Drax Power Station Field Trip – September 2025

This event is open to GESGB members only and information provided on the registration form will be will be checked on the membership database. Please read through the registration terms and conditions before registering.

If you are interested in becoming a member of GESGB please visit: https://www.ges-gb.org.uk/membership/

The GESGB are pleased to invite you to register for a visit to the Drax Power Station.

Date & Time: 5 September 2025  – 13:00-15:00

Location: Drax Power Station, Drax, Selby YO8 8PH

The duration of the visit is 2 hours, and includes time in their visitor area with a presentation on the generation process at Drax and includes information on BECCS. There is also a minibus tour to the outside areas of the site such as the domes and cooling towers, and a walking tour through the boiler house and turbine hall. The BECCS area is not available for visitors to view, but the visit includes a short presentation and drive past the compound.

The field trip schedule will be shared with registered attendees closer to the time of the visit.

Travel and catering

• All participants are required to make their own travel and catering arrangements.
• Free car parking available onsite.

Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment! 

About Drax Power Station

• Drax Power Station – UK’s largest power station and source of renewables – 5% of UK power, 10% of UK renewables.
• Providing a secure, reliable and flexible source of renewable energy to support more intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar.
• The site near Selby in North Yorkshire provides the most renewable power of any single location in the UK, some 14 terawatt-hours (TWh) or enough electricity to power the equivalent of five million homes.
• The station includes 4 x 645MW biomass fired units and produces around 14 terawatt-hours (TWh)
• The biomass domes are each taller than Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s roller coaster ‘The Big One’ – which store up to 80,000 tonnes of biomass.
• Each of the 12 cooling towers are 345 feet high (105 meters)
• Find more information about Drax Power station HERE.