UK biofuel consumption rose 42% on year during Q1 2020 to 600M liters

In the UK, the Department of Business, Energy and Industry Strategy says liquid biofuels consumption provisionally rose by 42 per cent, from 422 million liters in 2019 Q1 to 600 million liters in 2020 Q1 with this increase due to sharp increase in biodiesel consumption. This represented 5.8 per cent of all petrol and diesel consumed in road transport.

Bioethanol consumption increased by 2.6 per cent, from 175 million liters in 2019 Q1 to 179 million liters in 2020 Q1. Biodiesel consumption increased by 89 per cent, from 247 million liters in 2019 Q1 to 466 million liters in 2020 Q1. Biodiesel represented 72 per cent of biofuels consumption, with bioethanol taking the remaining 28 per cent of the total volume of biofuel consumed.