The ‘green’ row over the UK’s largest renewable power plant
The UK’s wood-burning Drax power plant hopes to expand but faces questions on its green credentials. …
The scale of operations at this converted coal plant is gargantuan. It’s the UK’s largest renewable power station. Wood pellets are imported from the US on enormous ships that take up to 21 days in transit. They are then transported overland via rail, and Drax receives about 17 deliveries of wood pellets a day, operating 24 hours a day, six days a week.
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