Renewable Fuels: Transport
(asked on 16th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Renewable Energy Directive target of 10 per cent renewable fuel in transport will be reached; and if he will make a statement.
The Department produces quarterly and annual reports setting out the volume of biofuel reported under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). These reports are published at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics
This data is reported by obligation years, which run 15 April to 14 April.
The UK is also required under article 22 of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) to report progress towards interim renewable energy targets, every two years. The latest of these reports covering the period 2010-2012 is published at: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/renewable-energy/progress-reports
That data is reported by calendar year. The data for years 2013 and 2014 is in the process of being calculated and checked before being published and reported to the Commission in December, as required under the article.
The table summarises the reported data in respect of the proportion of renewable fuel used in the transport sector since 2010.
Year | Volume of renewable fuels, as a percentage of fuel obligated under RTFO | Percentage of renewable energy used in transport reported under the RED |
Calendar Year 2010 |
| 2.9% |
April 2010 – April 2011 | 3.27% |
|
Calendar Year 2011 |
| 2.7% |
April 2011 – April 2012 | 3.6% |
|
Calendar Year 2012 |
| 3.7% |
April 2012 – April 2013 | 3% |
|
Calendar Year 2013 |
| To be published in December |
April 2013 – April 2014 | 3.46% |
|
Calendar Year 2014 |
| To be published in December |
The UK is committed to meeting its climate change targets and sustainable renewable transport fuel will have an important role to play in meeting these.
We intend to consult further on changes to the RTFO scheme next year, and as part of that formal public consultation process we will set out a proposed trajectory for increasing the supply of renewable transport fuel to meet our renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets.