Megawatt Valley was due to the presence of Ferrybridge C (1966–2016), Eggborough (1967–) and Drax (1974–) coal-fired power stations. This is one of the few remaining concentrations of British coal-fired generation, the power stations are located close to historic coal-mining sites on the South Yorkshire Coalfield and to the River Aire. Drax is a large power station capable of generating 7% of UK electricity demand and, despite being the UK's cleanest and most-efficient coal-fired power station is Europe’s biggest single source of carbon dioxide emissions. The term Megawatt Valley, in relation to the Yorkshire power stations, has been mentioned ("What ever happened
Hugo Drax by the Soviets and SMERSH. Drax uses his knowledge of the impending disaster to play the stock market, planning to make a huge profit from his own terrorist act. Bond, with the help of female Special Branch agent Gala Brand, sabotages Drax's missile launch and changes the coordinates of the target back to the North Sea, where after the missile was launched Drax and his men had escaped so that they could watch as London was destroyed. In the event, the Soviet submarine carrying Drax is destroyed by the blast of the nuclear warhead. The novel involved the idea of