Drax Group Drax Group Drax Group plc is a British electrical power generation company. The Group is made up of upstream and downstream enterprises. The principal downstream enterprises are based in the UK and include Drax Power Limited, which runs Europe’s biggest biomass-fuelled power station, Drax power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire – the UK’s largest decarbonisation project, as well as supplying between 7-8 per cent of the country’s electricity needs. Related businesses include Haven Power, a supplier of electricity (including sustainable biomass energy) to business. The group’s largest upstream enterprises are Drax Biomass, which sources sustainable biomass for Drax power
North Tees Power Station Billingham Biomass Power Station, which is to be built on the site of the former coal-fired power stations. As at October 2017 the old power station site remains undeveloped. North Tees Power Station North Tees Power Station refers to a series of three coal-fired power stations on the River Tees at Billingham in County Durham. Overall, they operated from 1921 until 1983, and the C station, the last on the site, was demolished in 1987. Billingham Biomass Power Station is to be built on their site. In 1917, the Newcastle upon Tyne Electric Supply Company (NESCo) took control of the