Transport Minister : I have today (20 July
2022) published the draft statutory instrument (SI) The Renewable Transport
Fuels Obligations (Amendment) Order 2022 and accompanying
explanatory memorandum.
Renewable transport fuels already make a substantial contribution
towards meeting UK carbon budgets and will continue to play an
important role in meeting the UK’s increasingly ambitious future
carbon reduction targets.
In 2019, the use of renewable fuel supplied under the
RTFO
saved approximately 5.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
emissions, equivalent to taking 2.5 million cars off the road.
This statutory instrument amends The Renewable Transport Fuel
Obligation Order 2007 (SI2007/3072).
The statutory instrument will help further increase the supply of
renewable transport fuels by increasing the flexibility when
determining the eligibility of hydrogen and other renewable fuels
of non-biological origin when produced from renewable energy.
It also encourages the efficient use of biomethane as a transport
fuel and the development of carbon capture and storage
technology.
The statutory instrument is published in accordance with the
procedure required by schedule 8 of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 and agreed with Parliament. This is because
it includes amendments to The Renewable Transport Fuel
Obligations Order 2007, parts of which were previously amended by
SIs made under section 2 (2) of the European Communities Act
1972.
The statutory instrument is being published in draft at least 28
days before being laid for affirmative debate.
The department consulted on these proposals between March and
April 2021 in the paper ‘Targeting net zero Next steps for the
Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation’. The government response to
that consultation and associated cost benefit analysis are
available on GOV.UK.
