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Environmental campaigners applaud Government decision which effectively stops subsidies for burning imported wood in new power stations
Government urged to review subsidies already granted for wood burning in power plants 3rd September 2018 - Environmental campaigners welcome a new Government decision to rule out future subsidies for biomass power stations with greenhouse gas emissions above 29kg CO2...
92 Environmental Groups Challenge Drax’s Gas Burning Plans
Open Letter by 92 groups denounces plans for UK’s largest gas power station 29th August 2018 – On the final day of a public consultation about Drax’s planning proposal for what would be the UK’s largest ever gas power plant[1], 91 UK-based and international...
Irish biomass plans for peat power stations “pose serious threat to our forests” US environmental groups warn
Press release by An Taisce, Dogwood Alliance and Biofuelwatch Irish biomass plans for peat power stations “pose serious threat to our forests” US environmental groups warn Dublin, 13th Auust 2018 - US conservation and environmental justice organisations...
Reports, briefings and presentations
Neste: The Finnish company preparing to put palm oil in aircraft fuel tanks
Click here to read Biofuelwatch's report about the Finish biofuel and oil company Neste and its aviation biofuel plans. [add-this] Executive Summary: Neste aims to become the world’s largest aviation biofuel producer in 2019 and to rapidly scale up its production...
Biofuelwatch briefing about EDF’s proposals to convert Le Havre and Cordemais power stations to biomass
EDF proposal to convert Cordemais and Le Havre power stations to waste wood or mixed waste: A Trojan Horse for burning coal and forest wood from 2022? Update: EDF decided not to go ahead with a biomass project at Le Havre. In July 2021, EDF cancelled plans for the...
Biofuelwatch report: Dead End Road – The False Promise of Cellulosic Biofuels
Biofuelwatch has published its new in-depth report about cellulosic biofuels, with an in-depth look at each of the commercial-scale facilities worldwide claimed to have been commissioned or operational since 2010. Click here to download the full report (4 MB) Click...
Responses
Submission to EcoPellets appeal against rejection of Bioenergy Plant application in Llangefni
Biofuelwatch submission to the Planning Inspectorate Wales about EcoPellets Appeal against Isle of Anglesey Council's rejection fo their application for a Bioenergy Plant in Llangefni
Response to Defra consultation on Local Air Quality Management
Biofuelwatch response to Defra's “Consultation on options to improve air quality management in England”
Objection to Beckton Energy Ltd’s application for an environmental permit
Biofuelwatch objection to an application by Beckton Energy Ltd to Newham LBC for an environmental permit in respect of a biofuel power station in Beckton
Declarations, joint statements and open letters
South Asia Women’s Network: For a Real Green Economy
Declaration: South Asia Women's Network: For a Real Green Economy
Dakar Appeal Against the Land Grab
Dakar Appeal Against the Land Grab
It’s time to outlaw landgrabbing, not make it responsible!
It's time to outlaw landgrabbing, not make it responsible! Declaration by Via Campesina, Grain and others