Drax Group plc

Drax Group plc is a British electrical power generation company. The Group is made up of upstream and downstream enterprises. The principal downstream enterprises are based in the UK and include Drax Power Limited, which runs Europe’s biggest biomass-fuelled power station, Drax power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire – the UK’s largest decarbonisation project, as well as supplying between 7-8 per cent of the country’s electricity needs. Related businesses include Haven Power, a supplier of electricity (including sustainable biomass energy) to business. The group’s largest upstream enterprises are Drax Biomass, which sources sustainable biomass for Drax power station and Baton Rouge Transit, which handles storage and transport of finished biomass pellets from the Port of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Type:                     Public limited company

Traded as:           LSE: DRX

Industry:              Electrical power generation

Founded:            2005

Headquarters:   Drax, North Yorkshire, England

Products:             Electrical power and byproducts of power product

Website:              www.drax.com