Summary: Drax uses advertising, lobbying meetings, donations, educational resources, academic research and sponsorship of events to gain public and political support for its tree burning and to present the company as benevolent and part of the climate solution when...
BECCS
Response to European Commission consultation on CRCF methodologies
Biofuelwatch response to European Commission consultation about methodologies and rules for "carbon removals" from Direct Air Capture with CCS (DACCS), bioenergy with CCS (BioCCS) and biochar. Click here to download
Biofuelwatch Submission to Greenhouse Gas Removals Independent Review June 2025
Biofuelwatch Submission to Greenhouse Gas Removals Independent Review June 2025
Biofuelwatch’s objections to Drax’s BECCS application
Drax has applied for development consent for its BECCS project, a nationally significant infrastructure project. Biofuelwatch has objected via the examination process on a number of grounds. Our submissions to the planning inspectorate, along with those of many others...
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...
UK press release about report on BECCS and carbon capture from waste incineration
New report exposes claims made about bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to be based on hype, not real-world experience - for immediate release - 28th November 2022 - Today, Biofuelwatch has released a comprehensive report about carbon capture from...
Press release about report on BECCS and carbon capture from waste incineration
New report exposes claims made about bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to be based on hype, not real-world experience 28th November 2022 - Today, Biofuelwatch has released a comprehensive report about carbon capture from biomass power and heat plants...
Real Zero Europe Statement
To avoid the worst effects of climate chaos, we must radically transform systems and achieve Real Zero Click here to download the joint statement with the list of signatories in English, Spanish, French, German or Italian To avoid the worst effects of climate chaos,...
Carbon capture from biomass and waste incineration: Hype versus reality
Full Report Executive Summary Executive Summary in German / Zusammenfassung auf Deutsch Executive Summary: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) has been gaining traction in the debate around climate change mitigation, with governments developing funding...
NEWSLETTER JUNE 2022
Welcome to our latest newsletter of 2022, full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Sign up to mailing list 1. International Day of Action 2. BlackRock Briefing 3.Barclays Drop Drax 4.Report...
BECCS Factsheet April 2023
Download our BECCS factsheet with a focus on Drax's proposal to capture CO2 from two of its large biomass units in Yorkshire.
BEIS Biomass Policy Statement – November 2021 – Reference Document
In November 2021 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released a biomass policy statement, which laid out how the government views various forms of biomass energy ahead of the biomass strategy being released in 2022. What does the...
Response to Drax’s BECCS Consultation
Biofuelwatch submitted the following in response to Drax's statutory consultation on BECCS: Dear Sir/Madam, We are writing in response to the statutory consultation about the Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project proposal. We feel there is some key...
Drax admits lack of data about its own BECCS proposals
Written Responses from Drax Consultation Team from between 17th and 23rd of December 2021 Drax has also responded to questions from Biofuelwatch during a consultation in March 2021, in which it admitted that it had no real-world for capturing carbon from their biomass...
Biofuelwatch response to Call For Evidence on NETs from Environmental Audit Committee October 2021
Biofuelwatch was pleased to submit this response to a Call For Evidence on Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) including Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) from the Environmental Audit Committee in October 2021. The...
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2021
Dear Biofuelwatch supporter Welcome to our packed October 2021 newsletter full of updates about campaigns that we – and you – have been supporting, and policy developments. Important reading for anyone who wants to see meaningful responses to climate change and who is...
International Day of Action on Big Biomass!
Biofuelwatch joins groups from around the world to raise awareness of the impacts of large scale biomass. We have pulled together two videos for you to watch and share about some of the most common myths about bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, also known for...
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...