Drax power station Drax power station Drax power station is a large biomass and coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, capable of co-firing petcoke. It has a 2.6 GW capacity for biomass and 1.3 GW capacity for coal. Its name comes from the nearby village of Drax. It is situated on the River Ouse between Selby and Goole. Its generating capacity of 3,906 megawatts (MW) is the highest of any power station in the United Kingdom, providing about 6% of the United Kingdom's electricity supply. Opened in 1973 and extended in the mid-1980s, the station was initially operated by the Central Electricity
Drax power station This work was completed in 2016 and a further fourth unit was converted in 2018. The company now plans to convert its remaining two coal units to 3.6 GW closed-cycle gas turbine units and 200 MW battery storage. Drax was initially conceived by the Central Electricity Generating Board in 1962 as the country's largest power station thus far, at about 3,000 MW. Subsequently, it was decided to use this opportunity as their first station to use the 660 MW turbogenerator sets which planned to become the new standard, so the planning consents were revised to about 4,000 MW. Following the