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Yorkshire plant has been criticised for taking material from some of British Columbia’s most environmentally important forests

Exclusive: Cross-party group ‘deeply concerned’ power plant may have misled ministers and regulators over source of wood pellets

Company publicly denied allegations that primary forests were being cut down to fuel UK’s biggest power plant

Ministers should find out what the regulator says before signing away a further £1.8bn of public money

FCA will look at allegation the biomass power station misled investors, and Whitehall, about its wood sourcing

Campaigners say the publication of key KPMG report must be a condition to MPs extending subsidies scheme

The simple fact is that the £500 million project, funded of course by government subsidies, would barely have made a dent in the black hole created by intermittent wind power.

A horrid mess of impoverished workers, alleged pollution, government subsidies and a big dose of greenwashing.

Public confidence in the UK biomass industry is low – robust checks are needed to ensure every wood pellet its power plant burns is sustainable

Spending watchdog warns £6.5bn in funding may not offer value for public money amid ongoing sustainability concerns

Move comes after government said it would halve subsidies that allowed firm to make ‘unacceptably large profits’

It comes only weeks after government said biomass subsidies allowed Drax Group to make ‘unacceptably large profits’

Everyone I spoke to in North Carolina admitted they were slightly shocked that “tree-loving” and climate change-aware Britain, of all countries, had facilitated the biomass industry –adopting renewable energy accounting...

Government cranks handle again for group owning Yorkshire power plant because cheaper generating capacity not in place

Mixed reaction from campaigners as ministers impose reduced subsidies and stringent conditions on Yorkshire wood-burning plant