---> Click here to view the report <--- “The Big Bad Fix – The Case Against Climate Geoengineering,” a report released today by ETC Group, Biofuelwatch and Heinrich Böll Foundation, warns that geoengineering (the large-scale manipulation of the climate) is...
Grangemouth Renewable energy biomass power station: An unsustainable, high-risk potential investment In June 2013, the Scottish Government approved a highly controversial planning application by Forth Energy for a 120 MWe biomass “combined heat and power plant” at...
Produced by Biofuelwatch in collaboration with UK and US NGOs. Annotated Bibliography on Biomass Impacts_Oct 4 2017
Biofuelwatch, with US and Danish NGOs, has written to the Danish Pension Fund PKA urging them to divest from the 50% equity stake they have taken in the worlds biggest dedicated Biomass combined heat and power plant which is under construction on Teesside. PKA...
Rural Richmond County in North Carolina, already an epicenter of environmental injustice, faces its newest threat from wood pellet plant, Enviva. This proposed plant will supply Enviva's 1m tonne pellet contract with MGT Power's Teesside biomass plant in the UK. ...
New Biofuelwatch analysis In 2016, the UK generated 72% less electricity from coal than in 2011, which is great news for the climate and for communities around the world whose health and environment are harmed by coal mining. Biofuelwatch has carried out the...
Presentation prepared for public meeting on 25th May 2017 about the proposed biomass gasifier at Southfield Industrial Estate, Glenrothes
This Warning to Investors was handed to Drax investors entering the Drax AGM in York on 13 April 2017 and, in London, to employees of Invesco and Schroders Bank, Drax's two largest investors, as well as interested passers-by, during the #AxeDrax protests. Drax...
Update: The company no longer exists, and administration (bankruptcy) proceedings began in 2021. There is now no possibility of a biomass plant being built at the site. Click here to download the report Summary: Orthios Group wants to build the world’s largest biomass...
Open Letter to the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling for and end to new biomass electricity subsidies awards by NRDC, Southern Environmental Law Center, Dogwood Alliance, Partnership for Policy Integrity, Biofuelwatch, and Fern
Here are the documents which Biofuelwatch Obtained from Natural Resources Wales in response to an information request under the Environmental Information Regulations: Hudol Thermal's original Environmental Permit, granted 23.10.2008 Variation of Hudol Thermal's...
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...
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...
Why Scottish Ministers must reject “multi-purpose development” proposal by Pentland Studios Ltd
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...
The briefing was fully updated 1st May 2023 Click here to download the full version with photos and references. Lynemouth Power Station in Northumberland is the UK’s second biggest biomass power station after Drax. Lynemouth, like Drax Power Station, burns...
The Blackbridge Biomass Gasification Proposal in Milford Haven: A high-risk, unproven technology for burning wood and waste [add-this] This is a fully updated briefing about Egnedol's proposal to build a 49.9 MWe waste and biomass gasification plant at Blackbridge,...
Biofuelwatch, in collaboration with Heinrich Böll Foundation, has re-released a summarised version of "Last-ditch climate option or wishful thinking? Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage". It offers the first critical and in-depth analysis of a technology that...