Bristol biofuel plant rejected

Controversial plans to build a biofuel plant in Bristol have been rejected by the local council.

W4B planned to build a biofuel plant at Avonmouth that would have been run on 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil and, according to the firm, could have given power to 25,000 homes in the area.

Bristol City Council has now rejected the plans, which drew much criticism from environmentalists, who feared that the new plant could help boost demand for palm oil, the production of which often has a negative impact on the world's rainforests.

As well as this, many eco-conscious protestors claimed that as yet, there is no evidence to support arguments suggesting that biofuel is less harmful to the environment than normal fuel.

Speaking to Bristol news source Jack Bristol, parliamentary candidate for the Green Party in Bristol West Ricky Knight said: "It's a very very unbiodiverse fuel source and it really must be stopped. It's been vilified all over the world and I just cannot understand why it's gathered legs here in the Avonmouth area."

Written by Kimberley Homer.

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