Biofuels and their potential to aid the UK towards achieving emissions reduction policy targets

The study evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions of various biodiesel and bio-ethanol feedstocks compared to fossil fuels. It finds that waste cooking oil and sugarbeet offer the highest emissions savings, but the current feedstock mix would require a 23.8% market share by 2020 to meet the LCTP's 6% emissions saving goal.

• Biodiesel produced from waste cooking oil and bioethanol from sugarbeet provide the highest potential for emissions savings compared to fossil fuel equivalents, with a maximum saving of 4.1% if biofuels reach a 10% market share by 2020.
• To achieve the 6% emissions saving proposed in the Low Carbon Transition Plan (LCTP) using the current biofuel feedstock mix, biofuels would need to hold 23.8% of the transport fuels market by 2020.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2012). Biofuels and their potential to aid the UK towards achieving emissions reduction policy targets. https://www.sei.org/publications/biofuels-and-their-potential-to-aid-the-uk-towards-achieving-emissions-reduction-policy-targets/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Biofuels and their potential to aid the UK towards achieving emissions reduction policy targets. 2012. https://www.sei.org/publications/biofuels-and-their-potential-to-aid-the-uk-towards-achieving-emissions-reduction-policy-targets/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2012biofuels, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Biofuels and their potential to aid the UK towards achieving emissions reduction policy targets}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2012}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/biofuels-and-their-potential-to-aid-the-uk-towards-achieving-emissions-reduction-policy-targets/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }