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...
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No overexploitation of forests for a wrong energy turnaround
Statement of German NGOs on forest bioenergy Download the statement witht he logos and list of signatories as a pdf Forests are irreplaceable for the protection of biodiversity and our climate, they are the basis of life for humans, animals and plants. Nevertheless,...
More information on the 2018 UK biomass subsidy changes
The two changes announced by the Government apply to Contracts for Difference (CfDs), which are the new scheme for renewable electricity subsidies phased in from 2014-17. Previously, all biomass plants attracted a different subsidy, called Renewable Obligation...
The Strange Case of Uskmouth Power Station
Note: This briefing has not been updated since October 2018. As of January 2020, the power station has not been converted, and the developers are instead commissioning a feasibility study into the possibility of burning pellets from Refuse Derived Fuel. Uskmouth coal...
Summary of recent Biomass research
Produced by Biofuelwatch in collaboration with UK and US NGOs. Annotated Bibliography on Biomass Impacts_Oct 4 2017
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...
100k people say NO to new power station at Drax: petition hand-in
18th June 2015 · 09:00-10:00 · DECC 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW Join the facebook page here! The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is planning to award up to £1bn in support for a new coal and biomass power station at Drax. The White Rose Project,...
Green Investment Bank 2nd Birthday protest
A lively protest - complete with cake and burning trees for candles - took place to coincide with the Green Investment Bank's 2nd birthday event, where the bank's vision for 2020 was set out. We were calling on the bank to ditch its dirty and polluting investments in...