Sustainable Aviation Fuel 2024-02-08
2024-02-08
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Q1
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The question pertains to the allocation of biomass resources between sustainable aviation fuel and other uses, highlighting concerns over prioritization in decarbonisation efforts.
What steps is he taking with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to improve the allocation of resources between the production of sustainable aviation fuel and other uses of biomass?
In developing the biomass strategy and our forthcoming low-carbon fuel strategy, my Department has worked closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, whose policy paper on the biomass strategy was published last year. Sectors that are harder to decarbonise, including aviation, should be priority uses for biomass. We are continuing to work across Government, and with industry experts, to ensure that policies increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuels deliver on our climate change commitments.
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Specific steps to improve allocation of resources between sustainable aviation fuel and other biomass uses were not detailed.
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Q2
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The question concerns the lack of a Government response to consultations on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandates, highlighting the absence of real-world analysis and plans for feedstock availability.
As the Minister will know, the sustainable aviation fuel mandate will come into force in 2025, but meanwhile the Government have not yet responded to consultations on how it will work, and there is no real-world fuel sourcing analysis or plan that would take account of the changing nature of municipal waste arising from the already allocated uses of municipal and agricultural feedstock for purposes other than the production of SAF. What steps is the Minister taking to develop a realistic plan for feedstock availability and use?
I welcome the hon. Gentleman's question. As I have just said, we will shortly publish the low-carbon fuel strategy, which will set out the different sources of low-carbon fuels. We will publish our response to the SAF mandate by the spring. A great deal of detailed analysis and work is being done in relation to different fuel sources. We will also publish a revenue certainty mechanism to ensure that we have a UK SAF industry. We engage regularly with the industry on this, and it is very confident about and supportive of the Government's policies.
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Specific steps for developing real-world analysis and plans for feedstock availability were not detailed.
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