Coal Fired Power Stations: Biofuels

(asked on 19th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to convert more coal-fired stations to biomass energy production facilities to contribute to the UK's power needs.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 27th October 2021

The Government has no plans to convert more coal fired power stations to biomass, and new coal-to-biomass conversions are no longer supported by government under the Contracts for Difference scheme.

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