Drax to Pay £25 Million Following Ofgem Biomass Probe

Power station operator Drax has agreed to pay £25m after an investigation by energy watchdog Ofgem found it failed to report data adequately. Drax, which receives hefty Government subsidies from burning biomass wood chips, lacked the necessary data governance and controls in place, according to Ofgem. This meant it did not give the regulator accurate and robust data on the type of wood it uses. Ofgem did not find any evidence that Drax’s biomass is not sustainable or that Drax had been issued renewables obligation certificates (ROCs)…