The Government Expenditure Control Authority questioned the value of subsidies, which is worth billions of pounds granted to Drax The power plant in northern Yorkshire – said that the delivery plans of other billions may not represent the value for money.
The government has provided about 22 billion pounds from the public funds of companies and families that burn the vital bloc’s cells as fuel over the past three years, including 6.5 billion pounds to Malik Drax plants.
The power plant, which generates about 5 % of electricity in the United Kingdom, is expected to receive more than 10 billion pounds in supporting renewable energy between 2015 and the end of 2026 – despite continuous concerns that wooden cells are not always sustainable.
The General Accounts Committee said that the biomedic generators have left “to reach their homework” when it comes to proving that their fuel has fulfilled the sustainability criteria set by the support scheme.
The committee added that it was not convinced of the government’s plan for the pile Another 2.5 billion pounds in subsidies On the Drax factory by extending his support after the deadline for the year 2026 for another five years during his investment Carbon capture technology.
Sir Jeffrey Clefton Brown, the deputy and head of the committee, said: “billions of billions of government support have been provided to the biomass sector over the past two decades. Instead of taking it to believe that the biomas burned for energy is a low -carbon alternative alternative from the sources,” said Sir Jeffrey Clefton Brown, MP and Chairman of the Committee.
The industry decreased in the debate last year when the FTSE 250 owners agreed to the Drax power plant to pay a 25 million pounds sterling A fine after the investigation conducted by the energy organizer, “found” the absence of adequate governance and controls “to monitor the sources of the vital bloc’s cells.
The company also accused a former employee of “misleading the public, the government, and the organizer” because of its sources of wood in favor of the vital bloc’s pellets, in a demand for an unfair dismissal against Drax in a working court earlier this year.
Drax denied the claims, and the litigation ended after the company and those reported to the amounts of the amounts of acceptance reached, without accepting the responsibility.
“The government should do more to prove fully confidence in the supply chains in the biomass industry” to really satisfy itself that the biomus is not a white elephant. “
He added that the report raised more questions on the future role of biomedical mass plants equipped with carbon capture technology – known as biomedia with carbon capture and storage, or BECCS.
Earlier this year, Drax said he would do Slowness of its investments in BecCS Unless the government provides clarity on the returns it can expect from the upgrade. Comapny pointed to the slowdown despite securing three additional years of government subsidies and gaining record profits of more than one billion pounds last year.
Klifton Brown said that although BECCS has been shown long ago as it is crucial for the net network, “there is no visual movement on the horizon to start its construction in the UK’s infrastructure.”
A Drax spokesman said that the biomus is “approved as sustainable” through the Sustainable Biocredient Program (SBP), a certificate scheme criticized by some for “strong”, according to the PAC report.
The spokesperson added: “Our organization, Ogem, has tested SBP against the sustainability requirements of the government for the biological bloc, along with other programs.”
