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Capacity Market Agreements

28 Feb 2024 07:00

RNS Number : 6942E
Drax Group PLC
28 February 2024
 

28 February 2024

Drax Group plc

("Drax" or the "Company"; Symbol: DRX)

 

Capacity Market Agreements

 

T-4 auction - provisional results for existing pumped storage and hydro assets

Drax confirms that it has provisionally secured agreements to provide a total of 462MW of capacity (de-rated 432MW) principally from its pumped storage and hydro assets(1). The agreements are for the delivery period October 2027 to September 2028, at a price of £65/kW(2), with income of around £28 million in that period. These are in addition to existing agreements which extend to September 2027.

 

T-4 auction - provisional results for refurbishing pumped storage

Drax has also provisionally secured agreements to provide a total of 240MW of capacity (de-rated 226MW) for the refurbishment of Cruachan Power Station units 3 and 4(3). The agreements are for the delivery period October 2027 to September 2042, at a price of £65/kW(2), with income of around £221 million in that period.

 

The capital cost of this development is approximately £80 million.

 

Enquiries:

Drax Investor Relations: Mark Strafford

+44 (0) 7730 763 949

 

Media:

Drax External Communications: Aidan Kerr

+44 (0) 7849 090 368

 

Website: www.drax.com

 

Notes:

(1) Cruachan Pumped Storage (units 1 and 2), the Galloway hydro scheme (Tongland, Kendoon and Glenlee) and three small legacy gas turbines at Drax Power Station (96MW, de-rated 91MW).

(2) Capacity Market agreements stated in 2022/23 real-terms, with payments indexed to UK CPI.

(3) Cruachan Power Station is a 440MW power station currently comprised of four units - 2 x 120MW (units 1 and 2) and 2 x 100MW (units 3 and 4). The refurbishment of units 3 and 4 will increase its capacity to 480MW (4 x 120MW units).

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