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
Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station is owned by Salten Kraftsamband and it came into operation in 1979. The plant is built into the mountainside at the end of a drain tunnel and the water it discharges is later used by the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station. Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station The Langvann Hydroelectric Power Station ( or "Langvann kraftstasjon") is a hydroelectric power station in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. It is sometimes referred to as the "Langvatn kraftverk", which should not be confused with the Langvatn Hydroelectric Power Station in Rana. The plant utilizes a drop of between two lakes: "Fellvatnet" (),