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Government approval of Drax’s BECCS project will cause more forest destruction, campaigners warn
Government approval of Drax’s BECCS project will cause more forest destruction, campaigners warn For immediate release 16th Jan 2024 Secretary of State Claire Coutinho’s decision to approve Drax’s planning application for a carbon capture project, published today [1],...
New Biofuelwatch briefing exposes Tuzla power plant’s planned biomass unit as a dead end
A new briefing by Biofuelwatch, launched today, has revealed that the planned use of biomass energy crops in a new unit at the Tuzla coal power plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina is an unfeasible and environmentally risky endeavour. 21st December 2023 - The briefing is...
Internationaler Aktionstag gegen Holzverbrennung in Kraftwerken
Protestaktionen gegen das Verbrennen von Holz in Kraftwerken in sechs Städten in Deutschland Pressemitteilung Weltweit protestieren heute Umwelt- und Klimaschutzgruppen dagegen, dass riesige Mengen Holz in (Heiz-)Kraftwerken verbrannt werden, darunter auch in sechs...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Court Orders, Refinery Fires and Deforestation Drivers: California Push for Liquid Biofuels Ignores Red Flag Warnings
Despite a series of dramatic red flag warnings about public safety and climate impacts, compounded by errors in governance, California authorities continue to push hard for completing the conversion of refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area to operate as the largest...
Lynemouth Power Station: A smaller version of Drax
Lynemouth Power Station, owned by the Czech energy company EPH, is the second biggest biomass plant in the UK after Drax and one of the biggest in the world. The power station burns up to 1.5 million tonnes of wood every year. The majority of the wood is sourced from...
Infopapier: Umrüstung des Kohleheizkraftwerkes Hamburg-Tiefstack auf Holzverbrennung
Gemeinesames Infopapier RObin Wood, NABU, Deutsche Umwelthilfe und Biofuelwatch, Juni 2023 Update: Im Dezember 2024 gaben der Hamburger Umweltsenator und die Hamburger Energiewerke bekannt, dass das Tiefstack Kraftwerk nicht auf Holz umgerüstet wird. Bitte hier...
Responses
Submission to initial consultation on EU 2030 Climate Target Plan
Click here to read the joint submission by Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch to the initial consultation.
Lough Ree Power Station objection, August 2019
Along with Dogwood Alliance and in support of Friends of the Irish Environment, we submitted an objection to the Irish Lough Ree peat-fired power station proposal to extend its operations and convert to biomass in August 2019. Both peat and biomass are destructive,...
Biofuelwatch response to Sustainable Tourism Enquiry (UK)
Response to Environmental Audit Committee’s Enquiry into Sustainable Tourism
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
Open Letter calling on the Government to redirect renewable subsidies from biomass burning to genuinely renewable energy
To sign the Open Letter, please email: biofuelwatch@gmail.com or complete the Google form here. For a pdf copy of the letter to download and print, please see here To the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and the Energy Minister The...
Crisis in the Swedish Forest –Act Now!
Open Letter to Swedish policymakers and the Swedish Forestry Agency signed by 70 organisations from 25 countries as well as 30 scientists. Click here for a fully referenced version of the letter with a list of the signatories. There is a climate and biodiversity...
Open Letter from NGOs in pellet producer countries to Dutch policy makers
Open Letter by 36 environmental organisations in Estonia and the USA to Ddutch policy makers opposing subsidies for biomass co-firing with coal and in dedicated biomass plants