20 | Statistical Review | 2022
Despite an increased RTFO target in 2020, renewable fuel deliveries decreased in 2020 as a result of decreased overall fuel demand caused by coronavirus travel restrictions. In 2020, only biomethanol deliveries increased – by 42% from 33.6 MLeq to 47.7 MLeq. The combined effect of the increased RTFO target and decreased demand resulted in a slight change to the relative proportion of renewable fuel supplied – biodiesel, bioethanol, biopropane, and biomethanol now represent 70% (1576 Mleq), 25% (563 Mleq), 2.3% (51.3 Mleq), and 2.1% (47.7 Mleq) of supply, respectively in 2020. In 2020, 2,238 Mleq of renewable fuels were supplied to the domestic market. The RTFO target increased from 8.5% in 2019 to 9.75% in 2020. As in previous years, higher RTFO targets were primarily met by increasing the volume of double counted biodiesel in the UK transport fuel supply. In 2020, 90.6% of biodiesel was eligible to be double counted compared to 26.5% of bioethanol. The share of double-counting eligible bioethanol has increased by 125% over 2019. Although bioethanol and biodiesel are not the only renewable fuels blended, they dominate the mix. * Prior to 2018, RTFO reporting periods covered deliveries made between 15 April of one year and 14 April of the next. From 2019, the reporting period begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. As such, 2018 is a shorter period (15 April 2018 to 31 December 2018)
Million Litres UK Renewable Fuel Deliveries
UK Renewable Fuel Deliveries
Biodiesel
Bioethanol
Biomethanol
Biopropane
1000 1200 1400 1600 1800
0 200 400 600 800
*
2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018 2019 2020
Source: DfT
Renewable Fuel Content in UK Fuels, with Double Counting Renewable Fuel Content in UK Fuels, with Double Counting Percent of Total Fuel Volume
0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10% 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018 2019 2020 Bioethanol Biodiesel RTFO Target
Source: HMRC / DfT *
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