Environmentalists oppose ‘green’ plant
In Bristol, UK, judgement day for is just around the corner. A biofuel plant proposed for Avonmouth will either be approved or rejected within the next week.
Renewable energy company W4B explains that the power station will consume 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil each year from tropical palm trees.
However, Friends of the Earth disapprove of the plant, explaining that palm trees are not a sustainable feedstock because their supply cannot keep up with the plant’s demand. The environmental campaigning organisation said that all the palm oil that is currently produced was already being used. Apparently, an increase in the demand for palm oil will result in the deforestation of rainforests to make way for bigger palm plantations.
The proposals for this refinery have attracted 900 official complaints, as well as resistance from environmentalists. But a spokesman for W4B said the company has ensured that the feedstock is fully sustainable through independent monitoring.
City planners will decide on 24 February whether to approve the scheme.
Renewable energy company W4B explains that the power station will consume 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil each year from tropical palm trees.
However, Friends of the Earth disapprove of the plant, explaining that palm trees are not a sustainable feedstock because their supply cannot keep up with the plant’s demand. The environmental campaigning organisation said that all the palm oil that is currently produced was already being used. Apparently, an increase in the demand for palm oil will result in the deforestation of rainforests to make way for bigger palm plantations.
The proposals for this refinery have attracted 900 official complaints, as well as resistance from environmentalists. But a spokesman for W4B said the company has ensured that the feedstock is fully sustainable through independent monitoring.
City planners will decide on 24 February whether to approve the scheme.
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