It is hoped that the process could make Britain’s biggest power station carbon negative PABritain’s biggest power station hopes that a bioenergy carbon capture storage programme will be a major step towards making it carbon negative. Drax power station in North Yorkshire is to begin a trial of technology which will isolate carbon in its emissions and capture it to be stored or reused in other processes. Critics say that biomass power generation causes deforestation and damages ecosystems. The carbon capture programme will be carried out in partnership with C-Capture, based in Leeds. Andy Koss, chief executive of Drax, said: “Being able to move to carbon negative position…

Source: The Times May 21, 2018 07:52 UTC