LONDON (Reuters) – British power plant operator Drax plans to establish an independent business focused on becoming the global leader in delivering large-scale and high-integrity carbon removal. The new entity will be launched this year and be operationally separate within the Drax Group and headquartered in Houston in the United States, Drax said. It will be led by Laurie Fitzmaurice, a senior energy infrastructure expert with nearly 30 years of experience in business development, most recently for Amazon Web Services. “The creation of this business brings to life years of hard work by many o…