tarboat's photos with the keyword: wood pellets

These three silos at Gladstone Dock in Liverpool have a combined capacity of 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets for use at Drax Power Station in Yorkshire. This terminal was completed in July 2016 with wood pellets being offloaded from vessels utilising Continuous Ship Unloaders, before being deposited into the silos via a conveyor belt system. The pellets are then loaded into block trains for transportation to the power station.

Storage for wood pellets at Drax power station. Four of the six units here are biomass fired with an output of 2,400 Mw. The remaining units will be replaced by gas turbines if planning permission can be obtained.