Britain meets biofuels target but imports dominate

LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Britain is meeting its 2.5 percent target for biofuels use in motor fuel but is relying heavily on imports, government data issued on Friday showed.

A Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) came into force on April 15. It requires suppliers of motor fuels to ensure a proportion, initially 2.5 percent, comes from renewable souces.

A report issued by the Renewable Fuels Agency put biofuels use in the first two months of the programme at 2.53 percent.

Britain produced only 10 percent of the biofuel, well behind the world’s two leading producers United States (27 percent) and Brazil (15 percent) while the origin of 32 percent of the fuel was classified as unknown.

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