Question follow-through · 52638
Biofuels: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a comparative estimate of carbon emissions when using (a) US produced and (b) UK produced wood pellets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 15 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2025
- Answer
- 23 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a comparative estimate of carbon emissions when using (a) US produced and (b) UK produced wood pellets.
19 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 May 2025
Answer published
All biomass pellets for UK generation, regardless of country of origin, must meet supply chain emissions thresholds; these have been tightened further to 36.6 gCO2eq/MJ in the Heads of Terms agreed with Drax and announced on 10 February. It is for generat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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