Drax Group PLC - Annual report and accounts 2009

Chief Executive’s Statement

Last year the commodity markets in which we operate yielded weak margins for coal-fired generators. Despite poor market conditions we have delivered earnings...

Chairman’s Introduction

Our business has not been immune to the economic recession and actions have been successfully taken through 2009 to help protect shareholder value.

What we do best

Ad break cuppa?

Or a reliable power supply that has the flexibility to meet the demands put on the electricity system?

Real time?

Or another way to trade our power and extract value even when market conditions are tight?

Direct sales?

Or a new supply channel that provides a direct route to market for our power output?

New part?

Or part of our ongoing investment programme to further reduce carbon emissions...

Crop rotation?

Or mixed use of biomass, to help us play a key role in the UK’s transition to a low carbon...

Par for the course?

Or just one of a number of projects in which we engage with the local...