Informal policy paper on long-term future of RTFO
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Context to the Government aims - the EU perspective
- Changes to the Fuel Quality Directive
- The Spring Council Communiqué and possible legislation
- The Policy options for a carbon-linked RTFO
- Option a: a linear or banded scale of reward
- Option b: A minimum carbon threshold above which all fuels receive one certificate per litre
- The Carbon Calculation
- Default values
- Rewarding advanced technologies / second generation biofuels
- Other possible implications of a carbon-linked RTFO
- i. State Aid Issues and Impact on Enhanced Capital Allowance
- ii. Renewables Obligation and the RTFO
- iii. Possible unintended consequences of a carbon-linked scheme
- iv. European and International Issues
- Data on costs of increasing the carbon performance of biofuels
- The interrelationship between a carbon-linked scheme and excluding biofuels from unsustainable feedstocks.
- Conclusion and next steps
- Annex A: worked example
- Annex B - cost data of producing ethanol from wheat from different processes
