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Biofuels account for 2.7% of UK road transport fuel

In its first year of operation, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation ensured that 2.7% of the UK's total road transport fuel supply was biofuel, according to a report published last week (January 28) by the Renewable Fuels Agency - but questions remain over the sustainability of feedstocks.

The obligation, whereby refiners, importers and any others who supply more than 450,000 litres of fossil-based road transport fuel annually to the UK market are obligated to supply biofuels within their fuel, had set a target of 2.5% for 2008/09.

Suppliers surpassed this level and seem to be on course to meet the Government's aim of ensuring biofuels comprise 5% of UK road transport fuel through the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) by 2013/14.

Regulator the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), which administers the RTFO, added that none of the obligated suppliers paid to "buy-out" of their obligations by paying a fee of 15 pence per litre supplied.

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