Saturday, June 19, 2010

Power but no glory: cleaning up coal power


Old-fashioned coal-fired stations such as Drax are finding ways of cleaning up their act to stay viable

Approaching the 750-hectare site across the flat, featureless countryside near Selby, south of York, you can't miss its dozen 114m-high cooling towers dominating the skyline. On a clear day, you can see them from the edge of the Yorkshire Dales 25 miles away, billowing steam - but no lava or ash – like so many synthetic volcanoes.

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