Bioenergy

Capacity market will drive away biomass developers

The introduction of a capacity market will devalue biomass power plants and drive developers from the UK, industry figures have warned.

Decc ends subsidy to dedicated biomass power

Dedicated biomass power plants will no longer be eligible for subsidies, under the draft Electricity Market Reform delivery plan set out by government on Wednesday.

Let’s get serious

Drax and Scottish Water bosses lead utilities in Queen’s birthday honours list

Green giant

Parliament called upon to back Energy Bill climate change amendment

Biomass fired up?

The wholly bank-financed Sleaford plant was a milestone for dedicated biomass, but has it opened the door to wider investment in the sector, asks David Williams?

Drax biomass conversion all set with government-guaranteed £75m loan

Drax has secured a £75 million three-year loan from Friends Life, underpinned by a government guarantee, to fund its biomass conversion project.The loan replaces half a £100 million loan from the Green Investment Bank.

Switch from coal to gas to help meet carbon targets, says report

Britain needs to switch from coal-fired generation to gas-fired plant to help meets its carbon targets, according to an independent think-tank.

Zeal for the convert

SSE steps up capacity crisis alarm with plans to close 2,000MW of generation

SSE today warned of heightened risk that the lights could go out as it announced plans to take 2,000MW of generation capacity offline in the next financial year.

Anti-biomass lobby ‘could derail Energy Bill’, warns REA

The Energy Bill "risks being hijacked by the anti-biomass lobby", the Renewable Energy Association's Back Biomass campaign has warned.

Npower targets B2B growth following bumper 2012

Npower is expected to grow its business retail division in 2013 and make efficiency savings, owner RWE said at its financial results presentation today.

Drax profits dive as biomass plans progress

Drax pre-tax profits plummeted by 44 per cent from 2011 to £190 million in 2012, according to preliminary results published today.

Drax abandons dedicated biomass

Drax has dropped plans for a 300MW dedicated biomass plant in Lincolnshire. The Heron project