Haven/Drax energy firm

[Vader]

I have taken on a couple of grain stores.
Seems the electric is supplied by Drax, was named Haven before.
Contract ready to renew, anyone use them ?

 

[vantage]

I have taken on a couple of grain stores.
Seems the electric is supplied by Drax, was named Haven before.
Contract ready to renew, anyone use them ?

Yes. No problems.

 

[The Son]

Yes, purchased Opus energy who i was with, have my PPA with them, money comes on the dot every month.

 

[delilah]

Drax said on the radio that they only take the sawdust from Canada after the trees have been planked. Can that possibly be true or an outright lie ?

 

[DaveGrohl]

Opus do like to try the mid fixed contract price lift from time to time. If they do this to you write to the CEO. That worked in my case and they backed down. There are no decent leccy supply companies in my experience.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Drax said on the radio that they only take the sawdust from Canada after the trees have been planked. Can that possibly be true or an outright lie ?

Iirc they still have 2 boilers which burn coal/coke.

Cousin one of the maintenance bosses.

 

[The Seeker]

Drax said on the radio that they only take the sawdust from Canada after the trees have been planked. Can that possibly be true or an outright lie ?

Can’t be cheep to ship sawdust these guys are subject to panorama investigation

 

[Grass And Grain]

Can’t be cheep to ship sawdust these guys are subject to panorama investigation

Someone at, don't know where, National Grid or who ever it is who's in charge of balancing supply with demand, wants to be investigated.

Cousin says they ring Drax up and say "grid's short of electric, can you fire up the 2 spare boilers and pump more power into grid in half an hour"

Cousin replies"No, takes us 24 hrs to slowly bring boilers up to temperature, otherwise they crack, we can be on stream this time tomorrow"

6 weeks later, person in charge of grid rings up again and asks for more power in half an hour. Cousin says "no, nothing's changed, it still takes us 24hrs to bring boilers up to temperature without them cracking"

Same conversation happens every 6 weeks

 

[DaveGrohl]

Someone at, don't know where, National Grid or who ever it is who's in charge of balancing supply with demand, wants to be investigated.

Cousin says they ring Drax up and say "grid's short of electric, can you fire up the 2 spare boilers and pump more power into grid in half an hour"

Cousin replies"No, takes us 24 hrs to slowly bring boilers up to temperature, otherwise they crack, we can be on stream this time tomorrow"

6 weeks later, person in charge of grid rings up again and asks for more power in half an hour. Cousin says "no, nothing's changed, it still takes us 24hrs to bring boilers up to temperature without them cracking"

Same conversation happens every 6 weeks

Are you suggesting they’re a bit thick?

 

[Grass And Grain]

Are you suggesting they’re a bit thick?

Don't need to suggest it, they're demonstrating it all in their own!!

 

[DaveGrohl]

Don't need to suggest it, they're demonstrating it all in their own!!

And this is why they need their tax rate dropping from 45% down to 40%. 45% is harder to work out. Who are we to mock?

 

[Funny Farmer]

Can’t be cheep to ship sawdust these guys are subject to panorama investigation

Tonight 8.00pm

BBC One - Panorama, The Green Energy Scandal Exposed

Joe Crowley investigates the wood-burning Drax power station.

www.bbc.co.uk