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Drax AGM Protest 2016 (7) Richard Solly London Mining Network

On April 20th 2016, Biofuelwatch staged a protest outside Grocers Hall in central London on the occasion of the AGM of Drax PLC. Drax matters In 2015 Drax, the UK's biggest coal burner and the largest biomass power station in the world, received £451.8 million in ‘renewable energy’ subsidies, paid for mainly through our electricity bills. Drax made a profit of £409 million in 2015. This clearly demonstrates how dependent Drax is on government support, and how an end to subsidies would mean an end to Drax. Drax burnt more wood last year than was produced in the whole of the UK, trashing forests throughout the southern US, and burned millions of tonnes of coal alongside it. Drax PLC were paid £1.3million a day to generate electricity, and calling biomass ‘renewable energy’ & subsidising it simply has to stop.