Conservation and environmental justice organisations in the USA, Estonia, Canada and Portugal have written an open letter to Mr Kwarteng, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth and Ms. Trevelyan, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean...
In 2020, Drax burned almost 150,000 tonnes of pellets produced in Portugal, making Portugal it’s fourth largest supplier. According to its annual report, 88% of the wood used consisted of “low-grade roundwood” and “thinnings”. The Pinewells pellet mill in Central...
Joint Civil Society letter to Shareholders of Drax Group PLC about the proposed acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc Recommendation: Vote AGAINST the resolution to approve the acquisition of Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc by Drax Canadian Holdings Inc an...
German development and climate finance project used to create biomass supply chain for German energy providers Click here to download the report And click here to read an open letter by 40 civil society organisations opposed to this project. An related article on a...
In spring 2018 and July 2019, we visited a total of three Graanul Invest pellet mills in Estonia, as well as looking at the impacts of logging in the country. We have now published photos and evidence of what we saw: Estonia Logging and pellet production Graanul...
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...
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...
London, 18th April 2018 – A flashmob made up environmental, energy and climate justice campaigners has greeted the world’s largest biomass conference which is held at the Landmark Hotel in Marleybone, London from 17th to 19th April [1], in protest against an industry...
What are the problems with big biomass? In a nutshell - there are three problems: 1) It takes huge areas of land and huge quantities of wood to supply a tiny fraction of the energy we use. 2) Burning biomass emits CO2 to the atmosphere, just as burning fossil fuels...
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....
Biofuelwatch media release – for immediate use Thursday 15th August 2013 Media Contact: Oliver Munnion 07917693337 Chris Huhne's new job sheds light on cosy relationship between DECC and energy companies The recent revelation that former Secretary of State for Energy...