Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says

<p>Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainably</p><p>The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire received record subsidies of almost £1bn for burning trees to generate electricity in 2025, a climate thinktank has calculated.</p><p>The company was paid £999m last year for generating about 4.5% of Great Britain’s electricity from its biomass plant, costing each household £13 a year, according to analysts at Ember.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/16/drax-renewable-energy-subsidies-wood-pellets">Continue reading...</a>