Submission about Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 Submitted by James Hewitt on behalf of Biofuelwatch, 29th April 2025 Click here to download
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Dutch campaigners win court case against permit for RWE coal and biomass plant
21st April 2021 - Environmental campaigners in the Netherlands have won an important court ruling against the a new nature permit granted by the Province of Groningen for RWE’s Eemshaven Power Station. The campaigners demanded that the Groningen court revoke the...
EIB Response to Biofuelwatch’s and Salva la Selva’s Curtis Biomass report
Please see below for comments by Salva la Selva and Biofuelwatch - Click here to read the report to which the EIB has responded below. Email received from the EIB email, 11th November 2020 The European Investment Bank (EIB) would like to thank you for sharing the...
Dear MSPs, please ensure the Scottish National Investment Bank protects biodiversity
If you live in Scotland, please call on your MSPs to ensure that the new Scottish National Investment Bank only invests in projects which promote biodiversity, environmental wellbeing and the climate. On Tuesday 21st January, MSPs from the Scottish Parliament will...
More information on the 2018 UK biomass subsidy changes
The two changes announced by the Government apply to Contracts for Difference (CfDs), which are the new scheme for renewable electricity subsidies phased in from 2014-17. Previously, all biomass plants attracted a different subsidy, called Renewable Obligation...
Biofuelwatch Announcement List
We have had some bad news regarding our announcement list: the server which had hosted the email list for over five years suffered a major hardware problem. So far, it has not been possible to recover the data, there is no guarantee that it will ever be possible and,...
UPDATE: Dangerous aviation biofuels plans rejected!
18th October 2017 The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Member States rejected plans for 50% of aviation fuel to be supplied by biofuels by 2050. This is due in no small part to the letter opposing these plans co-ordinated by Biofuelwatch and signed by...
Getting to #AxeDrax
There are a variety of ways you can get to #AxeDrax : By car or minibus It's easy to get to Drax by road and it would be really helpful if you're driving to offer a lift to others. If you have a lift to offer or if you are interested in getting a lift, please fill in...
Biofuelwatch Position: What does Brexit mean for Energy Justice Campaigning?
Download the pdf version of this statement Right now, none of us can foresee what future UK energy and climate policy will look like following the Brexit Referendum. Clearly, much will depend on who will end up in government over the next few years, and what...
Secretary of State issues dismissive response to #AxeDrax petition
Biofuelwatch will continue to build the #AxeDrax campaign to shut down Drax by getting their subsidies stopped. Find out more here and email us at biofuelwatch@ymail.com to subscribe to our announcement list and find out how else you can get involved in the campaign....
Warning to Investors 2016: Drax’s Continuing Biomass Deception
Biofuelwatch briefing to Drax shareholders and investors considering whether to invest in Drax
Biofuelwatch: highlights of 2015
Biofuelwatch was very busy in 2015. Here are a few of the things we've done: Taken a giant white elephant to the Department of Energy and Climate Change to deliver a 110,000 signature petition against Drax's White Rose carbon capture project – Drax subsequently pulled...
Fundraising appeal: Please support communities in Maranhao defending their lands from eucalyptus plantations
[This Fundraising Appeal is now closed. Many thanks to all who have generously contributed!] In the Brazilian state of Maranhão, communities, the livelihoods and land rights of traditional communities are under serious threat from large-scale eucalyptus...
No more subsidies for big biomass
- Note: This consultation is now closed and the alert only remains as a record, for information - The UK Government is introducing new subsidies for energy classed as renewable, called Contracts for Difference. Their subsidy rules and proposals are a major boost for...
Biomass: the Chain of Destruction References & notes
1. Introduction [1] www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2012/biomass_myth_report/ [2] Center for Study and Research for the Development of the Southern Bahia Region [3] See http://www.mgtpower.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MGT-Press-Release-26Oct12.pdf but also...
Battersea Against Biofuels Public Meeting against plans for a biofuel (palm oil) power plant at the Battersea Power Station development
Battersea Against Biofuels Public Meeting against plans for a biofuel (palm oil) power plant at the Battersea Power Station development
Green Investment Bank: Don’t fund Forth Energy’s destructive Grangemouth biomass power station
[add-this] [NOTE: This alert is now closed and for information only. Forth Energy has announced that they will not proceed with their plans in Grangemouth and Rosyth and they have withdrawn he application in Dundee. They are looking for a potential buyer for their...
UK Avaaz petition: Stop subsidising biofuel rainforest destruction
Urgent UK Avaaz petition: Stop subsidising biofuel rainforest destruction