Even tho Drax uses only biomass and its CO2 emissions are 4 times higher than Ractcliffe’s which uses coal, I think it is also important to mention that Drax can produce twice as much electricity in comparison to Ratcliffe.
Still terrible news from the 2023 report, just saying.
So we are talking 5times more electricity from Drax. Hence 4x emissions is not as bad as it seems. I can not find 2023 numbers and I could imagine that they are even starker.
EDIT: Fix because I can not read properly apparently.
From the link you provided, it looks like in 2021 it was 4.2 not 7.5. Apart from that, this approach sounds too speculative to me, since the production comes from 2021 and the CO2 emissions quota from 2023. In the Drax chart it shows a decline in TWh produced from 2017 to 2021 (btw 2021 is also the year they retired coal). Still, assuming from this trend that their production few years latter continues to decline is something I would consider too risky to do.
2017 -> 14.9
2018 -> 11.7
2019 -> 10.2
2020 -> 7.5
2021 -> 4.2
The Ratcliffe chart has so many fluctuations till 2021 that I couldn’t dare guess what their 2023 production was.
2017 -> 2.6
2018 -> 3.2
2019 -> 0.7
2020 -> 0.1
2021 -> 0.8
If I find the 2023 numbers, I’ll add a comment or edit this one.
Even tho Drax uses only biomass and its CO2 emissions are 4 times higher than Ractcliffe’s which uses coal, I think it is also important to mention that Drax can produce twice as much electricity in comparison to Ratcliffe. Still terrible news from the 2023 report, just saying.
Drax Power Station
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
Actually that is capacity and not the electricity the actually produce. In 2021 Drax produced 4.2TWh of electricity. In 2021 Ratcliff produced 0.8TWh
So we are talking 5times more electricity from Drax. Hence 4x emissions is not as bad as it seems. I can not find 2023 numbers and I could imagine that they are even starker.
EDIT: Fix because I can not read properly apparently.
From the link you provided, it looks like in 2021 it was 4.2 not 7.5. Apart from that, this approach sounds too speculative to me, since the production comes from 2021 and the CO2 emissions quota from 2023. In the Drax chart it shows a decline in TWh produced from 2017 to 2021 (btw 2021 is also the year they retired coal). Still, assuming from this trend that their production few years latter continues to decline is something I would consider too risky to do.
The Ratcliffe chart has so many fluctuations till 2021 that I couldn’t dare guess what their 2023 production was.
If I find the 2023 numbers, I’ll add a comment or edit this one.
Thanks. Fixed the original comment.