Drax, North Yorkshire 36,000 tonnes of coal a day and produces 1.5 million tonnes of ash a year. It is both the United Kingdom's largest producer of carbon emissions, and one of the UK's most carbon dioxide-efficient power stations. Drax Power Station now produces half its output by burning biomass. This is controversial as the wood pellets it burns are claimed to produce more carbon dioxide than coal. Drax, North Yorkshire Drax is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, about south-east of Selby, best known today as the site of Drax power station. The village had
North Yorkshire Yorkshire have a DAB radio according to Ofcom. The main road through the county is the north-south A1(M) which has gradually been upgraded to motorway status since the early 1990s. The only other motorways within the county are the short A66(M) near Darlington and a small stretch of the M62 motorway close to Eggborough. The other nationally maintained trunk routes are the A168/A19, A64, the A66 and A174. The East Coast Main Line (ECML) bisects the county stopping at Northallerton, Thirsk and York. Passenger services on the ECML within the county are operated by London North Eastern Railway, TransPennine Express