ONE of Drax's giant cooling towers will be turned blue at 8pm tonight in honour of the NHS dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.
Workers at the UK’s largest power station near Selby will show their support and appreciation for the efforts of those within the NHS when the UK comes together to ‘Clap for Carers’.
Engineers at Drax have installed blue lighting on one of the 12, 114m tall cooling towers at the 1,850-acre site.
One of the giant cooling towers, lit up in a test-run ahead of tonight, when it will be turned blue at 8pm in honour of the NHS
Michael Davies, a section head in the maintenance team at Drax Power Station, who led a team of engineers from Drax and EMI to install the blue lights, said: “We all know how vitally important the NHS is right now and we’re in awe of what the teams there are doing.
"Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, these people are putting themselves in harm’s way to protect us and look after those worst affected by this disease.
“Lighting up one of our cooling towers is our signal to those working in the NHS to let them know we appreciate what they’re doing.
"We know they must be working incredibly hard in very difficult circumstances and we fully support them.”
Drax Power Station has the capacity to generate enough electricity for up to six million households. Measures have been put in place to ensure its employees can work safely and continue operating this critical national infrastructure.
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