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
Drax power station funds. Front End Engineering Design was expected to continue under Alstom and BOC with the project still being hosted at Drax. In late 2015 the UK Government withdrew its potential financial support for CCS projects – up to £1 billion of funding, reversing support promised in the governing party's 2015 election manifesto. As a result, Leigh Hackett, CEO of Capture Power stated that "[I]t is difficult to imagine its continuation in the absence of crucial government support". In May 2018, Drax announced a new Carbon Capture and Storage pilot scheme that it would undertake in conjunction with the Leeds-based firm,