Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Drax Group plc
EU Transparency Register
389275311163-19 First registered on 22 May 2013
Goals / Remit
Drax Power Limited is the operating subsidiary of Drax Group plc and the owner and operator of Drax Power Station, the largest, cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power station in the UK. The company is currently executing plans to transform the business into a predominantly biomass-fuelled generator.
The output capacity of our six generators is 4,000 megawatts, making it nearly twice the size of the next largest coal-fired power station in the UK. We sell the large majority of our power through the wholesale market, with the remainder sold through our supply company, Haven Power Limited. We currently provide enough power to meet some 7% of the UK’s electricity needs.
As well as being an important strategic asset nationally, Drax is also vital to the North Yorkshire economy. Drax employs some 800 people and supports many other local jobs indirectly.
Against this contribution we make every effort to balance our commitment to the country’s energy needs with minimising environmental impacts on land, air and water. Our generating units are fitted with flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) equipment removing at least 90% of the sulphur dioxide (SO2) from emissions, and through retrofitting boosted over fire air (BOFA) technology on all our boilers we are reducing still further emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX). At the same time, by-products of the coal combustion and FGD processes are recycled through their further use in the construction industry.
We are committed to reducing our emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Through converting three of our six generatng units to burn sustainable biomass in place of coal, we will halve our carbon footprint, relative to today, within five years. In 2012, we completed a five year project - the largest steam turbine modernisation programme in UK history - upgrading our high pressure and low pressure turbines which will save one million tonnes of CO2 a year.
In March 2009, Drax acquired Ipswich based Haven Power Limited, an electricity supply company established specifically to serve the energy needs of business customers.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Drax Power Station
Selby YO8 8PH
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People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 May 2013
Name Start date End Date Katarzyna WILK FROTIER DE LA MESSELIERE 22 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025 Ms Katarzyna WILK FROTIER DE LA MESSELIERE 22 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Katarzyna WILK FROTIER DE LA MESSELIERE 17 Jan 2023 17 Jan 2024 Ms Tanisha BEEBEE 13 Sep 2022 13 Sep 2023 Mr Ross McKenzie 24 Apr 2018 24 Apr 2019 Mr Ross McKenzie 22 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2018 Mr Karl Smyth 20 May 2016 28 Apr 2017 Mr Matt Willey 20 May 2016 19 May 2017 Mr Karl Smyth 21 May 2015 19 May 2016 Mr Matt Willey 21 May 2015 19 May 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mrs Melanie Wedgbury (Head of External Communications)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
11 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 06 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject wood pellet and EUDR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Video call Subject Discussion on the Commission’s upcoming proposal on carbon removals certification Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To discuss the options that the Commission are currently considering for the review of biomass sustainability within the proposal for REDIII. To discuss the role of sustainable bioenergy in the EU’s energy and climate plans. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Forest biomass and Fit for 55 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2021 Location video conference Subject Biomass sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject sustainable forest biomass Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union research Innovation and competitiveness Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Manuel Szapiro (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject biomass policies and sustainablility Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Berl 8/165 Subject Company activities of DRAX Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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