UK power generator Drax Group Plc (DRX.L) said it could keep its coal-fired power plants operating beyond their planned closure next year as the energy crisis in Europe highlights potential fragilities in Britain’s energy supplies, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. “If the government wants us to rethink our plans, we need to talk to them in the next few months,” Drax CEO Will Gardiner said in an interview with the FT. His comments come as Britain prepares to host the COP26 climate change summit in November to spur more ambitious commitments by countries to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and keep the global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius during this century. Gardiner said the United Kingdom would face a “tough winter” […]