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    19 days ago

    Even tho Drax uses only biomass and its CO2 emissions are 4 times higher than Ractcliffe’s which uses coal, I think it is also important to mention that Drax can produce twice as much electricity in comparison to Ratcliffe. Still terrible news from the 2023 report, just saying.

    Drax Power Station

    Its generating capacity of 3,906 megawatts (MW),

    Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station

    the station has a capacity of 2,000 MW

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        From the link you provided, it looks like in 2021 it was 4.2 not 7.5. Apart from that, this approach sounds too speculative to me, since the production comes from 2021 and the CO2 emissions quota from 2023. In the Drax chart it shows a decline in TWh produced from 2017 to 2021 (btw 2021 is also the year they retired coal). Still, assuming from this trend that their production few years latter continues to decline is something I would consider too risky to do.

        • 2017 -> 14.9
        • 2018 -> 11.7
        • 2019 -> 10.2
        • 2020 -> 7.5
        • 2021 -> 4.2

        The Ratcliffe chart has so many fluctuations till 2021 that I couldn’t dare guess what their 2023 production was.

        • 2017 -> 2.6
        • 2018 -> 3.2
        • 2019 -> 0.7
        • 2020 -> 0.1
        • 2021 -> 0.8

        If I find the 2023 numbers, I’ll add a comment or edit this one.