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Press release: Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups
Keep bioenergy out of the Energy Charter Treaty, say 58 groups Including bioenergy within the Energy Charter Treaty would make this harmful treaty even worse - Embargoed for 11 am CEST, 6th July 2021 - Brussels/Amsterdam/London - 6 July, 2021 - 58 civil society...
Drax Plc’s carbon capture claims not based on any real-world evidence, company reveals to campaigners
Drax’s carbon capture announcements claims appear motivated by quest for new multi-billion pound subsidies, environmental campaigners warn For immediate release London, 14th June 2021 - The environmental campaign group Biofuelwatch is today publishing...
Drax admits lack of any real-world evidence for capturing carbon from their biomass units
WRITTEN Responses from Drax Consultation Team 15/3/2021 Drax has also responded to questions from Biofuelwatch during a consultation in November 2021, in which it admitted a shocking lack of data about its own BECCS proposals. [Comments/explanations in green added by...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Blackrock: Investing in biomass energy harms forests, climate and communities
New Biofuelwatch briefing about BlackRock's harmful investments in energy from forest and tree plantation wood, coinciding with BlackRock's 2022 AGM. Highlighting their investments in Drax, Graanul Invest's new owners Apollo Global Management, Albioma S.A. and their...
Dutch government rules out new subsidies for burning wood for energy
Good news from the Netherlands, where campaign groups have been working hard to stop the burning of wood, much of it imported, in heat and power stations. In February 2021, the Dutch Parliament adopted a temporary stop to rule out new subsidies for biomass heat...
Vattenfall’s Wood Bioenergy Investments and Plans
Joint briefing by Biofuelwatch and the Environmental Paper Network's Forests, Climate and Biomass Working Group Updated April 2024 - Note that since then, Vattenfall has sold its biomass and other heat generation and distribution assets in Berlin to the City, and has...
Responses
Objection to planning application for a biomass power station in Glenrothes
Biofuelwatch objection to an application by "Glenrothes Biomass Energy" for a 19.8 MWe biomass power station in Glenrothes Update: Since we submitted this objection, it transpired that the plant would have an efficiency of just 15.84%. This information has been set...
Objection to Planning Appeal for a biofuel-fuelled diesel power plant in Bristol
Biofuelwatch objection to an Appeal by Plutus Energy Ltd against Bristol City Council's refusal of a planning application for a short-term reserve power plant using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, including palm oil, as the fuel
Objection to permit application for a waste wood power plant in Tansterne
Biofuelwatch submission to the Environment Agency regarding GB Bio Ltd's permit application for the Tansterne Biomass Plant, which would burn waste wood
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
On International Day for Forests, FAO celebrates cutting them down for energy
La versión en Español de esta página web estará disponible próximamente en www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/2017/fao-día-Internacional-bosques 21st March has been declared International Day for Forests by the UN. Shockingly, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation...
Joint Open Letter opposing new Contracts for Difference for coal-to-biomass conversions
Open Letter by the Wood Panel Industries Federation, NRDC, Dogwood Alliance, Biofuelwatch, Friends of the Earth, Southern Environmental Law Center, Norbord, and Fern to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, calling for coal-to-biomass...
Civil Society Denounces World Bank’s Scheme to Hijack Farmers’ Rights to Seeds
Civil Society Declaration denouncing the World Bank's Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) programme, which attacks farmers' rights to seeds and food sovereignty as well as the environment