Drax Group responds to BBC investigation, says forests are not being harvested for biomass energy.
The investigation focused on an area in north-central B.C., saying that it found logs stored in the yards of pellets plants, including at the Meadowbank plant near Quesnel and another near Burns Lake. At the Burns Lake plant, logs are seen being fed into a chipper and through to the plant. A BBC reporter also tracked a load of logs harvested near Quesnel straight to the Meadowbank plant.
The rest is waste material collected from the forests that would otherwise be burned to reduce the risk of wildfires and disease, stated Drax. In a written statement, the B.C. Ministry of Forests said the province is following up with Drax to ensure, as the firm has stated, they are not using quality logs harvested from old growth forests.
Figures provided for 2016 to 2020 by the province show that logs that are not high quality account for five per cent of the input to pellet mills, with more than 90 per cent coming from sawdust and shavings, wood chips and waste fibre removed from logged areas.Article content
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