Bechtel has entered into a partnership with renewable energy company Drax to identify opportunities to construct new Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) power plants around the world.
Bechtel, a world leader in engineering, construction and project management has entered into a strategic partnership with renewable energy company Drax, to explore options and locations to construct new Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) plants globally.
Scaling up BECCS sustainably over the coming decades will be critical to delivering the Paris Agreement climate targets and keeping the world on a pathway of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees.
The companies will also work together to identify how the design of a new build BECCS plant can be optimized using the latest technology and best practice in engineering design.
Drax is the largest decarbonization project in
By deploying BECCs' vital negative emissions technology, Drax aims to go further, by becoming a carbon negative company by 2030.
Analysis by independent experts including the
Bechtel will focus its study on strategically important regions for new build BECCS plants, including
'We're interested in potential opportunities for exporting BECCS overseas, where Drax could help other countries take positive action to address the climate crisis and meet the
Negative emissions technologies remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than they emit and are widely accepted by the world's leading authorities on climate change as being essential in the fight against climate change.
About Drax
Its 3,400 employees operate across three principal areas of activity - electricity generation, electricity sales to business customers an
Power generation:
Drax owns and operates a portfolio of renewable electricity generation assets in
Having converted
Its pumped storage, hydro and energy from waste assets in
Pellet production and supply:
Drax owns and has interests in 17 pellet mills in the US South and
Drax's pellet mills supply around 20% of the biomass used at its own power station in
Customers:
Through its two B2B energy supply brands,
For more information visit www.drax.com
About Bechtel
Bechtel is a trusted engineering, construction and project management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
Bechtel serves the Energy; Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. www.bechtel.com
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