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<p>The Government agrees that sustainable biofuels have a valuable role to play in
reducing carbon emissions from transport, and particularly in sectors where there
are limited alternatives such as aviation.</p><p> </p><p>We also recognise that we
have world class research capabilities in the UK, and share the ambition in the Sustainable
Aviation’s report for the UK to become a global leader in the advanced sustainable
fuels market.</p><p> </p><p>To that end we launched a competition on 10 December which
will provide £25 million of capital funding for the construction of demonstration-scale
advanced biofuel plants in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently intend to revise
the current policy framework (for example to make Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates
available to aviation fuel suppliers) while discussions are continuing on accounting
for indirect land use change under European targets. Meanwhile, we have established
a Transport Energy Taskforce of experts from the aviation industry, NGOs and the fuels
and automotive industry to examine options to meet our renewable energy and greenhouse
gas reduction targets, and provide greater certainty to industry. The report by Sustainable
Aviation provides valuable input to this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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