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[[Category:Legislation & Policy]] [[Category:Economics]] | [[Category:Legislation & Policy]] [[Category:Economics]] | ||
The RTFO is one of the Government's main policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fuel supplied for use in: (i) road vehicles, and (ii) non-road mobile machinery (including inland waterway vessels which do not normally operate at sea), tractors, and recreational craft that do not normally operate at sea. It is relevant to waste related projects where [[Syngas]] and [[Biogas]] are being considered for use in vehicles<ref name="foo"> [[Department for Transport]], 2019. [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/803811/rtfo-guidance-part-1-process-guidance-year-2019.pdf RTFO Guidance Part One Process Guidance 2019: 01/01/19 to 31/12/19.] London. </ref>. | The '''Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO)''' is one of the Government's main policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fuel supplied for use in: (i) road vehicles, and (ii) non-road mobile machinery (including inland waterway vessels which do not normally operate at sea), tractors, and recreational craft that do not normally operate at sea. It is relevant to waste related projects where [[Syngas]] and [[Biogas]] are being considered for use in vehicles<ref name="foo"> [[Department for Transport]], 2019. [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/803811/rtfo-guidance-part-1-process-guidance-year-2019.pdf RTFO Guidance Part One Process Guidance 2019: 01/01/19 to 31/12/19.] London. </ref>. | ||
In the RTFO Annual Report for 2017-18<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790538/rtfo-annual-report-2017-2018-web.pdf Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Annual Report 2017-18]</ref> the primary feedstocks for UK biofuels were as follows, with 66% of that generated originating from waste feedstock: | |||
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! Fuel !! Feedstock !! % Split | |||
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| Biodiesel || Cooking Oil || 41% | |||
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| -"- || Tallow || 2% | |||
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| -"- || Brown Grease || 2% | |||
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| -"- || Other biodiesel || 5% | |||
|- | |||
| Bioethanol || Crops || 33% | |||
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| -"-||Starch Slurry||10% | |||
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| -"-||Other bioethanol||3% | |||
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| Other Fuels ||Other || 4% | |||
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Put into action in 2008, the RTFO is intended to deliver reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from fuel used for transport purposes by encouraging the supply of renewable fuels<ref name="foo" />. | Put into action in 2008, the RTFO is intended to deliver reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from fuel used for transport purposes by encouraging the supply of renewable fuels<ref name="foo" />. | ||