Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Difference between revisions

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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 (NRMM). 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. RTFO Guidance Part One Process Guidance 2019: 01/01/19 to 31/12/19. London. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/803811/rtfo-guidance-part-1-process-guidance-year-2019.pdf</ref>.

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 (NRMM). 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. RTFO Guidance Part One Process Guidance 2019: 01/01/19 to 31/12/19. London. Available [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/803811/rtfo-guidance-part-1-process-guidance-year-2019.pdf here]</ref>.

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" />.