Drax Group station in the UK. In 1988, Drax became the first power station to invest in the retrofit of flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) equipment, making Drax the cleanest coal-fired power station in the UK. This removes at least 90 per cent of the sulfur dioxide (SO2) from emissions. Through retrofitting boosted-over-fire-air (BOFA) technology on all the boilers emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOX) are being further reduced. At the same time, by-products of the coal combustion and FGD processes are recycled through their further use in the construction industry. In 2012, Drax power station completed a five-year £100 million project – the
Richard Drax served. He was promoted captain on 10 March 1986. He relinquished his British Army commission on 9 September 1987, thereby retiring after nine years' service as a Coldstreamer. Drax worked at York's "Evening Press" as a reporter in 1991, before joining BBC South where he appeared on both radio and television media, including the daily television news programme "South Today". Selected as a Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate in July 2006, at the general election in May 2010 Drax defeated the incumbent Labour Member of Parliament for South Dorset, Jim Knight, "later" Baron Knight of Weymouth. Drax retained his seat in