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Building materials chief receives €3mn
Power group’s decision comes despite government request to maintain North Yorkshire facility
Electricity network operator seeks deal with UK power company amid concerns over more energy market shocks
Shares in energy group weaken after regulator Ofgem escalates probe it began last year
Also in today’s newsletter, UK power provider Drax crosses the Atlantic
Company to spend $4bn on two new biomass plants in southern US with potentially more to follow
Ofgem commissions external audit into whether energy company complied with UK rules
Rollercoaster ride follows failure of carbon capture project to make it on to UK government’s priority list
National Grid says power supply situation has improved after icy weather disrupts travel and closes schools in parts of country
The UK should focus on energy that is unequivocally renewable: wind and solar
Kwarteng says shipping wood pellets from Louisiana is costly and ‘doesn’t make any sense’
Ministers Zahawi and Kwarteng to meet power executives to discuss remedies for soaring household bills
Plus, how many high-polluting companies slide by in the bond market
Adjusted earnings expected to be at top end of expectations
Producers of wood-based fuels including Drax have objected to classifying some forest areas as ‘no go’ for harvesting trees
In British Columbia, a hub of biomass production, activists want stricter controls to protect ancient trees
UK power company says it aims to double pellet production despite critics
Campaigners say power station wrongly portrays burning wood pellets as carbon neutral
Generators have been called back into action to help plug energy supply gap
Position called into question as energy group sought government subsidies
Group plans to capture CO2 emitted from biomass units at power plant in North Yorkshire
Yorkshire project scrapped after opposition from environmental groups
The technology’s green credentials depend on questionable assumptions about the future
Boohoo snaps up Arcadia brands and Experian denies Brazilian data breach
Welsh and Scottish power stations play critical role in balancing power supplies in coronavirus crisis
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