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The contents of the Drax Ouse Renewable Energy Plant page were merged into Drax Power Station. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. (2012-09-30) |
Article lists 626 MW as the capacity post-CCS. However, the link (currently ref 17) specifies 448MW "gross output", and the nearest snapshots on the wayback machine to when the link was credited specified "up to 450 MW". Where has 626 MW come from?
Anybody got a photo? Edward 12:53, 9 July 2006 (UTC)Reply
Removed 's' from 'power stations' in section "Environmental Effects" so second sentence is grammatically correct: but potentially the sentence should read "However, it is still one of the cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power stations in the UK...". Can't tell as no ref. Also as no ref, should perhaps del whole sentence anyway! But makes section balanced and prob fair: Drax are hardly pushing electricity on consumers.
Robert Crowdy 16:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
Further to this, I've removed the following statement from the article:
This is POV, and not really factually accurate: if the government is showing any bias, it's towards nuclear power specifically, which has a low carbon footprint (even if there are other environmental concerns). They've shown no bias towards building Drax-style coal-fired plants at all. JRawle (Talk) 09:29, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply
The photo in section "Environmental effects" is misleading because it suggests the huge cloud is a cloud of pollution. Of course this is a cloud of condensed water vapor, which comes from the cooling towers. However, rather than remove just the photo, I suggest we remove or rewrite the whole section. As it is, it is biased and its contents are not verifiable. Ccfn (talk) 11:46, 3 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
In the section on Biomass, is the text "is expected to burn 1,400,000 tonnes of biomass each year, saving 1,850,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum". The figure of "1,850,000" is very difficult to believe, as the amount of CO2 emitted is mostly related to the amount of energy generated, and not so much on the choice of fuel. Any comments? Ccfn (talk) 11:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
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Please consider adding into the article the findings here: http://reports.climatecentral.org/pulp-fiction/1/ ,my English is not so good to do so on my own, sorry 81.200.57.139 (talk) 19:43, 23 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
The result of the move request was: page moved. Vegaswikian (talk) 20:38, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Drax Power Station → Drax power station — Just for capitalisation purposes, per a discussion at Talk:Stella power stations#So what was the right name? some time ago.--Fintan264 (talk) 20:03, 24 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
Just noticed the move here. 'Drax Power Station' is a proper noun, isn't it? And proper nouns are always capitalized, according to WP:CAPS. If 'power station' is not part of the name, then the article should be located at Drax (power station), per WP:PRECISE. Arsenikk (talk) 20:46, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
The article currently reads: "The station tested co-firing biomass in the summer of 2004, and in doing so was the first power station in the UK to be fuelled by wood.". Is this definitely correct, I have a memory that Slough Trading Estate has burnt almost exclusively fibre-fuel for a lot of its lifetime? —91.189.88.12 (talk) 14:20, 1 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Would be useful for the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drax_power_station#Petcoke to link to the Petcoke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petcoke with internal links. It links at the top but if you are reading through there is no link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.249.137 (talk) 11:53, 11 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/21/drax-scraps-plans-uk-biomass-plants
Plan for plant at Ouse is dead. Seems should be merged as footnote, also links into plans to burn more biomass in original plant - so a good idea to cover both here. As for the proposed Immingham plant - don't know.. but see http://www.hvnplus.co.uk/news/immingham-biomass-viability-to-be-decided/8628530.article - it's been called " Heron Renewable Energy Plant" for a while
As an aside it may make sense to consider converting the article to a company article "Drax Group" with power plants as sections, if they start operating more than one plant.
Also the proposed Hull biomass plant is also dead [1] [2]- there was a very similar sounding Dong Energy proposal that was cancelled 2010 [3] [4] bbc etc also note http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Drax-halts-switch-biomass/story-11948807-detail/story.html which claims Drax dropped Hull plans in 2010, and was planning to build on same site as Dong Energy..? But other sources claim it halted in 2012 ???? Oranjblud (talk) 23:59, 1 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
Also "dates" (year/month) eg The station's use of biomass has continued to increase and a target has been set for 12.5% of the station's energy to be sourced from biomass. This will contribute to the station's aim to cut its CO2 emissions by 15%. - doesn't say when ... I know its in the reference - but the text should say. There's more than one like this.
One minor point - the image in Drax_power_station#Environmental_effects mentions CO2 - but the image is of a steam cloud - is this helpfully educational?? Maybe it should be changed.
I can do the fixing on the biomas plans but would prefer someone else to do the rest..Oranjblud (talk) 00:28, 2 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drax_power_station&diff=579299602&oldid=579299448
In August 2010, the Wind Prospect Group announced plans to build a 12-turbine wind farm nearby. Known as the Rusholme wind farm, each of the hubs will stand at 60 m (200 ft), with 40 m (130 ft) blades, a total height of 100 m (330 ft).[1]
This in not drax - as far as I can tell the backer is EDF energy - most large scale wind farm development have there own article..
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Suggest merging Drax Group - rationale
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In short 2 articles represent a Wikipedia:Content forking. I have no opinion on what the better article title is.Prof.Haddock (talk) 16:26, 14 July 2014 (UTC)Reply
--On the face of it, I came here to oppose, but I read your reasons and understand them. Perhaps, one day we might need these pages, but if it is true that the only purpose of the Drax Group for the forseeable future is the power station, then I will go with this.- SUPPORT IceDragon64 (talk) 21:57, 10 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
Hope you don't mind me editing your text above- might save a misunderstanding ;) IceDragon64 (talk) 22:00, 10 August 2014 (UTC)Reply
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Article says: "The reinforced concrete chimney stands 259 metres (850 ft) high, with a diameter of 9.1 metres (30 ft), and weighs 44,000 tonnes. It consists of three flues..." I believe this is an error. The entire structure measures about 25m in diameter, where each of the three flues has a diameter of about 9.1 meter. This is according to (inaccurate) measurements on Google Maps, and according to site visit, where the highth/diameter proportion looks rather 10/1 (or 259/25) than 30/1 (or 259/9.1).Bruno verwimp (talk) 23:37, 28 May 2016 (UTC)Reply
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The peak output power is indeed an important metric. However it doesn't mean much without knowing how long it can last, in other words, the quantity of energy that is stored. Said quantity is formally expressed in Joule or more commonly in kW·h (here the order of magnitude is most likely MW·min).
Anyway, the promotional pamphlet cited as reference does not mention batteries other than an eventual plan illustrated by a link to nowher. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noliscient (talk • contribs) 16:14, 28 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
I am surprised that there is no mention of the operational history of Drax, which has had a number of dramatic failures. In the late 1970s the rotors of two of the generators had to be removed and scrapped as they had developed very large cracks in the rotor body. (CEGB classified this as "Secret" at the time, although they later declassified it, which is why I know about it.) In the late 1980s and early 1990s some more generator rotors were similarly found cracked, removed and scrapped. Some years before that one generator had a catastrophic failure when an aluminium wedge in a rotor winding slot was ejected while the machine was on load at normal running speed. (I read an internal report about it at the time). I also heard that some time in the 1990s, while Drax was owned by National Power, another unit had a similar failure. I have not heard anything since National Power sold Drax (no personal contacts there). This is all interesting practical engineering experience. Unfortunately it may be that there are no public domain documents describing any of these events, so no references, and hence not suitable for Wikipedia. DMWard (talk) 14:00, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply