Scottish and Southern Energy is setting a furious pace in the way it is making environmentally sound announcements. In June, it not only published its corporate responsibility report, but it packed David Miliband, the fresh faced secretary of state for Defra, up to Fiddlers Ferry to see the unveiling of not one, but two green initiatives, whilst taking the opportunity to bend his ear about the daftness of some of the rules governing biomass co-firing. SSE has, of course, invested heavily to co-fire biomass with coal at Fiddlers which has been at the forefront, together with Ferrybridge, as the industry leaders in gaining Renewable Obligations Certificates (ROCs) from it. SSE is at pains, however, to convince Defra that changes that were made to the co-firing rules last April, limiting their availability, should be reversed to allow co-firing ROCs to be gained forever.
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