Companies that burn wood pellets for energy - such as Drax in North Yorkshire - may be “marking their own homework on sustainability”, an influential cross-party committee has warned.

THE controversial Drax power plant was handed £869million in public subsidies last year - equating to £2million a day – for mostly burning forest biomass, a new analysis has suggested.

However Drax insisted its biomass was sustainable and said it was assessed through an internationally recognised certification scheme, while Ofgem added that it takes compliance “extremely ...

The head of Ofgem has admitted that it cannot ensure Drax only uses sustainable wood following reports it burned pellets from rare forests. Jonathan Brearley, the chief executive of the energy reg ...

On this day in 2024, the York Press reported that climate protesters had targeted North Yorkshire energy firm Drax at its annual shareholder meeting. Broadcaster Chris Packham and members of the Axe ...

The controversial Drax power plant was handed £869million in public subsidies last year - equating to £2million a day – for mostly burning forest biomass, a new analysis has suggested.

March 12, 2025 UK power group Drax not in breach of sustainability obligations, says Ofgem British energy regulator Ofgem said on Wednesday that it had not found evidence of a breach of ...

FOUR activists were removed from the Argus Biomass conference today after disrupting the Drax-sponsored event. Posing as conference attendees, they interrupted a keynote speech by Drax chief ...

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has denied British wood pellet producer Drax's request to modify two permits for its Amite Bioenergy plant in Gloster ...