Wood Burning Power Station Delivers 11Bn Despite Climate Warnings
Drax is set to receive a total of £11bn in subsidies after converting the majority of its North Yorkshire plant to run on so-called biomass, despite the findings of a government study eight years ago. The report undermines recent claims by Business Minister Kwasi Kwarteng that the plant’s green credentials “have not been challenged”. The report was reviewed by the Telegraph this week, but was originally published in 2014. Mike Childs, head of research at Friends of the Earth, said: “For over a decade the government has known that in some cases burning biomass to produce electricity can be worse than burning gas or coal....