- Following an investigation into the profiling data of the biomass it uses at its wood-burning power plant.
Ofgem carried out a 15-month investigation into Drax after it was accused of burning wood from unsustainable sources and claims that it was taking timber from precious rare forests in Canada.
The regulator said in May last year that it was looking at whether Drax was in breach of “annual profiling reporting requirements relating to the Renewables Obligations scheme”, as well as other related matters.
Drax, which runs Britain’s biggest power station near Selby, receives hefty government subsidies for burning biomass wood chips.
There have been growing calls from environmental groups and campaigners to end all subsidies for burning wood from forests and energy crops in power stations and to not award energy companies any new support or contracts to do so.
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