Drax Power Station: Timber
Commons · Question 43730 · 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 the trees burnt at the Drax power station are imported and transported on diesel freighters.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 11 Apr 2025
Drax sources the vast majority of its supply of biomass pellets from the US, with a small percentage from Canada, and elsewhere. It transports pellets to the UK by shipping them on bulk carriers, unloading at ports including Immingham, Liverpool and Port ...