Mentions:
1: Whittle, Brian (Con - South Scotland) in Scotland’s aerospace sector to create greener aircraft that are powered by alternatives such as sustainable - Speech Link
2: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) The Scottish Government will publish its aviation statement shortly, setting out the actions that we - Speech Link
3: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) The Scottish Government will publish its aviation statement shortly, setting out the actions that we - Speech Link
4: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) Does the minister agree that the use of sustainable aviation fuels will not be enough to deliver net - Speech Link
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising sustainable aviation fuel when securing non-recyclable municipal solid waste as a feedstock, in the context of the number of available near-term options for decarbonising the aviation sector.
Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Government confirmed that a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) mandate would be introduced in 2025 requiring at least 10% (around 1.5 billion litres) of jet fuel to be made from sustainable feedstocks by 2030. Recycled carbon fuels such as non-recyclable municipal solid waste have the potential to become a key feedstock for UK produced SAF, and supporting them via the SAF mandate will broaden the existing feedstock pool. This is consistent with the Government’s approach to waste policy as guided by the waste hierarchy, where the best environmental outcome for waste that cannot be either prevented or prepared for reuse is for material to be recycled. Where waste cannot be prevented, reused or recycled, the Government supports maximising the value of residual waste through recovering energy, including supplying electricity or heat, or through use as, or conversion into, a fuel. There are a range of recovery options - both established and emerging - available to waste handling operators, which will be selected according to market conditions and local needs, taking account of the waste hierarchy and the need to ensure the best available environmental outcome for the waste. There is nothing preventing the production of fuel from residual waste if this is determined, by local authorities or other waste handlers, to be the best overall value for money and environmental outcome for such waste.
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to ensure that sustainable aviation fuel projects can start construction in 2025.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Our Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world. The Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund has allocated £135m across 13 projects to support private investment in UK SAF projects by overcoming perceived technological and construction risks and will support our industry shared aim to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025.
Our SAF mandate that will be in force from 2025 and in September, the government committed to design and implement a revenue certainty mechanism to support SAF production in the UK.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 19719 on INEOS: Belgium, whether the Ineos project will be capable of processing sustainable aviation fuel.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The INEOS Olefins project is a petrochemical plant being built to produce a range of petrochemicals products rather than burnable fuels. Therefore it neither processes nor produces any form of aviation fuel.
Special Report Apr. 03 2024
Committee: Environmental Audit CommitteeFound: Sixth Special Report - Net zero and the UK aviation sector: Government Response to the Committee’s Third
Apr. 11 2024
Source Page: Industry Minister celebrates multibillion-pound green tech funding milestone for UK aerospace sectorFound: aviation.
Mar. 18 2024
Source Page: Future of Flight action planFound: paper Future of Flight action plan A joint strategy for the industrialisation of emerging aviation
Report Dec. 21 2023
Committee: Environmental Audit CommitteeFound: 3rd Report - Net zero and the UK aviation sector HC 404 Report
Mentions:
1: Paul Bristow (Con - Peterborough) on related technologies for the storage of hydrogen and carbon dioxide, as well as the production of sustainable - Speech Link
2: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) With funds of over £1 billion, it supports the expansion of strong and sustainable clean energy supply - Speech Link
Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: Industrial policyFound: routes in Spain, Malta and to destinations around the Mediterranean. c.A study, conducted with the Sustainable