Conferences

Argus Biomass Conference

London, UK
1-3 April 2025
View pricing
101Faltam dias
Linha diretaE-mail

Site visit – An inside look at Drax Power Station

Join us on a tour of Drax Power Station – the largest decarbonisation project in Europe.

The site visit will explore topics including:

  • Coal to biomass conversion
  • Biomass sustainability
  • Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage

 

Add the Drax Power Station site visit on Monday 31 March 2025 to your main conference pass. Available on a first-come-first-served basis and capped at 30 passes, places will book fast! Register today to avoid disappointment.

Site visit sponsor

FutureMetrics

FutureMetrics is the leading global consultancy in the wood pellet sector. FutureMetrics provides information, analysis, operations guidance, due diligence services, and strategic advice to many of the world’s leading companies who are in the wood pellet sector, or who are considering entering the sector. FutureMetrics combines deep operational expertise, powerful sector focused financial modeling skills, and thought leading market awareness.

View website

Learn more

Your site visit add-on pass includes:

  • Transportation and transfer to and from Drax Power Station in Selby, North Yorkshire
  • Lunch onsite
  • A tour of the Drax Power Station, including a presentation from Drax

 

Register now for your main conference pass and add this site visit to your pass.

Learn more: Drax Power Station

Drax is set to be one of the first power stations in the world to be fitted with BECCS – bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. BECCS is the most scalable negative emissions technology available today to remove Co2 from the atmosphere.

It’s a project that can put the UK and Yorkshire at the forefront of the fight against climate change and help position the UK as a world leader in carbon removal technology.
Add the site visit to your main conference pass.

Register now - Limited places available

Key facts

Drax Power Station provides 11% of the UK’s renewable power, providing a secure, reliable and flexible source of renewable energy to support more intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar.
The site near Selby in North Yorkshire provides the most renewable power of any single location in the UK, some 14 terawatt-hours (TWh) or enough electricity to power the equivalent of five million homes.
The use of biomass pellets reduces carbon emissions by 80% compared to coal.
The station includes 4 x 645MW biomass fired units and produces around 14 terawatt-hours (TWh).
Drax Power Station is vital to the regional economy with more than 700 people employed at the plant throughout the year and it supports over 4,200 jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber area.

Limited availability - add to your main conference pass