions >
Our Communities >
ESG Performance Report >

Drax Power Station

Drax Power Station generates electricity from sustainable biomass, providing a secure, reliable and flexible source of renewable energy 

Acquired by Drax: 1967

Find out more about Drax Power Station here.

The role of biomass in securing reliable power generation >
CCUS incubation area, Drax Power Station, July 2019
BECCS and negative emissions >
Biomass storage domes, Drax Power Station, July 2019
Towards Carbon Negative >
Why the Humber represents Britain’s biggest decarbonisation opportunity >
Visit Skylark Centre and Nature Reserve, Drax Power Station >
Our Communities >
Female engineer at Drax Power Station
Educational resources >
The economic impact of Drax in the U.K., U.S. and Canada >
Bridging the skills gap to a net zero future starts with education >
The jobs needed to build a net zero energy future >
Selby College and Drax secure funding to support the green workforce of the future >
Drax to boost skills and training with five-year Selby College partnership >
Tractor preparing biomass wood pellets for shipment after loading onto the Zheng Zhi bulk carrier vessel at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in February
Sourcing Sustainable Biomass >
Carbon Emissions >
Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire
IPCC on biomass power generation carbon accounting >
ESG Performance Report >