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Article

18 May 2007

Author:
Pete Harrison, Reuters

UK's Giant Drax Plant Could Halve CO2 Output

Britain's biggest coal-fired power station could almost halve its CO2 emissions using existing technology, but is being held back by government policy, says Drax Chief Executive Dorothy Thompson...[she] said Drax could start cutting CO2 immediately by replacing much more of the coal it burns with renewable plant biomass if it got the same kind of support as wind farms.