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<p>Over the last five years, Drax’s renewable electricity generation from the co-firing
of biomass and the conversion of coal-fired units to 100% biomass has been supported
under the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme. From 21 December 2016, Drax’s 3rd Conversion
Unit (Unit 1) has received support under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme.
Units 2, 3 and 4 remain under the RO.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not available on
support under the RO specifically for burning wood pellets. Therefore, the figures
in the table below give the value of support for all of Drax’s renewable electricity
generation under the scheme, to the nearest million pounds.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables
Obligation[1]</p></td><td><p>£181m</p></td><td><p>£399m</p></td><td><p>£548m</p></td><td><p>£548m</p></td><td><p>£399m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Payments
to individual projects are not reported separately under the CfD scheme. The total
value of payments to all the CfD supported projects is available in the annual reports
from the Low Carbon Contracts Company, the CfD scheme administrator, at: <a href="https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/publications?f%5B0%5D=field_publications_category%3A29"
target="_blank">https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/publications?f%5B0%5D=field_publications_category%3A29</a></p><p>[1]
The Renewables Obligation figures are the notional value of support, based on Ofgem’s
certificate report as at 01/05/2019 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p>
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