The future of Drax: old, inefficient, damaging and expensive
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Drax power station in Selby, Yorkshire is old, inefficient, environmentally damaging and will need £billions of subsidies to survive. We argue it should start preparing for closure and its workers retrained for decent jobs elsewhere.
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Captain Marvel Prime
The 'Green Energy' That Might Be Ruining the Planet - POLITICO
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Energy Policy and insight
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Drax power plant could lose subsidies over compliance
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September 2011 Biomass Power & Thermal by BBI International - Issuu
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Drax accused of driving 'environmental racism' after further
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Enabling a zero carbon, lower cost energy future - Drax Global
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Drax accused of driving 'environmental racism' after further
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Government must decide: Save the economy or save Net Zero