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Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Thursday 8 February 2024 · 2 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Ministerial Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has published a policy paper on the biomass strategy.
  • The Government will publish a low-carbon fuel strategy which will outline different sources of low-carbon fuels.
  • The response to the sustainable aviation fuel mandate will be published by the spring of 2024.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Alan Whitehead Lab
Climate Energy
Context

The question pertains to the allocation of biomass resources between sustainable aviation fuel and other uses, highlighting concerns over prioritization in decarbonisation efforts.

Question

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?

Answer from Anthony Browne

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.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Specific steps to improve allocation of resources between sustainable aviation fuel and other biomass uses were not detailed.

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Q2 Alan Whitehead Lab
Energy Environment
Context

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.

Question

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?

Answer from Anthony Browne

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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Not addressed: Specific steps for developing real-world analysis and plans for feedstock availability were not detailed.

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