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Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainablyThe owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire received record subsidies of almost £1bn for burning trees to genera…
Company publicly denied allegations that primary forests were being cut down to fuel UK’s biggest power plantSenior executives at Drax raised concerns internally about the validity of the energy company’s sustainability claims while it publicly denied …
Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly shareBritain’s reliance on burning wood to generate electricity has reached record highs, even as the government moves to curb the controv…
Gas derived from farm waste can meet only 18% of current gas demand by 2050, despite claims of fossil fuel lobbyists, study findsGas derived from farm waste will never be an alternative to the widespread adoption of heat pumps, research shows, despite …
FCA will look at allegation the biomass power station misled investors, and Whitehall, about its wood sourcingDrax shares plunge after FCA launches investigationThe financial watchdog’s decision to investigate the sustainability claims made by the owne…
Brazilian nightshade and climbing asparagus can be made into biomass pellets, presenting an opportunity for an alternative form of energy, scientists sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo invasive weed species could contribu…
Spending watchdog warns £6.5bn in funding may not offer value for public money amid ongoing sustainability concernsA government spending watchdog has questioned the value of the multi-billion pound subsidies granted to the Drax power plant in North Yor…
Bloomberg alleges Drax idled an electricity generating unit and resold its biomass pellets rather than return money to bill payersBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of the Drax power plant has been forced to deny that it used a loophole in the gov…
Amite BioEnergy, which was fined $2.5m in 2021, notified Mississippi facility had breached emission limitsA US plant that supplies wood pellets to the UK power generator Drax has violated air pollution limits in Mississippi, it has emerged.The Mississi…
Only a third of low-carbon heating scheme’s annual budget has been used since launch in May 2022A scheme to encourage UK households to upgrade their gas boilers to heat pumps and other low-carbon alternatives is failing to deliver after suffering a “di…