Search results
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 in North Yorkshire produces 14 TWh of electricity from biomass, enough to power four million homes. It is also the site of innovation for BECCS, a negative emissions technology for fighting the climate crisis.
The Drax Power Station, near Selby in North Yorkshire, is a converted coal plant which burns wood pellets. In 2023, it produced about 5% of the UK's electricity. The site has become a...
- 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 14, 2022 · The Drax power station near Selby, Yorkshire, is surrounded by both busy roads and small farms. A faint humming noise emanates all around the complex, while water vapour rises slowly and steadily...
Jan 17, 2024 · Drax Power Station, the UK's biggest power station, will install carbon capture technology in two of its biomass units. Climate campaigners criticise the subsidies and the wood pellets used at the plant.
In 2022, Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire generated 11% of the UK’s renewable power – the most for any single location, and enough to power five million homes.
