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<p> </p><p>Official statistics on the area of sugar beet used to produce biogas, or
energy produced from UK sugar beet are not currently available. The data below shows
the production of bioethanol from sugar beet and the land used.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bioethanol
(million litres)</strong>1</p></td><td><p><strong>Land used (thousand hectares)</strong>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15
April 2010 – 14 April 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>68.5</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15
April 2011 – 14 April 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>15
April 2012 -14 April 2013</strong></p><p>(provisional) 3</p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>59.9</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>1 All sugar beet volumes above were grown on previously cropped land</p><p>2
Source: Defra June Survey of Agriculture. UK area at year n-1.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-of-the-agricultural-industry</a></p><p>3
(e) Figures for 2012-13 (Year 5) are as of 15 September 2013 and are not final.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OfGEM) records have identified
two operational anaerobic digestion plants which only use sugar beet to produce biogas
for electricity generation.</p><p>Defra published an experimental statistics release
on the use of crops for bioenergy in December 2013.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289168/nonfood-statsnotice2012-12mar14.pdf</a></p>
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