Hirwaun Power Limited (HPL), a subsidiary business of Drax Group, wishes to build a gas-fired power station on industrial-zoned land located on the Hirwaun Industrial Estate in south Wales. The power station, once operational, could run up to a maximum of 1,500 hours in any given year.
Since Drax Power Station first began generating power in 1974, it has become a cornerstone of the UK''s energy infrastructure, now producing 9% of the nation''s renewable electricity – the largest single source of renewable power in the country. The documentary shows how Drax has kept the country''s lights on for half a century and
Drax Power Station has a long, proud history of playing a central role in producing the UK''s electricity. It is already the home of the largest decarbonisation project in Europe and is now the site of innovation for bioenergy with carbon capture and
Drax is progressing an option to expand its existing Cruachan pumped storage facility in Scotland through the construction of a new 600 MW power station.Built adjacent to the existing underground plant, the new power station would effectively more than double the site''s total generation capacity to more than 1 GW.
Millbrook Power is a Drax Group project to build and operate a rapid response gas-fired power station on land located on the Rookery South Pit, near the villages of Stewartby, Millbrook and Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire.. The project received planning consent on 13 March 2019. Millbrook Power Station could run up to a maximum of 2,250 hours in any given year, provided
By 2023, Drax had officially ended coal-fired generation at its North Yorkshire facility, marking a historic milestone in the country''s shift towards a zero-carbon future. The power station now operates four biomass units,
Drax, originally the largest coal-fired power station in Western Europe, underwent a significant transformation over the past two decades to switch from coal to biomass. Today, instead of burning coal, we use around 7 to 8 million tons of wood pellets annually, primarily sourced from the southeastern U.S. and western Canada.
Bought by Drax in December 2018, the site is one of only four pumped storage hydro stations in the UK and has a capacity of 440 MW – enough to power more than 90,000 homes. Pumped storage is one of the oldest forms of large-scale energy storage requiring two reservoirs based at different altitudes but close to each other.
Drax Power Station contributes £358m per year to the economy of Yorkshire and the Humber, employing more than 700 people and supporting over 4,200 jobs in the area. About Drax. Drax Group''s purpose is to enable a zero carbon, lower cost energy future and in 2019 announced a world-leading ambition to be carbon negative by 2030, using
According to Iceland''s National Energy Authority, geothermal power from sites like this accounts for 25% of the country''s electricity production and 66% of primary energy usage. But Icelanders aren''t only using the geothermal landscape for energy production – chefs here can cook food simply by burying it in the ground, producing
Drax Power Station has been keeping the lights on for 50 years and could be set to for another 50 with the cutting-edge carbon removal technology: BECCS. Since producing its first watt of power, Drax Power Station has successfully transformed from Western Europe''s largest coal-fired power station into the UK''s single-largest generator of renewable electricity from sustainable biomass.
"Much of Britain''s conventional power generators like coal and nuclear stations have retired in recent years," explained Dr Iain Staffell of Imperial College London, and lead author of the quarterly Drax Electric Insights report series."Fewer dispatchable generators means less competition and higher prices, making cheaper electricity from the continent much more
Visit Drax Power Station; Visit Tongland Power Station; Visit Cruachan Power Station. Cruachan Power Station is located on the shores of Loch Awe in the Scottish Highlands, between Glasgow and Oban. The huge turbine hall is located 1 km within the hollowed-out mountain of
Having converted Drax Power Station to use sustainable biomass instead of coal it has become the UK''s biggest renewable power generator and the largest decarbonisation project in Europe. It is also where Drax is piloting the groundbreaking negative emissions technology BECCS within its CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage) Incubation
Steve Marshall, Drax''s Development Manager, said: "A new generation of pumped storage hydro plants will strengthen the UK''s energy security by enabling more homegrown renewable electricity to come online to power homes and businesses across the country. Drax''s plan to build a new plant at Cruachan will support hundreds of jobs and
"If BECCS can be realised at $100 per tonne of CO 2, it offers an upside in terms of economic efficiency for climate change abatement of $700 per tonne.". Recent modelling by leading energy consultancy Baringa for Drax has shown that deploying BECCS in the 2020s can present billions of pounds of cost savings compared to waiting until later decades, closer to
Read our carbon capture, sustainable bioenergy and power generation stories, as well as thinking from Drax''s leaders and business updates. The prince and the power plant . Larderello, Italy. Italian princes aren''t a regular sight in the history books of renewable energy, but at the turn of the last century, on a Tuscan hillside, Piero
Visit Drax Power Station; Visit Tongland Power Station; Visit Tongland Power Station . Tongland Power Station is the largest of the Galloway hydro scheme''s electricity generation plants. The turbine house was built in the 1930s and offers an excellent example of early-modernist architecture applied to an industrial setting. Original features
Visit Drax Power Station; Visit Tongland Power Station; Visit Tongland Power Station . Tongland Power Station is the largest of the Galloway hydro scheme''s electricity generation plants. The turbine house was built in the 1930s and
"The Conservative Party''s decision is reckless and irresponsible. It is deeply disappointing that they now care more about political point scoring than the country''s ongoing energy security and ability to meet net zero. "In Government, the party acknowledged the key role Drax Power Station, the country''s largest source of renewable power, plays in keeping the...
By Bruce Heppenstall, Plant Director, Drax Power Station. Drax Power Station has kept Britain''s lights on for 50 years. As well as playing a key role in the country''s energy security, providing enough power for 4 million homes, we have been a long-term source of high-quality well-paid jobs, too.
The exhibition, Drax Power Station: Powering Britain for 50 Years, celebrates the unique history of the power station, exploring the crucial role it plays in the UK''s power system and the positive impact it has made on local communities over the years. The exhibition also looks ahead at plans to make the power station the world''s largest
Drax Power Station has a long, proud history of playing a central role in producing the UK''s electricity. It is already the home of the largest decarbonisation project in Europe and is now the site of innovation for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), a negative emissions technology essential for fighting the climate crisis.. The site near Selby in North Yorkshire
Visit Drax Power Station; Visit Tongland Power Station; Groundbreaking seismic surveys underway for new ''Hollow Mountain'' power station. Exploratory ground works at the site of what would be the UK''s first
Read our carbon capture, sustainable bioenergy and power generation stories, as well as thinking from Drax''s leaders and business updates. Media Contacts; Cruachan Power Station is located on the shores of Loch Awe in the Scottish Highlands, between Glasgow and Oban. The huge turbine hall is located 1 km within the hollowed-out mountain
Drax Group plc, trading as Drax, is a power generation business. The principal downstream enterprises are based in the UK and include Drax Power Limited, which runs the biomass fuelled Drax power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire. The Group also runs an international biomass supply chain business.
Drax supplies renewable source power to over 165,000 businesses and organisations across the UK, including electricity from Drax Power Station. We provide and manage electricity for large industrial and commercial sector customers from our offices in Northampton and Ipswich. Opus Energy
The principal downstream enterprises are based in the UK and include Drax Power Limited, which runs the biomass fuelled Drax power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire. The Group also runs an international biomass supply chain business. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Once the most polluting power station in western Europe, Drax switched from burning coal to burning biomass — mostly wood pellets — in 2019. The power station in Yorkshire, which produces around 4% of the UK’s power, mostly burns wood imported from North America.
Drax is a growing, international business at the heart of the green energy transition and we are accelerating our plans to invest billions of pounds in critical renewable energy and carbon removal technologies which could create thousands of jobs and generate the secure, renewable power that this planet urgently needs.
Drax supports over 2,300 small scale generators, buying renewable power including hydro, wind, solar and anaerobic digestion through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Drax also allows large businesses to create bespoke renewable power contracts with its large hydro generators through Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs).
