Found: visit: New York Dates of visit: 28 -30 November 2023 Purpose of visit: As a member of the APPG on Sustainable

Found: Unlike in the aviation sector—where, as we reported in December 2023, sustainable aviation fuels appear

Found: aviation fuel from waste industrial gases.

Found: Transformation Fund supports the development of hydrogen technologies, while regulations such as the Sustainable

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the transition to sustainable aviation fuels.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

We are supporting the transition to sustainable aviation fuels by taking action to build supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and secure demand.

The SAF Mandate will secure demand for SAF, by obligating the supply of SAF in the overall UK aviation fuel mix. The Mandate will require 2% of UK jet fuel to be made from sustainable sources in 2025, 10% in 2030 and 22% in 2040. It will incentivise SAF supply through the award of tradeable certificates with a cash value.

We are kickstarting a UK SAF industry by allocation £135m through our Advanced Fuels Fund, which is funding thirteen projects to reach completion and supporting our ambition to see five plants under construction in the UK by 2025. We are currently consulting on the introduction of a revenue certainty mechanism, which will help de-risk SAF projects in the UK by addressing barriers to investment in a nascent market.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential barriers to wider deployment of biomass fuels.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The government’s Biomass Strategy, published in 2023, analysed biomass availability and recognised that sustainable biomass is a limited resource and there is uncertainty around future availability for use in the UK. It concluded its use should be prioritised where it offers the greatest environmental, economic, and social benefits.

This analysis has been built on in the government’s response to the second Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate consultation, published in April 2024. This set out that while biofuels have a significant role to play, international availability of different types of sustainable biomass may limit their total application for the decarbonisation of aviation.

The Government is preparing a Low Carbon Fuel Strategy for future publication.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) the (i) detritus and (ii) cut offs from timber products and (b) the waste from Whisky distilling in the manufacture of sustainable aviation fuel.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Through the SAF Mandate the government will reward eligible SAF with certificates to incentivise its supply. Only SAF from waste and residue will be eligible. Wastes and residues from many industries have the potential to produce SAF. SAF developers can submit new materials to be assessed by the Department to decide if eligible. Many have already been assessed, including forestry wastes and residues from the whisky production process, from which some specific materials have already been deemed eligible.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to help sustainable aviation fuel producers meet levels of demand from airlines.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government is supporting the development of a UK SAF industry to increase the supply of SAF in the UK.

We will introduce our SAF Mandate from 2025, which will secure demand, supporting investor confidence in UK SAF projects. It will incentivise the supply of SAF through the provision of tradable certificates with a cash value.

Thirteen projects have been awarded a share of £135m through the Advanced Fuels Fund, supporting them to reach commercial scale. Once at operational scale, funded projects could produce over 700,000 tonnes of SAF yearly. We have established a UK SAF Clearing House, which helps to remove barriers to new fuels coming to market.

We are also consulting on options to provide UK SAF producers with a revenue certainty mechanism, which will help provide greater certainty of future revenue and attract investment in commercial scale SAF plants within the UK.

Found: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024

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Found: It also includes waste -to-fuel activities , including the production of sustainable aviation fuel (

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Found: The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Order 2024

Found: new or upgraded aircraft (such as hydrogen, electric or hybrid) and significantly increased use of Sustainable