Politicians rely on the Drax biomass plant to meet U.K. energy supplies. Bosses want even more government backing to guarantee its future ― but Drax's many critics have had enough.

88 days ago

Calls grow for Drax boss to be sacked over claims UK's biggest renewable power station is as 'toxic as tobacco'

found 2025 › Sep › 10 (Wed) @ 00:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Britain's biggest 'renewable' power station which is allegedly as 'toxic as working for tobacco' should sack its boss.

3 months ago

Probe into Ed Miliband-backed power station: UK's biggest 'green' plant investigated months after Energy Secretary agreed to pour in billions of taxpayer funds

found 2025 › Aug › 29 (Fri) @ 00:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Energy company Drax yesterday revealed that the FCA had launched a probe into 'certain historical statements' regarding the sourcing of wood pellets used in its biomass plant.

Drax investigated by UK watchdog over biomass sourcing

found 2025 › Aug › 28 (Thu) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Move by FCA relates to historical statements on wood pellets for power station from January 2022 to March 2024

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The power generator Drax has revealed it is under investiga…

5 months ago

Ancient trees are shipped to the UK, then burned – using billions in ‘green’ subsidies. Stop this madness now | Dale Vince

found 2025 › Jun › 21 (Sat) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The evidence against the Drax power station is damning, yet the government wants to continue its massive public funding

How green is this? We pay billions of pounds to cut down ancient forests in the …

7 months ago

Drax takes ancient trees from near my Carolina home and burns them 4,000 miles away. This greenwashing scandal utterly shames Britain

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 01:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

There will be plenty of backslapping among the highly paid executives of Drax, Britain's biggest power station, at today's AGM held in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral.

How controversial woodburning power station Drax's claims about just how green it really is went up in smoke - thanks to a whistleblower it tried to silence

found 2025 › Apr › 10 (Thu) @ 01:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Rowaa Ahmar was Drax's head of public affairs and policy. But she left the role in hostile circumstances, making a sensational claim: she'd been unfairly dismissed for making whistleblowing complaint…

8 months ago

British taxpayers subsidised power firm Drax to the tune of £869million last year - the equivalent of £2m a day - despite concerns about pollution and the cost of burning imported woody biomass, thinktank report claims

found 2025 › Apr › 03 (Thu) @ 00:50 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The controversial Drax wood-burning plant in North Yorkshire has received billions of pounds from the Government in recent years due to imported biomass being treated as renewable fuel.

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