Guidance

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) guidance: 2019

2019 guidance on complying, reporting and verifying with the RTFO process for fuel suppliers, independent verifiers and those supplying road transport biofuels.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 1 March 2019
• Last updated: 28 May 2019 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 17 September 2020

This information was for Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) returns between 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. For returns after these dates use the current RTFO guidance.

Documents

RTFO guidance part 1: process guidance year 2019

PDF, 1.36MB, 73 pages

RTFO guidance part 1: process guidance year 2019 (ODT version)

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RTFO guidance part 2 carbon and sustainability guidance year 2019

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RTFO guidance part 2 carbon and sustainability guidance year 2019 (ODT version)

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RTFO guidance part 3 guidance for verifiers year 2019

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RTFO guidance part 3 guidance for verifiers year 2019 (ODT version)

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Carbon intensity templates and data year 2019

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Table of voluntary schemes year 2019

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Table of voluntary schemes year 2019

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RTFO guidance - feedstocks including wastes and residues

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List of feedstocks include wastes and residues year 2019

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RTFO guidance - list of renewable fuels

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Process guidance renewable fuels list for 2019

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RTFO Guidance - UK land use evidence sources

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UK land use evidence sources 2019

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Codes of use when uploading CSV data files to the RTFO operating system and carbon calculator 2019

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Codes of use when uploading CSV data files to the RTFO operating system and carbon calculator 2019

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Details

This Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) guidance is for fuel suppliers, independent verifiers and others involved in the supply of biofuels in the UK (but not those reporting under the Motor Fuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulations, for which separate guidance has been issued).

This guidance is still usable until September 2019 but was replaced with the preferred 2020 guidance in January 2020.

The RTFO guidance is in 3 main parts.

Part 1: Process guidance

Part 1 provides information on how fossil fuel and renewable transport fuel suppliers should comply with the RTFO Order and practical instructions on how to submit required information. It provides information about:

• the obligations that the RTFO Order puts on certain fuel suppliers
• applying for and maintaining an account with the RTFO administrator
• applying for Renewable Transport Fuels Certificates (RTFCs)
• penalties for non-compliance

Part 2: Carbon and sustainability guidance

Part 2 provides assistance on carbon and sustainability reporting for fossil and renewable transport fuel suppliers applying for RTFCs. It provides information about:

• reporting data
• demonstrating compliance with greenhouse gas and land use
• mass balance rules
• wastes and residues
• regional emissions from biofuels cultivation

The biofuels carbon calculator allows fuel suppliers to calculate the carbon saved on a batch of fuels.

Part 3: Guidance for verifiers

Carbon and sustainability data must be independently verified before RTFCs are awarded. Part 3 provides information about:

• the purpose and requirements of verification
• planning and risk assessment
• developing an assurance strategy
• reporting and assurance statements

Year 11 guidance is still available.

Published 1 March 2019
Last updated 28 May 2019 + show all updates

1. 28 May 2019

   The process guidance has been updated to remove the Administrators approach when revoking certificates in unusual situations. The date for the revocation notice has been altered from 16 July to 18 July. Feedstock information has been amended in the spent bleaching earth description from 'to bleach palm oil’ to ‘to bleach oil’.

2. 1 March 2019

   First published.