Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: A flexible Grid for the futureFound: Market Report for the MISO Electricity Markets (link): Figure 11. 9 MISO: Historical generation fuel
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: A9 Dualling Programme and A75 Upgrade: EIR releaseFound: diversify its economy, with Ports at Inverness and Invergordon suppor ting the growth in tourism and renewable
Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) with space set aside for other priorities—the priorities of the future, I suggest: marine health and renewable - Speech Link
2: None Roles in oil and gas are declining by approximately 36% as we speak, while renewable roles are increasing - Speech Link
3: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) other side of this coin is that we are looking for far greater electrification of our rail and wider transport - Speech Link
4: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) evaluated before a new licensing round opens; and the North Sea Transition Authority has a specific obligation - Speech Link
5: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) These include the obligation written into the NSTA’s strategy to assist the Secretary of State in meeting - Speech Link
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to include renewable electricity within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government is currently supporting the rollout of public electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure through targeted grants, the Local EV Infrastructure Fund and the Rapid Charging Fund. However, the Government continues to review all options to support the continued rollout of public EV chargepoints.
Last year, the Department commissioned independent research into potential regulation-based options that may be required to support the continued rollout of public EV chargepoints from mid-2020s, including their opportunities, risks and likely impact. Options under consideration include the potential merits of including renewable electricity in the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. This research is still in progress.
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to support the use of renewable liquid fuels following the removal of renewable liquid fuel import tariffs from the US in February 2023.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government supports the use of renewable fuels in several ways. Regulations generate demand for them in the UK and provide a signal for future investments. The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) scheme continues to support renewable fuels, which are primarily deployed in road transport, and delivers a third of transport’s carbon savings under carbon budget 4. The Government will introduce a similar mandate scheme to drive the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2025. We also have a track record of supporting UK production of advanced renewable fuels through grant funding programmes. Most recently the Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) has allocated over £135 million of capital funding to 13 projects to support the development of a UK SAF industry.
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024Found: security, climate and clean energy, biodiversity and reducing pollution, connectivity including ICT and transport
Government Response Apr. 19 2024
Committee: Environment and Climate Change CommitteeFound: Local Transport Plans to include EV charging strategies.
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the report on the study commissioned his Department on the inclusion of electrification in the renewable transport fuel obligation.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Last year the Department commissioned independent research into potential regulation-based options that may be required to support the continued rollout of public electric vehicle chargepoints from mid-2020s, including their opportunities, risks and likely impact. This research is still in progress.
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: are driven by personnel employed by, or put at the disposal of, the business under a contractual obligation
Mentions:
1: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024.The legislation amends the Renewable - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) I would be keen to explore how maritime can gain from renewable transport fuel obligations, if not now - Speech Link