Drax: Strategic Hiring
Drax completed first solar installation at Scottish hydropower station, part of £850k investment in 8 solar projects across hydro sites to achieve net-zero by 2040
Source: PV Magazine (Solar)
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening cleantech & renewables executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral), down 1.4 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow steady (-1.1pts).
Drax: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Cleantech & Renewables median of 1 across 32 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.
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