Drax Power Station the largest coal fired power station in the UK is beginning to use a mix of coal and biofuel to produce electricity. Drax contributes 7% of the National Grid's electricity.
It is mixing straw, a waste product from the nearby grain farms which is turned into pellets, with the coal. As well as these pellets Drax also mixes its coal with sawdust.
The need for this mix is not only because Drax produces 22 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide but also because of the rapid rise of the cost of coal. Coal prices have doubled this year and now cost the power station £209 per tonne.
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