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Aviation biofuel would need half of UK agricultural land, report says

Replacing jet fuel with biomass would require the UK to give up 50% of its agricultural land to sustain current passenger levels, according to a new report from the Royal Society. In examining how the aviation industry can reach net zero, the ...

28 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Poinsettias blooming at one of UK’s largest growers thanks to biomass heating

One of the UK’s largest growers of poinsettias said they have continued to produce more than one million of the popular Christmas houseplants this year despite the energy price crisis. Bridge Farm Group, based in Spalding in Lincolnshire, ...

10 Nov 2022 at 12:14

Nature favours all creatures great and small over medium-sized, study suggests

Life may come in all shapes and sizes, but nature favours the biggest and smallest creatures over the medium-sized, research suggests. A survey of body sizes of Earth organisms suggests the planet’s biomass – the material that makes up ...

29 Mar 2023 at 19:00

Government urged to end subsidies as Drax accused of burning old forest wood

The Government is being urged not to extend subsidies for biomass as an investigation revealed that Drax is burning wood from rare “old growth” forests in Canada to power UK homes. Campaign groups Conservation North, Biofuelwatch and ...

28 Feb 2024 at 15:00

US campaigners call on UK public for support over alleged impact of Drax plant

Campaigners in Mississippi have called on the British public for support amid claims that community members are suffering health issues after a nearby Drax-owned wood pellet plant breached pollution rules. Krystal Martin, a resident ...

01 Mar 2024 at 17:07

Government cannot prove biomass sustainably sourced, says National Audit Office

The Government cannot prove that biomass fuel is sustainably sourced and its assurance schemes are not good enough, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has found. Ministers and their advisers at the Climate Change Committee (CCC) ...

24 Jan 2024 at 11:20

Starmer to look at report on legality of Drax power station subsidies

The Prime Minister has said he will look at a report which has accused Britain’s biggest power station of illegally claiming Government subsidies. Drax power station in North Yorkshire receives millions of pounds a year in direct ...

29 Jan 2025 at 17:36

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Tipperary based renewable energy firm appoints new managing director to lead its expansion

Tipperary-based provider of biomass heating and commercial solar PV solutions, Woodco Renewable Energy, has confirmed the appointment of Adrian Costigan as its new Managing Director. With over 20 years of experience in energy, ...

04 Mar 2025 at 23:33

UK ‘could take more US wood pellets to burn for electricity’ amid trade talks

The UK could potentially take more US wood pellets to burn for electricity amid ongoing trade talks, Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary has said. Brooke Rollins, who met with Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Energy Minister ...

14 May 2025 at 13:25

Drax faces penalty after Canadian biomass plant fails to submit pollution report

Power giant Drax if facing a penalty after one of its biomass plants in Canada failed to submit an annual report on pollutant emissions to the country’s environment regulator. The pellet mill in High Level, Alberta, produces ...

21 Oct 2023 at 12:28

Further subsidies to wood-burning power plant ‘deeply concerning’

Environmentalists have raised concerns over news that wood-burning power station Drax will continue to receive subsidies but welcomed a reduction in payments. The Government has announced that from 2027, when the existing ...

10 Feb 2025 at 14:44

Biomass power generators could be ‘marking own homework on sustainability’

Companies that burn wood pellets for energy may be “marking their own homework on sustainability”, an influential cross-party committee has warned. In a report published on Friday, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee ...

25 Apr 2025 at 09:18

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