Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 43730
Drax Power Station: Timber
Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 11 April 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the trees burnt at the Drax power station are imported and transported on diesel freighters.
Answer
Michael ShanksDrax sources the vast majority of its supply of biomass pellets from the US, with a small percentage from Canada, and elsewhere. It transports pellets to the UK by shipping them on bulk carriers, unloading at ports including Immingham, Liverpool and Port ...
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