Bioenergy crops in England and the UK: 2008-2024
A compendium of statistics on bioenergy crops in England and the UK, including data on crops used for biofuels, plant biomass and anaerobic digestion, and trends in bioenergy use.
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The 2024 release will be the last update of Bioenergy Crops in England and the UK, and only key sections have been updated. For the latest publicly available data on additional relevant topics, please see section 4.3: Future Publications of the latest release.
This series contains statistics on the area of non-food crops grown in the UK and their usage in bioenergy applications. This data includes:
• Areas of oilseed rape, sugar beet and wheat used for producing biofuels and maize for use in anaerobic digestion.
• Areas of miscanthus and short rotation coppice crops grown as plant biomass.
• Trends in biofuel production and supply from UK feedstocks
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