Power station buildings. View,from one of the chimneys,of the gypsum storage building (upper centre),at a coal-fired power station. Gypsum (calcium sulphate) is a byproduct of the scrubbers used to clean sulphur dioxide from the coal smoke. This is the Drax power station near Selby,North Yorkshire,UK. This view looks north-west from the main chimney. At 259 metres,it is one of the tallest structures in the UK. As of 2006,Drax is the largest,cleanest and most efficient of the UK's coal-fired power stations. It can burn 36,000 tones of coal a day to produce 4,000 megawatts of power,around 7% of the UK's electricity needs. It was built from 1974-1986. For a view of the chimney,see T190/454. For the inside of the gypsum storage building,see T190/446 |