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Drax produces 65% of electricity from biomass, boosting profits
20 February 2017Drax Group, which operates the UK's largest coal fired power station, produced 65% of its energy from renewable biomass in 2016, making it the country's single biggest generator of renewable energy.
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Biomass generators told: prove sustainability or lose subsidies
22 August 2013UK biomass-fired power generators will be forced to prove their fuel is sourced according to sustainability standards or lose their subsidies, under rules announced today.
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Carbon costs hurt profits at coal-burning giant
30 July 2013The UK's biggest coal-fired power generator blamed carbon pricing for denting its profits today, but said its plan to transform itself into one of the world's biggest renewables generators remains on track.