Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions In Subsidies? Drax Faces A Reckoning

Earth and Leaf Editorial - Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions in Subsidies?

 

 

This doesnt count towards the UK Carbon Budget because its Canadian.  It doesnt count in Canada either.  This is greenwashing on a monumental scale.  This is not renewable energy – those old growth forests cannot be replaced.

Drax is one of the great carbon scandals of our era.

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SELBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 30: The winter sun sets behind the Drax Bio mass Power Station operated by Drax Group PLC on January 30, 2025 in Selby, England. Once one of the largest coal power plants in Europe, the Drax power station in North Yorkshire now generates electricity by burning wood pellets sourced from trees in North America. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Categories: Fuel
Tags: Drax
Author: Forbes, Ken Silverstein
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