Drax Power Station: Timber
Commons · Question 43726 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has issued a response to BBC Panorama’s reports that the Drax powerplant has burned wood from primary forest sites.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 11 Apr 2025
Following the Panorama reports, Ofgem, as the independent regulator, conducted a comprehensive investigation into Drax’s sustainability arrangements and concluded that, whilst no subsidies were issued for unsustainable biomass, there was an absence of ade...