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The extent of Drax's biomass subsidies

Today’s financial report from Drax, Europe’s largest biomass power generator, shows the extraordinary scale of the public subsidies the company is receiving. 

  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
  • Bioenergy
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The Drax gas plant is dead

Drax has reportedly dropped its plans for an enormous new gas plant – but many other developers are still hunting for government subsidies to build theirs.

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G7
  • G20
  • Gas
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Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies study: Call for evidence

Supporting BECCS with public money must be approached cautiously, and the economics carefully compared with other proven methods like forest restoration.

  • United Kingdom
  • Bioenergy
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Mapping coal use in the UK steel sector

Ember’s UK Steel Database reveals what it would take steel from coal to clean.

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • Coal
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New UK carbon market risks a carbon price half that of the EU

The UK government can offer businesses more post-Brexit certainty by increasing the carbon price floor – ahead of aligning the market with net zero

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G7
  • G20
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UK wind power pushes fossil gas to 5-year low

Latest UK power sector data shows that the UK grid is accelerating towards a 2035 gas phase-out, with wind power replacing fossil gas.

  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
  • Wind
  • Gas
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Greenhouse gas removals: call for evidence

It is very difficult to establish a realistic magnitude of negative emissions that can be delivered through BECCS.

  • United Kingdom
  • Bioenergy
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It’s time for a UK carbon tax

With a link to the EU carbon market now impossible by January, the best option for the UK is to commit to a carbon tax.

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G7
  • G20
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Gambling with Biomass: Reliance on BECCS undermines National Grid’s net-zero scenarios

National Grid models unlikely to deliver net-zero by 2050 through over-reliance on BECCS

  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • G7
  • G20
  • Bioenergy