NGIS and Drax launch new partnership to map carbon stocks of Drax’s North American biomass sourcing areas
NGIS is proud to partner with Drax, the UK’s largest source of renewable power by output, and one of the largest producers of sustainable biomass globally, applying our geospatial expertise to a project that advances traceability and sustainability in biomass sourcing.
Using advanced mapping, satellite data, and analytics, NGIS is helping Drax accurately measure and visualise forest carbon stocks across its North American supply areas. This collaboration demonstrates how spatial intelligence can support evidence-based climate action, providing clarity on forest health, land use change, and carbon performance over time.
Canopy Height. Citation – Tolan, J., Yang, H.I., Nosarzewski, B., Couairon, G., Vo, H.V., Brandt, J., Spore, J., Majumdar, S., Haziza, D., Vamaraju, J. and Moutakanni, T., 2024. Very high resolution canopy height maps from RGB imagery using self-supervised vision transformer and convolutional decoder trained on aerial lidar. Remote Sensing of Environment, 300, p.113888.
“We are proud to launch this new partnership with NGIS. This agreement will help us deliver on the commitments we set in our Sustainability Framework including taking action, with our supply chain, to being deforestation, degradation and conversion free.”
“We hope this new data of the carbon stock of our sourcing areas can help increase global confidence in biomass as a sustainable resource. It will help inform our work with our suppliers and help us to deliver on our sustainable biomass commitments.”
-Miguel Veiga-Pestana, Drax Group Chief Sustainability Officer
This collaboration underscores Drax’s leadership in sustainable energy and its proactive approach to ensuring the highest standards of environmental and social responsibility.
Land Coverage. Citation – Brown, C.F., Brumby, S.P., Guzder-Williams, B. et al. Dynamic World, Near real-time global 10 m land use land cover mapping. Sci Data 9, 251 (2022). doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01307-4
“This partnership is a great showcase for the use of innovative Geospatial capability to address Drax’s significant commitments to help meet the world’s increasing demand for secure energy, sustainably.”
Nathan Eaton, NGIS Executive Director.
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