Official Statistics

Biofuel statistics: Year 6 (2013 to 2014), report 5

Report 5 for Year 6, from 15 April 2013 to 14 April 2014.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
6 November 2014

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Renewable transport fuel obligation statistics: year 6, report 5

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Renewable transport fuel obligation statistics: year 6, report 5 data tables

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Details

This report covers the supply of renewable fuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation from 15 April 2013 to 14 April 2014 (Year 6), based on data currently available. This is report 5 of 6 and therefore contains an incomplete dataset for Year 6.

It includes information on:

  • the amount of UK road transport fuel from renewable and fossil fuel
  • the number of Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates (RTFCs) which have been issued to fuel meeting the sustainability requirements
  • the balance of RTFCs by obligation period
  • trades of RTFCs between suppliers and/or traders
  • carbon and sustainability (C&S) characteristics of the renewable fuel to which RTFCs have been issued

Main results

The headline figures are:

  • 1,744 million litres of renewable fuel have been supplied, which is 3.46% of total road and non-road mobile machinery fuel. 1,740 million litres (99.8%) of this renewable fuel has so far been demonstrated to meet the sustainability requirements
  • 2,548 million RTFCs have been issued to fuel meeting the sustainability requirements, of which 1,615 million were issued to double counting feedstocks
  • of the 1,740 million litres so far meeting the sustainability requirements, bioethanol comprised 48% of supply, biodiesel (FAME) 49% and biomethanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) 3%. There were also small volumes of biogas and off road biodiesel

C&S characteristics of the biofuels to which RTFCs have been issued are:

  • the most widely reported source for biodiesel (by feedstock and country of origin) was used cooking oil from the UK (141 million litres, 8% of total fuel, 16% of biodiesel)
  • the most widely reported source for bioethanol (by feedstock and country of origin) was corn from the Ukraine (138 million litres, 8% of total fuel, 17% of bioethanol)
  • 46% of fuel was made from a waste or non-agricultural residue (double counting) feedstock
  • 19% of the fuel was sourced from UK feedstocks
  • an aggregate greenhouse gas saving of 69% compared to fossil fuels was achieved. This figure excludes emissions from indirect land-use change
  • 99% of the fuel was sourced from a voluntary scheme
  • the most commonly used voluntary scheme without a second scheme listed was ISCC at 86% of fuel (including a second schemes raises this to 89%)

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Published 6 November 2014