Drax burns woody biomass pellets shipped from overseas to create electricity in the UK, which is contentious, but greener than burning coal, and qualifies it for government subsidies. But its scientists have raised questions about its criteria for carbon neutrality.
The UK's largest bioenergy supplier has been told by its own scientific advisers to stop calling biomass 'carbon neutral' - raising"difficult questions" about the future of the controversial energy form when its subsidies expire in 2027.
Drax has now been told by its independent advisory board to"reassess its criteria for determining carbon neutrality", according to a summary of meetings and correspondence last year. The advisory board"reaffirmed the importance of our ongoing work to expand our use of science and evidence in how we discuss our carbon accounting and biomass more generally", they added.'End oil & gas drill in North Sea', urge Extinction Rebellion and other activists
The United Nations' climate scientists, the IPCC, said bioenergy can lead to an increase or decrease in emissions, depending on how sustainably the material is sourced, transported and so on. "It's not reliant upon the gas supplies from other countries, and, unlike wind and solar, it's flexible. You can turn it up, you can turn it down, you can turn it off."
The government's climate advisers, the CCC, says the UK will rely on negative emissions, or carbon removals to meet climate targets, because some sectors like aviation might be impossible to rid of emissions.
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