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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

HISTORICAL FACTS: Drax power plant owner reports highest earnings since pandemic - The Untold Story

The Drax power plant
Drax Group says its adjusted earnings rose to £1.06bn last year. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

The owner of the Drax wood-burning power plant will slow its investment in carbon capture to reduce its emissions, despite securing an extra three years of government subsidies and earning record profits above £1bn last year.

Drax Group said it would commit less investment to fitting the technology at the North Yorkshire power plant unless the government provided clarity over the returns it could expect to make from the upgrade.

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