Legal Challenge Launched Over Leadsom's Approval of a Gas Power Station

摘要

Environmental law charity Client Earth is taking the UK Government to the High Court following the energy secretary's approval of plans to modify coal-fired generating units to gas-powered ones at Drax Power Station, Selby. An inspector recommended that the Secretary of State refuse consent for the development due to its "failure to deliver carbon reduction objectives", but energy secretary Andrea Leadsom went against this advice. Considered under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project ("NSIP") regime, Drax Power Ltd said the project would enable Drax to deliver "more reliable and flexible, high-efficiency" electricity generation and help the UK to transition to net zero-carbon emissions by 2050.