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<p>The Department produces quarterly and annual reports setting out the volume of
biofuel reported under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). These reports
are published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics</a></p><p>This
data is reported by obligation years, which run 15 April to 14 April.</p><p>The UK
is also required under article 22 of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) to report
progress towards interim renewable energy targets, every two years. The latest of
these reports covering the period 2010-2012 is published at: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/renewable-energy/progress-reports"
target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/renewable-energy/progress-reports</a></p><p>That
data is reported by calendar year. The data for years 2013 and 2014 is in the process
of being calculated and checked before being published and reported to the Commission
in December, as required under the article.</p><p>The table summarises the reported
data in respect of the proportion of renewable fuel used in the transport sector since
2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume
of renewable fuels, as a percentage of fuel obligated under RTFO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage
of renewable energy used in transport reported under the RED</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar
Year 2010</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010
– April 2011</p></td><td><p>3.27%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar
Year 2011</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011
– April 2012</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar
Year 2012</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012
– April 2013</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar Year
2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>To be published in December</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
2013 – April 2014</p></td><td><p>3.46%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar
Year 2014</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>To be published in December</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
UK is committed to meeting its climate change targets and sustainable renewable transport
fuel will have an important role to play in meeting these.</p><p>We intend to consult
further on changes to the RTFO scheme next year, and as part of that formal public
consultation process we will set out a proposed trajectory for increasing the supply
of renewable transport fuel to meet our renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction
targets.</p>
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