After wood pellet reporting failures, it’s time for a proper review of Drax’s subsidies

Why? Well, Ofgem’s conclusion contained the critical words “technical in nature” to describe the reporting failures from a Drax forestry operation in Canada. The regulator also said it did not find evidence to question the sustainability of Drax’s biomass. And the bad data “would not have impacted the level of subsidy Drax received under the RO [renewable obligations] scheme”.