Drax’s former public affairs lead has accused the company of “misleading the public, government and its regulator” over its sourcing of wood for biomass pellets. Rowaa Ahmar was employed by ...

The controversial Drax power plant was handed £869million in public subsidies last year - equating to £2million a day – for mostly burning forest biomass, a new analysis has suggested.

Drax said on Wednesday the deal had a value of around £24m. Drax has secured agreements to provide 434 megawatts of capacity primarily from its pumped storage and hydro assets. The UK power firm ...