Buildings and Structures in North Yorkshire - Fountains Abbey, Drax Power Station, Flamingo Land Resort, Wilton Power Stations, Easby Cross (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Fountains Abbey, Drax power station, Flamingo Land Resort, Wilton power stations, Easby Cross, RAF Scorton, Eggborough power station, Howsham Mill, Bilsdale transmitting station, Gilling Abbey, Ampleforth Abbey, Stanwick Park, Newburgh Priory, Zillah Bell Contemporary Art, Wetherby services, RAF Wombleton, Drax Ouse Renewable Energy Plant, Devil's Arrows, Plaza Cinema, Skipton, Settle Hydro, RAF Catterick, Colsterdale towers, York Racecourse, Burdale Tunnel, Rievaulx Terrace & Temples, Maiden Castle, North Yorkshire, Teesside Steelworks, Ripon Racecourse, Thirsk Racecourse, Osmotherley Friends Meeting House, Malham Tarn Field Studies Centre, Nunappleton, The Pigsty, Pateley Playhouse, Ruther Cross. Excerpt: Drax is a large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, capable of co-firing biomass and petcoke. It is situated near the River Ouse between Selby and Goole, and its name comes from the nearby village of Drax. Its generating capacity of 3,960 megawatts is the highest of any power station in the United Kingdom and Western Europe, providing about 7% of the United Kingdom's electricity supply. Opened in 1974 and extended in the mid-1980s, the station was initially operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board, but since privatisation in 1990 the station has changed owner several times, and is currently operated by Drax Group plc. Completed in 1986, Drax is the most recently built coal-fired power station in England, and by implementing technologies such as flue gas desulphurisation, is one of the cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power stations in the UK. However, because of its large size, it is also the UK's single largest emitter of carbon dioxide. In an attempt to reduce these emissions, the station is currently co-firing biomass and undergoing a turbine refurbishment, and there are pla...