Comments on: Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:43:09 +0000

In reply to Martin Cowling. I personally think it is a blessing that kids will never see what a coal fired power station looks like. I would rather my children and grandchildren be able to enjoy the countryside of Britain seeing windmills, solar farms and reservoirs than have to see more massive, dirty sites like Drax and Eggborough.

By: Anthony Penner

Anthony Penner — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:58:45 +0000

In reply to ron pearse. There is already a small parsons turbine in there

By: Martin Cowling

Martin Cowling — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 15:24:28 +0000

The fact is that the new generation of kids today will never know the true meaning of what a coal fired power station will ever look like, as people assume that the steam coming from the cooling towers is smokes, as that gave the true experience of different patterns of steam cloud from the power station as far as the eye can see. Still think that coal can be made cleaner as too many want things to be easy with less work. As can see more black outs in time when this so called clean energy starts to have it’s downside, but a power station of the 70s 80s 90s, was great to look at. What do you see now, nothing worth looking at of what life was like.

By: CIARAN MC FERRAN

CIARAN MC FERRAN — Tue, 04 May 2021 10:00:28 +0000

I have just found your site, so have read only a little (very interesting) so far. I am the project engineer who was responsible for the manufacture of Drax 2 fans, at Davidson & Co. Ltd. (Sirocco Works) Belfast. As it happens, a history of Davidson & Col is being written (by another) at this moment.

By: ron pearse

ron pearse — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 20:18:47 +0000

I’m interested in the steam turbines because I’m trying to persuade the science museum in Exhibition Rd, London to display
a full size steam turbine to make it clear that the UK was the first to light a town ie Elswick Port fully a decade before Tesla/Westinghouse lit up Buffalo, USA. I’d appreciate your support.

By: Andy Lorenz

Andy Lorenz — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 19:59:43 +0000

In reply to Dave Elmes.

Several stations had black start capabilities using their own local Gas Turbines.
Normally, a single Gas Turbine could generate 17MW-35MW , which was enough to get a single Coal unit backup and running.
The most common engines used were Rolls-Royce Avon jet engines.

By: Dave Elmes

Dave Elmes — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:10:45 +0000

Nice to see the Gas Turbones listed, but they were only for black start capability. I was always told when I worked there that Drax was the only station that could bring the grid back from a country wide black out due to the GT’s. Not sure how true that was, but I know the GT’s gave the station the ability to back feed all its boards, thus allowing the staion to come back on line should it be required.

By: Power Stations of the UK

Power Stations of the UK — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:00:21 +0000

In reply to zelalem Getahun.

Thanks for the comment, however this website is an independently run resource, and we are not actually associated with Drax Power. You will be bale to contact Drax Power directly through their own website here: http://www.drax.com/contact-us/

By: zelalem Getahun

zelalem Getahun — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 05:10:11 +0000

Hi the Drax energy complex family!
I am impressed when I read news that you are aiming to produce energy without emitting CO2 or carbon oxides to atmosphere. That was also interest to produce energy from biomass by controlling emission. I understood that COx can be minimized by 95-99% from escaping gases. so I can share my tittle understanding of this minimization method for you, if you are interested.
thank you