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Learn about the history, operation and conversion of Drax, the largest biomass power station in the UK. Find out how it produces electricity, uses cooling towers and imports biomass from North America.
Drax Power Station near Selby provides 11% of the UK’s renewable power and reduces carbon emissions by 80% using biomass pellets. It is also a site of innovation for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a negative emissions technology.
Feb 28, 2024 · Drax, the UK's largest renewable power plant, has taken wood from old-growth forests in Canada that are rare and irreplaceable. The company denies logging primary or protected forests, but admits sourcing from old-growth sites that are not priority deferral areas.
- Joe Crowley
Mar 27, 2024 · Drax has plans to pipe captured carbon out into exhausted gas reservoirs under the North Sea as part of the “East Coast Cluster”, a government-based programme to remove carbon dioxide produced ...
Jan 17, 2024 · Drax Power Station, located near Selby in North Yorkshire, will be allowed to install the technology in two of its four biomass units, which burn wood pellets to produce electricity.
- August Graham
Jan 18, 2024 · The UK government is preparing to extend subsidies for Drax’s biomass power station, prompting criticism from campaigners who want the plant to focus on wind and solar technologies.
Drax, the UK’s largest power station is situated in North Yorkshire, dwarfing the neighbouring village it is named after. It is situated on the River Ouse between Selby and Goole and has a generating capacity of 3,960 megawatts (MW).
