Drax Power Station: Timber
Lords · Question HL1755 · Tabled 18 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Lord Birt
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article "UK power stations burnt wood from old forest areas, Drax emails show", published in the Financial Times on 16 October, which cited internal emails from 2022 that concluded that
Answer
Answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, 1 Nov 2024
The Government only supports sustainable biomass and generators only receive subsidies for biomass that complies with our sustainability criteria. The 2023 Biomass Strategy contained a commitment to consult on developing and implementing a cross-sector su...