Static Data

Static Data

This page provides the detail of Drax Group's generating units. The Bidding Zone defines the market the generating unit resides in. The fuel defines the primary fuel used in each unit.

Active Assets

This table displays details of assets currently owned by Drax Group.

Asset ID Capacity (MW) Fuel Location Bidding Zone
T_DRAXX-1 660 Biomass England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-2 645 Biomass England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-3 645 Biomass England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-4 645 Biomass England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-5 645 Fossil Hard Coal England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-6 645 Fossil Hard Coal England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-9G 32 Fossil Oil England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-10G 32 Fossil Oil England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_DRAXX-12G 32 Fossil Oil England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_CRUA-1 120 Hydro Pumped Storage Scotland GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_CRUA-2 120 Hydro Pumped Storage Scotland GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_CRUA-3 100 Hydro Pumped Storage Scotland GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_CRUA-4 100 Hydro Pumped Storage Scotland GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_HIRWN-1 299 Fossil Gas Wales GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_PROG-1 299 Fossil Gas England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_MLBRK-1 299 Fossil Gas England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A

Former Assets

This table provides details of assets previously owned by Drax Group. The ownership of these assets transferred to VPI Holdings Ltd at 00:00 on 1 February 2021. The information displayed on this website only relates to the period of Drax ownership between 1 January 2019 and 31 January 2021. If you require information on these assets from 1 February 2021 onwards, then please contact VPI Holdings Ltd or visit their REMIT publication platform.

Asset ID Capacity (MW) Fuel Location Bidding Zone
T_DAMC-1 805 Fossil Gas England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
T_RYHPS-1 715 Fossil Gas England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A
E_SHOS-1 420 Fossil Gas England GB Electricity 10YGB----------A

Loss Types

Drax Group categorises its cause of outages by the following loss types.

  1. Ambient
  2. Ash & Dust / FGD
  3. Balance of Plant
  4. Boiler / Fuel supply
  5. Commissioning
  6. Common water services
  7. Dam Level
  8. Draft Tube Gate Lowering Conditions
  9. Electrical System
  10. Gas Turbine
  11. Generator
  12. Heat Recovery Steam Generator
  13. Mode Change Failure
  14. National Grid Instruction
  15. Non-Dewater Outage
  16. Planned outage
  17. Planned Outage/Restriction
  18. Power supply syst / Control / I.T.
  19. SONAR
  20. Station Gas Supply
  21. Steam Turbine
  22. Trip Under Investigation
  23. Turbine generator / Feed system
  24. Under investigation / Testing