Drax
Yorkshire · Biomass / Gas / Coal · Mixed site
Physical capacity is not verified for all units. Utilisation and capacity-based outage ratios are unavailable; registry values are retained as reference.
Output history
Reported availability
Unit lifecycle and sources
| BM unit | Technology | Registered capacity | Current lifecycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAXX-1 | Biomass | 665 MW | Operating — dated evidence |
| DRAXX-10G | Gas | 33 MW | Operating — dated evidence |
| DRAXX-12G | Gas | 32 MW | Operating — dated evidence |
| DRAXX-2 | Biomass | 669 MW | Operating — dated evidence |
| DRAXX-3 | Biomass | 661 MW | Operating — dated evidence |
| DRAXX-4 | Biomass | 645 MW | Operating — dated evidence |
| DRAXX-5 | Coal | 645 MW | Retired from 1 Apr 2023 |
| DRAXX-6 | Coal | 645 MW | Retired from 1 Apr 2023 |
| DRAXX-9G | Gas | 33 MW | Operating — dated evidence |
Sourced events
- 19 Sept 2026 · DRAXX-1
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 665.2 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source date: 2026-09-19 · Reviewed: 2026-09-19
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 19 Sept 2026 · DRAXX-2
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 669.4 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source date: 2026-09-19 · Reviewed: 2026-09-19
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 19 Sept 2026 · DRAXX-3
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 661.4 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source date: 2026-09-19 · Reviewed: 2026-09-19
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 19 Sept 2026 · DRAXX-4
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 645 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source date: 2026-09-19 · Reviewed: 2026-09-19
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 1 May 2026 · DRAXX-10G
Drax's dated trading update identifies three small legacy gas turbines at Drax Power Station among existing assets with Capacity Market agreements. The committed map contains exactly DRAXX-9G, DRAXX-10G and DRAXX-12G as the site's three legacy gas turbines. This establishes retained operating-asset status after the report; the source does not partition their physical MW, so the 33.2 MW registry reference is not promoted to installed capacity.
Source date: 2026-04-30 · Reviewed: 2026-09-19
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 1 May 2026 · DRAXX-12G
Drax's dated trading update identifies three small legacy gas turbines at Drax Power Station among existing assets with Capacity Market agreements. The committed map contains exactly DRAXX-9G, DRAXX-10G and DRAXX-12G as the site's three legacy gas turbines. This establishes retained operating-asset status after the report; the source does not partition their physical MW, so the 32 MW registry reference is not promoted to installed capacity.
Source date: 2026-04-30 · Reviewed: 2026-09-19
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 1 May 2026 · DRAXX-9G
Drax's dated trading update identifies three small legacy gas turbines at Drax Power Station among existing assets with Capacity Market agreements. The committed map contains exactly DRAXX-9G, DRAXX-10G and DRAXX-12G as the site's three legacy gas turbines. This establishes retained operating-asset status after the report; the source does not partition their physical MW, so the 32.5 MW registry reference is not promoted to installed capacity.
Source date: 2026-04-30 · Reviewed: 2026-09-19
Primary source (opens in a new tab) - 1 Apr 2023 · DRAXX-5, DRAXX-6
Drax confirms formal closure of its remaining two coal units at the end of March 2023 and decommissioning from April. The mapped coal units are DRAXX-5 and DRAXX-6. The boundary is the first complete UTC day after March; biomass units 1–4 and auxiliary gas units are not retired by this evidence.
Source date: 2023-04-26 · Reviewed: 2026-09-13
Primary source (opens in a new tab)
Physical capacity evidence
DRAXX-1 · 645 MW · evidenced from 2026-09-19
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 665.2 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source 2026-09-19 · reviewed 2026-09-19
Operator capacity sourceDRAXX-2 · 645 MW · evidenced from 2026-09-19
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 669.4 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source 2026-09-19 · reviewed 2026-09-19
Operator capacity sourceDRAXX-3 · 645 MW · evidenced from 2026-09-19
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 661.4 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source 2026-09-19 · reviewed 2026-09-19
Operator capacity sourceDRAXX-4 · 645 MW · evidenced from 2026-09-19
The current operator page states that Drax has four 645 MW biomass-fired units; the operator's corporate page describes the four as independent. The committed map identifies DRAXX-1 through DRAXX-4 as those four biomass units, so the common equipment rating is not an equal division of an aggregate. The 645 MW registry reference remains separate.
Source 2026-09-19 · reviewed 2026-09-19
Operator capacity sourcePhysical capacity evidence is incomplete. Registered totals are not verified installed capacity.
Whole-site registered total: 4028.7 MW, including retired units.
Registered capacity is the value retained in the committed BM-unit source snapshot. “Not retained” means the registry no longer supplied a positive figure; it does not mean the unit historically had no capacity. If a unit with a retirement event publishes a non-zero live declaration, the live declaration keeps it in the operating fleet pending review.
About this asset
Drax is a mixed biomass / gas / coal site in Yorkshire. It has 7 non-retired (0 unverified) and 2 retired mapped Balancing Mechanism units, with 2.74 GW on the displayed capacity basis.
Published site coordinate.
Current output is the operator’s declared Physical Notification. Metered output is published later and is shown as the solid portion of the history chart; outage shading comes from REMIT notices.