Drax Priory Drax Priory Drax Priory was an Augustinian priory at Drax in North Yorkshire, England, founded between 1130 and 1139 by William Paynel. The Priory has sometimes been called an abbey, though this is judged to be incorrect. Permission was given to crenellate the priory in 1362. The Priory was run down in 1535 with the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the land was leased to Sir Marmaduke Constable to be used as a farm. In 1997, a geophysical survey and aerial imaging was undertaken which revealed wall lines of buried buildings and former ponds. The monks at Drax owned lands
Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station will hold up to of water of which can be used for power generation. The upper reservoir will withhold up to of water of which can be used for power generation. Water from the upper reservoir is sent to the underground power station down near the lower reservoir. Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station The Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station currently under construction about northwest of Chengde in Fengning Manchu Autonomous County of Hebei Province, China. Construction on the power station began in June 2013 and the first generator is expected to be commissioned in