YORKSHIRE, England ― The vast Drax power station in north Yorkshire helps keep Britain’s lights on.
The Labour government is just the latest administration to pour subsidies worth billions of pounds into the plant, which burns tons of imported wood pellets every year to generate a big slice of the power the country needs ― a crucial role after global energy markets were upended by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Drax’s bosses also claim that, because their biomass operations are deemed climate-friendly, ministers will miss their net-zero goals without it.
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