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18 April 2018 – The UK Government is updating its Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) GHG emissions reduction scheme to increase the biofuels volume target and include alternative jet fuel. The RTFO requires suppliers of transport and non-road mobile machinery fuels greater than 450,000 liters to show that a percentage of their fuel comes from sustainable sources to encourage renewable fuel production resulting in a reduction in GHG emissions from the transportation sector. The RTFO legislation was passed in 2007 and has been amended five times since, with the latest taking effect April 15th. This latest amendment brings alternative jet fuels under the RTFO scheme, making jet fuel producers eligible for incentives that were previously only available for road transport fuels. The goal for including alternative aviation fuels alongside road transport fuels is to support the UK’s low carbon fuel industry in making the UK’s transport sector one of the most sustainable in the world.
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