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Drax Power Station, United Kingdom



High-pressure turbines

Each turbine has a high-pressure turbine, an intermediate-pressure turbine and three low-pressure turbines.

  • Drax power station
    The six generators at the Drax power station in Selby, Yorkshire deliver...
  • Flue Gas Desulphurisation
    Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) equipment removes 90% of SO2 from emissions.
  • Coal trains
    1,000t coal trains deliver coal to the station.
  • Pulverising mills
    Pulverising mills crush the coal into a fine powder using large metal balls.
  • High-pressure turbines
    Each turbine has a high-pressure turbine, an intermediate-pressure turbine...
  • UK electricity
    Drax supplies about 7% of the UK's electricity
  • Drax generators
    On one of its six generators, Drax has commissioned a 'direct injection'...
  • UK Coalmines
    Drax is a major customer for the UK's coalmines.

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