Drax pouer station

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.

Drax pouer station
Drax Pouer Station
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.

Drax Repower

Drax Repower is a proposal tae modify units 5 an 6 at Drax power station bi installing combined cycle gas turbines. Waste heat from the gas turbines will pass tae heat recovery steam generators which will generate steam for the existing steam turbines in the respective units. The repowered units are expected tae have a total electrical output o 3.6 gigawatts. There is also a proposal tae construct two battery storage facilities o 100 MW (sic) each. Statutory consultation on the project took place in January an February 2018.