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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

UK halves subsidies for Drax and says it must use 100% sustainable wood

Drax power station
Drax will have to switch to using 100% woody biomass from sustainable sources, up from the current level of 70%. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

The UK government has halved subsidies for the Drax power station and ordered it to use 100% sustainable wood after sustained criticism over its business model.

The large power plant in North Yorkshire would play a “much more limited role” in future, operating less than half as often as it currently does, the government said.

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