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Renewable Fuel Feedstocks
Renewable Fuel Feedstocks, 2020
As in previous years, used cooking oil is the main feedstock for renewable fuel used in the UK. Its proportional share of the total increased from 52.6% in 2019 to 54.7% in 2020. While corn-derived renewable fuels remain the second-highest type, the share has decreased from a total of 11.8% in 2019 to 7% in 2020. The introduction of the “development” fuel obligation and the issuing of the first dRTFCs in 2019 has led to the introduction of more diverse feedstocks.
Million Litres
Wheat, 100.95
Corn, 176.87
Tallow - category 1, 94.78
Sugar cane, 74.06
Other, 100.42
Oilseed rape, 60.22
Sugar beet, 57.64
Food waste, 96.70
Soy, 69.45
Starch slurry (waste), 95.59
iii, 44.38
iv, 42.56
ii, 54.68 i, 55.36
i: Vegetable oil waste pressings, 55.36 ML; ii: Sulphur-contaminated soapstock oil, 54.68 ML; iii: Municipal organic waste, 44.38 ML; iv: Palm, 42.56 ML; v: Palm oil mill effluent, 24.49 ML Used cooking oil, 1,387.64
v, 24.49
Source: DfT
Renewable Fuel Feedstock Sources Renewable Fuel Feedstock Sources
Due to the ability of double-counting waste-derived renewable fuels, the proportion of these feedstocks in the UK supply remains high – at 76%, an increase of 11% over 2019. As the overall volume of renewable fuel decreased, the volume of waste-derived renewable fuel has increased, by 5.4% in 2020. The total amount of renewable fuels that were awarded RTFCs or dRTFCs in 2020 was 2.536 million litres.
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Source: DfT
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