With higher levels of biomass burning, Drax and other coal-fired...

With higher levels of biomass burning, Drax and other coal-fired power stations could have a lower carbon footprint than gas-fired power stations, according to the company. The government is promoting gas as the "greener" alternative to coal as ministers struggle with the need to address the potential for power shortages at the same time as cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

Sounds like they are talking about the Australian Gov...

What happen to our Biomass pellet that ECT announced back late last year ?

Currently, biomass generation is awarded half of a "renewable energy obligation certificate" (ROC) per unit of electricity, compared with two ROCs for each unit of offshore wind. The government is scheduled to decide on this issue soon, with a view to bringing in draft legislation by the end of this year, but may miss the deadline.

Drax has already put on hold planned investments in new biomass-only power plants, because the company believes they would be uneconomic under current rules.

But Thompson said that the carbon floor price the government is planning to introduce would erode the competitiveness of coal-fired generation in the future. Whether or not this would result in a reduction of coal use in the UK, however, would depend on the future price of gas


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/02/drax-power-station-biomass