Stakeholders agree on increasing role of low carbon fuels in UK Net Zero transport strategy
In the UK, Zemo Partnership is reporting that more than 100 organizations from 13 different stakeholder groups have provided input through a series of 28 workshops, supported by Zemo Partnership, to inform the Department for Transport’s emerging strategy for low carbon fuels. Participants noted that early reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are essential to pave the way to zero emission transport in the long term, and that low carbon fuels have the potential to deliver these. However, urgent action is required to scale up low carbon fuel adoption, with key opportunities in areas such as harder-to-electrify long-haul HGVs. Stakeholders say that both liquid and gaseous low carbon fuels in higher blends than are incentivized through the RTFO can play a key role in decarbonizing road , as well as aviation and shipping, but more certainty is needed about the Government’s plans to enable industry and investors to fully seize the opportunity. The Government’s 2021 Transport Decarbonization Plan recognized the need to maximize the benefits of renewable, low carbon fuels, setting out commitments to develop a strategy for low carbon fuels to 2050 and to send a clear signal about the Government’s vision for the sector. The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is, currently, the key measure to incentivize the supply of low carbon fuels. The RTFO has set a target to supply 14.6% renewable fuel in transport by 2032.
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