Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of megawatt-hours of power produced by Drax power station from burning wood pellets in the last year and (b) tonnes of CO2 created by that supply chain; and whether he has made an estimate of the equivalent supply chain carbon cost in the event that that power station was still burning coal.

Data regarding the electricity generation in megawatt-hours derived from burning wood pellets at the Drax power station is not available due to commercial confidentiality.

The supply chain target for biomass supported under the Renewable Obligation and Contracts for Difference scheme is 240 kgCO_2eq per MWh (from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2020), and 200 kgCO_2eq per MWh (from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2025), though generators may perform lower than that.

The Department does not hold supply chain emissions data for coal.