Environmental Campaigners Vow to Fight Egnedol’s Milford Haven waste and biomass plans, Joint Press release by Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth and Biofuelwatch
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Bioenergy in the European Commission’s proposal for a post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive
Bioenergy in the European Commission's proposed post-202 EU Renewable Energy Directive: An analysis of proposals and impacts A briefing by Biofuelwatch Summary The European Commission’s proposals for a new, post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive (RED) fail to address...
Response to BEIS consultation about future Contracts for Difference for “fuelled technologies”
Biofuelwatch response to the call for evidence about future Contracts for Difference for biomass and other 'fuelled technologies'
Biomass CHP loophole policy briefing
biomass-chp-loophole-policy-briefing Stop subsidy for large-scale inefficient biomass CHP projects like MGT's 299MW Teesside plans. Currently subsidy for the the so called ‘good quality CHP’ scheme rewards only the electricity generated so there is no incentive for...
How Green is Ecotricity’s “Green Gas from Grass”?
An investigation by Biofuelwatch into Ecotricity's proposal to replace 97% of natural gas used to heat homes with biomethane made from grass Update: Ecotricity has now sent us a response to our briefing, which we have published in full, with our own comments (in...
New Renewable Energy Directive useless if large-scale bioenergy included, environmental justice campaigners warn
Press release by Global Forest Coalition, Biofuelwatch, Woodland League, Econexus, Biofuelwatch, Transnational Institute, Friends of the Earth Denmark (NOAH), Corporate Europe Observatory, and Amis de l'Afrique Francophone- Bénin Brussels, 30 November 2016 The revised...
UK Government’s coal phase-out proposal full of loopholes
Loopholes in UK 'coal phase-out' proposals boost coal burning until 2025 and might perpetuate it indefinitely On 9th November 2016, the UK Government released its consultation about a possible phase-out of coal in 2025, called “Coal Generation in Great Britain: The...
Pentland ‘film studio’ planning application could lead to a large, polluting biomass power station
Why Scottish Ministers must reject “multi-purpose development” proposal by Pentland Studios Ltd
Press Release: Environmental campaigners in US and Denmark urge key investor to withdraw investment from large biomass power station project MGT Teesside at Teesport in the UK
17th November 2016 - A large new biomass power station planned at Teesport has come under fire from US environmental campaigners, who have teamed up with Danish campaigners to persuade a key investor to pull their money out because of the serious effects which the...
Our land is worth more than carbon
See here for a list of signatories The Paris Agreement required the 196 Parties to the UN Climate Convention to limit temperature increases to 2° or 1.5°C below preindustrial levels. While COP21 benefitted from a high degree of mobilization linked to the adoption of...
Policy briefing on UK biomass subsidies
Subsidies for biomass electricity must be stopped and diverted to low-carbon renewables and energy saving measures Executive Summary: In 2015, energy companies received £817 million in UK subsidies for burning solid biomass for electricity, the vast majority of it...
Objection to environmental permit application for a biomass gasifier in Hull
Biofuelwatch objection to a Bespoke Installation Permit Application for a waste wood gasification plant proposed by Biomass UK No. 1 LLP at the Port of Hull
Objection to Planning Appeal by PSL Land Ltd for a mixed use development
Biofuelwatch objection to an Appeal by PSL Land Ltd related to a planning application by Pentland Studios Ltd for a mixed use development in Midlothian which may or may not involve a mainly biomass energy centre of up to 100 MW capacity
New Drax movie
Take a look at this new short movie about Drax and the campaign against it by our long-time collaborator Jo Syz. Please watch and share! [add-this]
Two #AxeDrax protests in one week
In collaboration with Coal Action Network and the London Mining Network, Biofuelwatch went to protest against subsidies for Drax's biomass burning at the new department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This department was created to take on some of...
Protest at Drax power station marks 10 years since first ‘Climate Camp’
For immediate release: 22nd October 2016 Protest at Drax power station marks 10 years since first ‘Climate Camp’ Photos are free to use under Creative Commons licence CC BY. Please credit Sebastian Wood/Biofuelwatch This afternoon more than 60 people gathered outside...
Press Release: Climate justice campaigners urge new government department to ‘turn a new leaf’ and stop funding the UK’s single biggest carbon emitter, Drax
London, 19th October 2016 – Climate justice campaigners [1] staged a colourful protest outside the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) today, urging ministers to ‘turn a new leaf’ in energy policy and stop funding Drax power station,...
Green Investment Bank “to lose last vestiges of greenness” as a result of a Macquarie Bank takeover, environmental campaign groups warn
Joint press release by Biofuelwatch, UK Without Incineration Network and Coal Action Network 12th October 2016 - Environmental campaign groups warn that the imminent takeover of the UK’s so far publicly owned Green Investment Bank (GIB) by the Australian Macquarie...