Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 22981

Drax Power Station

Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the sustainability of energy produced by Drax power station in the last 12 years.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government supports biomass as a low carbon source of energy only where relevant sustainability criteria are met. Drax must demonstrate compliance with these criteria to Ofgem as the independent regulator. Evidence provided is independently audited. O...
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