Government report says nearly 1% of agricultural land was used for bioenergy in 2013, most transport biofuel
Tue 25 November 2014
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New research published by Defra says that an estimated 51 thousand hectares of agricultural land in the UK were used for bioenergy in 2013, around 0.8% of all arable land in the country. Just over 80% of the land used for bioenergy was to grow biofuel (biodiesel and bioethanol) for the road transport market.
According to a provisional estimate, 787 thousand tonnes of UK produced crops were used for the UK road transport market in 2013/14.
In 2014, maize grown for use in anaerobic digestion accounted for 17% (29,373 hectares) of the total maize area in England, which was 0.5% of England’s total arable area.
Figures relating to biofuel used for road transport in 2013/14 are provisional based on the data currently available. This shows that, of the total volume of renewable fuel supplied in 2013/14, 99.8% (1,740 million litres) has so far been demonstrated to meet the sustainability requirements.
The next update to this statistical release is anticipated in autumn 2015.
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