DUoS charges, BECCS and more: Drax Energy Solutions January Newsletter
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DUoS charges: 2025’s box of frogs
It’s all change in Distribution Use of System (DUoS) costs, one of the largest components of every power bill.
Published just before Christmas, the final DUoS charges for 2025-26 in most regions show a significant variance to those being levied in 2024-25. This is due to an approximate doubling of capacity charges, which means it’s important for organisations to ensure they don’t set their Maximum Import Capacities (MICs) at too high a level. Simultaneously, DNO’s standing charges are being slashed across most regions, leading to a slight drop in overall DUoS for many users.
@Daniel Starman, Sales Energy Market Lead at @Drax Energy Solutions, explores what’s changing and what it might mean for your organisation in a recent article.
BECCS at Drax Power Station
Earlier this month, the UK Government approved our planning application for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS); the only credible large-scale technology that can both deliver carbon removals and generate renewable power. Once operational, the conversion of our biomass units to BECCS will enable Drax Power Station to remove approximately 8 million tonnes of CO2 per year - roughly equal to cancelling all departing flights from Heathrow for a year?
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Alongside this, new analysis by Baringa finds that Drax’s proposals for BECCS could save the UK up to ￡15bn in whole economy costs between 2030 and 2050, and could help provide a more efficient pathway to meeting the UK’s Net Zero targets??
Get all the latest updates on this story over at @Drax Group
EV: 2023 unwrapped and predictions for 2024
2023 was a year of significant progress for the electric vehicles (EV) industry. New government regulations around EV charge points promise greater assurance and cost transparency for EV drivers, while technological advancements in lithium-ion batteries are set to transform EV range and charge time. Yet, 2023 was also a year of great economic uncertainty and political controversy. Here are some of the key moments that shaped the EV industry this year:
From the tough financial climate to tackling important sustainability goals, we’re likely to see a shift this year. Find out more on what we might see in 2024 for the EV industry from Adam Hall , Director of Energy Services in this recent article.
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