Drax Power Station
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Drax power station is a large biomass power station in Drax, North Yorkshire, England. It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and had a 1.29 GW capacity for coal that was retired in 2021. Its name comes
Drax Power Station From the east in October 2007
The delivery of a Babcock steam drum during construction (1974)
Turbine hall (left: outside, right: inside) The taller light-coloured building behind is the boiler house
The rotary coal loader feeding the plant from the stockyard
Drax Group
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Drax Group plc, trading as Drax, is a renewable energy generation, pellet production and carbon dioxide removal business. The principal enterprises include the biomass fuelled Drax Power Station, near
Drax Power Station
…initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board. Since privatisation in 1990 ownership has changed several times, and it is operated by the Drax Group. Completed in 1986, it was the newest coal-fired power station in England until it closed in 2021. Flue gas desulphurisation equipment was fitted between…
Drax Power Station