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SE6627 : Drax Power Station

near to Camblesforth, North Yorkshire, Great Britain

Drax Power Station

Photographed from Burn across the WWII airfield.

Drax is Europe's second biggest coal fired power station at 3.96 GW and fires coal, biomass and petcoke (petroleum coke). Three units are being converted to biomass firing. There are 6 x 660 MW steam turbines served by 6 boilers. The main chimney is 850' and there are twelve cooling towers. The shorter chimney serves 6 gas turbines but only three are currently commissioned and see little use.

Drax was built in two phases and this was the view from my maternal grandparents' house. I watched the chimney go up in the 1970s.

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2012

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Grid Square: SE6627, 17 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Chris Allen (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Sunday, 25 November, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 27 November, 2012
Geographical Context: Energy infrastructure
Place (from Tags): Drax Power Station
Subject Location: OSGB36: SE 661 271 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:44.1934N 0:59.9647W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SE 595 288
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)