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Drax improves profit guidance after heatwave boosts demand

Drax group chief executive Will Gardiner said strong recent trading continued into the second half of 2026.

Evening Standard · Sep 17

Drax Group Pauses Buyback as £561M Bluefield Solar Deal Boosts UK Renewables

Drax Group (LON:DRX) Chief Executive Will Gardiner said the company’s recommended all-cash offer to acquire Bluefield Solar Income Fund would significantly expand Drax’s U.K. renewables business and broaden its generation portfolio, while prompting a pause in its current share buyback program pendin

MarketBeat · Jun 1

Drax power plant to go on earning ‘over £1m a day’ from burning wood pellets

Analysts say Britain’s biggest power plant in line to earn £458.6m a year under new government subsidy contract

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

BP declines to reveal how much ‘loophole’ saved it in windfall tax

MPs hear concerns that investment in North Sea oil and gas reduces the tax, effectively rewarding fossil fuels over renewables

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2022

Drax submits plans for world's largest carbon capture facility

Two-unit proposal would tap into Zero Carbon Humber and East Coast Cluster transportation and storage projects

Birmingham Post · Jul 12, 2022

Government asks Drax to keep coal on the back burner as energy crisis continues

North Yorkshire energy giant intends to close two remaining units in September but 'remains committed to supporting security of supply in the UK'

Birmingham Post · Apr 27, 2022