A log storage yard near the Drax wood pellet plant in Lavington. | Nelson Bennett
As of 2020, 22 per cent of Europe’s energy came from renewables. But 60 per cent of that is bioenergy – much of it wood biomass used to produce electricity in thermal power plants or heat homes in pellet-burning stoves.
It’s an industry that has come under intense scrutiny and criticism of late from environmentalists, who say the climate benefits of bioenergy stops when pellets are made from living trees harvested to produce bioenergy.
Burning wood can produce even more carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than coal per unit of energy because wood is less energy
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