Drax Power Station is celebrating the coronation of King Charles III with a large projection over the long weekend.

Bruce Heppenstall, Plant Director, said: “His Majesty King Charles III has shown great commitment to environmental and climate causes and Drax was delighted to be asked to be a member of his Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) in 2020.

"SMI enables industry executives to work together on delivering meaningful and actionable plans to help accelerate the world’s transition to a sustainable future.

“We wanted to do something special to celebrate this major event in UK history and as our cooling towers are a major landmark that can be seen for miles around – we thought lighting up in honour of our King was a fitting tribute.”

The 114m tall cooling towers near Selby will be lit up between 8:00pm until 1:00am every night from Friday May 5 to Monday May 8. 

Last year the cooling towers were lit up in red and blue to celebrate the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee and in September a tribute to the Queen was projected during the period of mourning.