Drax power plant to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year

2026-02-26 - 17:43

The owner of the Yorkshire plant has been criticised for burning material from controversial pellet production plants The owner of Drax power plant has started reducing the amount of controversial Canadian wood pellets it burns, and will stop burning trees from British Columbia entirely within the next year. The FTSE 250 company Drax Group said its Canadian wood pellet plants, which once supplied millions of tonnes of biomass to be burnt in its North Yorkshire power plant, had cost the company almost £200m in financial impairments last year. Continue reading...