Drax Group climbed on Thursday after unveiling a deal to supply wooden pellets for sustainable aviation fuel production in the US. FTSE 250-listed power generator Drax said it had agreed “heads of terms” to sell over a million tonnes of the biomass pellets to US-based Pathway Energy annually. Pathway will then use the pellets, taken from cut-down trees, to produce sustainable aviation fuel at a planned plant in Port Arthur, Texas. Sustainable aviation fuel, which can be made using the likes of waste, is expected to play a major part in decarbonising the aviation industry… However, Drax has repeatedly come under scrutiny over its use of wood pellets, which are controversially classed as carbon-neutral, to produce power.