Updated: Drax mixes up biomass plan with mooted £700m co-firing project

Jessica Shankleman
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UK's largest coal-fired power producer scraps dedicated biomass plan, but shifts focus to co-firing technology

Drax's game of brinkmanship with the government over biomass subsidies has intensified, after the owner of the UK's largest coal-fired power station said it had scrapped plans to build a dedicated biomass...

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