Climate groups and MPs criticise plans for billpayers to foot cost of supporting biomass plant after existing scheme ends in 2027
The government has proposed plans to offer the Drax power plant extra subsidies to burn trees for electricity, provoking a backlash from climate groups and green Tory MPs.
Ministers have begun consulting on plans for billpayers to foot the cost of supporting Drax until the end of the decade once its existing subsidy scheme, which pays on average more than £500m a year, comes to an end in 2027.
Continue reading…Climate groups and MPs criticise plans for billpayers to foot cost of supporting biomass plant after existing scheme ends in 2027The government has proposed plans to offer the Drax power plant extra subsidies to burn trees for electricity, provoking a backlash from climate groups and green Tory MPs.Ministers have begun consulting on plans for billpayers to foot the cost of supporting Drax until the end of the decade once its existing subsidy scheme, which pays on average more than £500m a year, comes to an end in 2027. Continue reading…