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'''Drax''' is a large [[coal]]-fired [[power station]] located near [[Selby]] in [[North Yorkshire]] in Northern [[England]]. It is named after the parish of [[Drax, North Yorkshire|Drax]].

The plant has six 660 [[megawatt|MW]] generating units, with a maximum capacity of 3,945 MW, producing around 24 [[Watt-hour|TWhr]] (86.4 [[petajoule]]s) annually. It is the largest single electricity generator in the [[United Kingdom]], producing around 7% of total demand, and the second largest coal-fired plant in [[Europe]]. It has a maximum potential consumption of 36,000 [[tonne]]s of coal a day, it takes around 7 million to 11 million tonnes annually, supplied in part from the nearby Kellingley Colliery (not part of the Selby complex) and in bulk from Poland. Although it generates around 1.5 million tonnes of ash and 22.8 million tonnes of [[carbon dioxide]] each year, Drax is the most carbon efficient coal-fired powerplant in the United Kingdom[http://www.draxgroup.plc.uk/dp/corporate.php?page=history].