Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project
Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, operated by Drax Power Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | At, and in the vicinity of, Drax Power Station, New Road, Drax, Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 8PH | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Jan 2024 (permit EN010120, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 May 2022 (ref. EN010120, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Jan 2024 (granted, ref. EN010120, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Drax Power Limited | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Carbon capture | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 127 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7427, -0.9951 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by area
Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project is the 128th-largest of 2,300 power plants in England and the 148th-largest of 2,673 in the United Kingdom by area, with 127 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 128th of 2,300 |
| United Kingdom | 148th of 2,673 |
| All power plants in our data | 169th of 2,695 |
How its operator compares
Drax Power Limited operates 4 of the 8,060 power plants in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; 326 owners have more. Counts cover the power plants in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United Kingdom | Rank | Power plants | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightsource Renewable Energy | 1st | 158 | 2% |
| Scottish and Southern Energy | 2nd | 76 | 0.94% |
| Renewable Energy Systems | 3rd | 71 | 0.88% |
| Anesco | 4th | 67 | 0.83% |
| British Solar Renewables | 5th | 62 | 0.77% |
| Drax Power Limited | 327th | 4 | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 483 grid connections (231 operating, 2,718 MW), 325 substations and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 49.99 MW grid connection at Barlow Solar Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Drax | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Wind 35 MW grid connection at Goole Fields 2 Windfarm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Drax Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Camblesforth | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Battery storage 120 MW grid connection at Aura Power Direct | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 39 km |
Operator and place
More from Drax Power Limited
- Drax Re-power1,800 MW · permitted
- Cruachan Hydro Expansion600 MW · permitted
- Cruachan Upgrade Project (Unis 3 & 4)40 MW · permitted
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.