New power plant at Drax, whose carbon emissions will be trapped in the North Sea, will produce enough energy to fuel 630,000 homes
Drax, the operator of Britain’s biggest power station, has secured up to 300m (£238m) of European Union funding to build a power plant whose carbon dioxide emissions will be trapped and buried deep beneath the North Sea.
The new plant will be built on land next to Drax’s existing power station near Selby in Yorkshire. It will burn enough coal for 630,000 homes and 90% of its CO2 will be transported by pipeline for permanent storage under the North Sea.