(Biofuels International) The UK government has released its response to the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) recommendations to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The CCC’s progress report, published in June 2016, focused on its priorities for the UK Government’s forthcoming emissions reduction plan.
The response report, however, fails to give high hopes to the renewables industry, despite the government’s acknowledgement of the Energy and Climate Change Committee’s warning of the UK missing its 2020 climate targets.
In biofuels, the government says it has demonstrated its “commitment to the biofuel industry” by providing £25 million (€27.6m) in investment in advanced biofuels.
“We aim to consult later this year on proposals to increase the supply of sustainable biofuels to meet our climate change commitments. We want to set long term supply targets to give certainty to industry, incentivise the production of advanced biofuels, support their use in aviation and freight and set a sustainable level for crop derived biofuels,” the report reads.
It also confirms the government’s intention of having all car and van sales in the UK be zero emission vehicles by 2040 and to consult later in the year on proposals to increase the levels of biofuels in the UK fuel supply. READ MORE and MORE (Committee on Climate Change)