Green campaigners fear ministers are poised to award billions of pounds in fresh subsidies to Drax power station, despite strong concerns that burning trees to produce electricity is bad for the environment.
Green campaigners fear UK to renew subsidies to Drax power station Billions of pounds from energy bill payers to run out in 2027 but could be extended as soon as Monday.
Campaigners fear that ministers could allow Drax unrestricted subsidies for continuing to burn biomass, which one said would be “incredibly bad news”.
A further option would be to impose strict time limits on the subsidies, or require Drax to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, which could reduce the harm to the climate but still allow widespread destruction of trees.
“But if they put limits on the time or the quantity of subsidies, that would indicate the government was thinking twice about this, and could signal the beginning of the end [for biomass subsidies].”.
