Open Letter to the Planning Inspectorate in Wales, to Pembrokeshire Council and the Welsh Assembly Government, by Pembrokeshire Friends of the Earth, The Environment Network Pembrokeshire and Biofuelwatch Dear Sir/Madam, Re: Further consultation on Egnedol’s planning...
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Stop Enviva’s planned pellet plant to feed growing UK demand for biomass
Rural Richmond County in North Carolina, already an epicenter of environmental injustice, faces its newest threat from wood pellet plant, Enviva. This proposed plant will supply Enviva's 1m tonne pellet contract with MGT Power's Teesside biomass plant in the UK. ...
Open Letter to BEIS: No new subsidies for coal-to-biomass conversions
Protesters against Drax in London, York and Liverpool say divest from biomass, coal and gas
Protestors against Drax Plc in York, Liverpool and London say Divest from Biomass, Coal and Gas! 13th April 2017 Scores of people around the country are protesting against Drax Plc on the day of its AGM today, with three simultaneous demonstrations in London,...
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...
Orthios Group’s Holyhead Biomass Plans: A new threat to forests – or just a sci-fi idea?
Update: The company no longer exists, and administration (bankruptcy) proceedings began in 2021. There is now no possibility of a biomass plant being built at the site. Click here to download the report Summary: Orthios Group wants to build the world’s largest biomass...
Chatham House report confirms disastrous climate impacts of large-scale wood-based bioenergy
Two new research papers by internationally-respected think tank Chatham House confirm that most wood-based bioenergy has a seriously negative impact on the climate, stating "biomass emits more carbon per unit of energy than most fossil...
Parliamentary Biomass Briefing
On 14 December 2016, Biofuelwatch organised a Briefing in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons. It was co-hosted by Glyn Davies MP (Conservative, Environmental Audit Committee), Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP) and Caroline Lucas (Co-leader of the Green Party). It...
Bioenergy in the European Commission’s proposal for a post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive
Bioenergy in the European Commission's proposed post-202 EU Renewable Energy Directive: An analysis of proposals and impacts A briefing by Biofuelwatch Summary The European Commission’s proposals for a new, post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive (RED) fail to address...
UK Government’s coal phase-out proposal full of loopholes
Loopholes in UK 'coal phase-out' proposals boost coal burning until 2025 and might perpetuate it indefinitely On 9th November 2016, the UK Government released its consultation about a possible phase-out of coal in 2025, called “Coal Generation in Great Britain: The...
Two #AxeDrax protests in one week
In collaboration with Coal Action Network and the London Mining Network, Biofuelwatch went to protest against subsidies for Drax's biomass burning at the new department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This department was created to take on some of...
Protest at Drax power station marks 10 years since first ‘Climate Camp’
For immediate release: 22nd October 2016 Protest at Drax power station marks 10 years since first ‘Climate Camp’ Photos are free to use under Creative Commons licence CC BY. Please credit Sebastian Wood/Biofuelwatch This afternoon more than 60 people gathered outside...
#AxeDrax, October 22
(and October 19th in London) Update: See here for a report on these two demos, including photos and links to video footage, and here for notice of the next one in April 2017. Demo and celebration at Drax Power Station (near South Gate), 22nd October 2016, 1 - 5 pm....
EPH-owned Lynemouth Power Station: Impacts on Forests and Communities
The briefing was fully updated 1st May 2023 Click here to download the full version with photos and references. Lynemouth Power Station in Northumberland is the UK’s second biggest biomass power station after Drax. Lynemouth, like Drax Power Station, burns...
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....
#AxeDrax AGM Protest 2016
Axe The Draxosaurus Scores of demonstrators took to the streets on April 20th 2016 to demand an end to subsidies for Drax power station, during the Drax PLC Annual General Meeting in the City of London. Highlight moments captured in this engaging video,...
UK’s largest power station hit by simultaneous protests at AGM in London and in Yorkshire, protesters demanding an end to subsidies
For immediate release London, 20th April 2016 - Environmental and human rights activists have gathered in London today for a colourful protest organised by Biofuelwatch [1] and Coal Action Network. [2] The protest targeted the AGM of Drax PLC, whose power station in...
Declaration: Large-scale bioenergy must be excluded from the renewable energy definition
[Signed by 132 civil society organisations and social networks from 45 different countries] - Click here for a Spanish version of this declaration. We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next...