Drax pouer station
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Drax pouer station is a muckle coal-fired pouer station in North Yorkshire, Ingland, capable o co-firing biomass an petcoke. Its name comes from the nearby village o Drax. It is situated on the River Ouse atween Selby an Goole. Its generating capacity of 3,870 megawatts (MW) is the highest o any pouer station in the Unitit Kinrick, providin aboot 6% o the UK's electricity supply.
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Offeecial name | Drax pouer station |
Kintra | Ingland, Unitit Kinrick |
Location | Drax, North Yorkshire |
Coordinates | 53°44′9″N 0°59′47″W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1973 (Phase 1) 1985 (Phase 2) |
Commission date | 1974–75 (Phase 1) 1986 (Phase 2) |
Awner(s) | Central Electricity Generating Board (1974–1990) National Power (1990–1999) AES Corporation (1999–2003) Drax Group (2005–present) |
Operator(s) | Drax Power Limited |
Pouer generation | |
Units operational | 6 × 660 MW |
Mak an model | C. A. Parsons and Company Siemens |
Nameplate capacity | 1975: 1,980 MW 1986: 3,960 MW |
Wabsteid www.draxpower.com |
Opened in 1973 an extended in the mid-1980s, the station was initially operated bi the Central Electricity Generating Board. Since privatisation in 1990 ownership has changed several times, an it is operated bi the Drax Group. Completed in 1986, it is the newest coal-fired pouer station in Ingland. Flue gas desulphurisation equipment was fitted atween 1988 an 1995. High an low pressure turbines were replaced atween 2007 an 2012. Because o its muckle size, the station is the UK's single mucklest emitter o caurbon dioxide.
Bi 2010, the plant was co-firing biomass. In 2012, the company announced plans tae convert up tae three generating units tae biomass, burning 7.5 million tonnes imported from the Unitit States an Canadae.