Environmental groups are opposing a plan to build a biofuel power station in Bristol – because of the impact on food sources for developing countries and the potential destruction of rainforest.


It is one of several plants being considered around the UK – one in Weymouth has already been approved.

The firm applying to build the bio-liquids power plant says it will power 25,000 homes.

It would be fuelled by 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil a year, first perhaps with palm oil but later with jatropha oil. Critics blame the growing demand for palm oil for rainforest destruction, and say jatropha oil displaces food crops and pushes up the price of food. But a firm spokesman said they would ensure the fuel was obtained from sustainable sources.


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