Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Drax Biomass Power Station - Unit 3
Drax Biomass Power Station - Unit 3 is a power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 645 MW of capacity, 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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Near Selby in North Yorkshire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2017 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Drax Power Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 645 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7365, -0.9879 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Drax Biomass Power Station - Unit 3 is the 14th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 19th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 645 MW is 0.56% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | 0.9% |
| United Kingdom | 19th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | 0.56% |
| All power plants in our data | 614th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 490 grid connections (234 operating, 2,760 MW), 325 substations, 6 data centers 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 | 0.4 km |
| Drax | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Wind 35 MW grid connection at Goole Fields 2 Windfarm | Grid connection | 35 MW | Operating | 0.9 km |
| Battery storage 120 MW grid connection at Aura Power Direct | Grid connection | 120 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Camblesforth | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Drax Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 26 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
More from Drax Power Limited
- Drax Re-power1,800 MW · permitted
- Drax Biomass Power Station - Unit 1645 MW
- Drax Biomass Power Station - Unit 2645 MW
- Drax Biomass Power Station - Unit 4645 MW
- Cruachan Hydro Expansion600 MW · permitted
- Cruachan Upgrade Project (Unis 3 & 4)40 MW · permitted
- Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Projectpower plant · permitted
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- 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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.