www.theguardian.com Drax to double wood pellet production with biomass firm purchase The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is expected to move ahead with a $652m deal to double its production of wood pellets after its shareholders voted 99.9% in favour of buying a Canadian biomass company.
Newsletter The dirty little secret behind 'clean energy' wood pellets US communities near pellet mills complain of fumes while experts say burning wood is a 'disaster' for climate change.
Solutions www.theguardian.com Burning wood for power is ‘misguided’ say climate experts Using biomass instead of fossil fuels may not be the answer to averting global warming.
