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Dash for gas needed to prevent power cuts, says Drax CEO

2013-07-31 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The UK's biggest coal-fired power station has said it will consider investing in gas-powered sites, as it predicted that a dash for gas will be needed in order to head off the threat of power cuts. The chief executive of Drax, Dorothy Thompson, said she would consider the revolutionary move, depending on the detail of the government's reforms to the electricity market. George Osborne has paved the way for up to 30 new gas-powered stations being built by 2030, which has brought warnings from the government's...

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