Mentions:
1: Mark Harper (CON - Forest of Dean) Today the Government are committing to introduce a revenue certainty mechanism to support sustainable - Speech Link
Written Evidence Sep. 13 2023
Inquiry: Keeping the power on: our future energy technology mixFound: POW0046 - Keeping the power on: our future energy technology mix Sustainable Aviation Written Evidence
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
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.
Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) The key technology to decarbonise aviation in the medium term is SAF, or sustainable aviation fuels, - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ravensdale (XB - Excepted Hereditary) They will also enable RCFs as key near-term components of sustainable aviation fuels in the SAF mandate - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) We have confirmed that the forthcoming mandate for sustainable aviation fuels will support nuclear-derived - Speech Link
3: None The mandate for sustainable aviation fuel is on track to start on 1 January 2025. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: Industrial policyFound: Aviation Fuels in Decarbonizing Air Transport’ (the World Bank, 2022). 2 IATA - Sustainable
Mentions:
1: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) aviation fuels—provided that they cause or contribute to a reduction in carbon emissions. - Speech Link
2: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North asked a lot of questions about sustainable aviation fuel. - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to their consultation on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate published on 30 March 2023; whether it is still their policy to have five SAF plants under construction by 2025; and, if so, what is their progress towards meeting that target.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government is on track to introduce the UK sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) mandate in 2025, with a target of at least 10% SAF in UK jet fuel by 2030. We will publish the government response to the second mandate consultation, setting out our final policy positions, in the Spring.
There are currently two commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants operational or under construction in the UK. The Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund has allocated £135m across 13 projects to supporting our aim to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025.
Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: Industrial policyFound: , new aircraft and engine technology, modernising our airspace, the use of sustainable aviation fuels
Asked by: Caroline Ansell (Conservative - Eastbourne)
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.