The Renewable Transport Fuels Association calls for the U.K.’s SAF mandate to be amended, to make British bioethanol eligible.&nbsp; It should fall within the HEFA cap, i.e. allowing either HEFA or U.K. crop-based AtJ SAF to be used to fulfil the HEFA cap.&nbsp;In 2021, in our&nbsp;<a href="https://rtfa.org.uk/2021/09/19/rtfa-responds-to-the-saf-mandate-consultation/">response</a>&nbsp;to the (first) SAF mandate consultation, we argued that crop based ethanol should become eligible for the SAF mandate when it is no longer required for decarbonizing road transport.We are now in this situation. UK produced bioethanol is no longer required for decarbonizing road transport.&nbsp; That is not because electrification has eroded demand, but as a consequence of the Tariff Free Quota carelessly and shockingly handed to the US in the US-UK Trade deal agreed on 8th May this year, and which became law on 30th June.&nbsp;As members will be aware, the TRQ covers 1.4bn liters bioethanol, a volume which corresponds to the demand required for supplying E10.The previous Government was supportive of this position.&nbsp; In Targeting net zero – next steps for the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation: Government response, dated July 2021, it envisaged that a decline in requirements for road fuel would open up the opportunity for these fuels to be used for SAF production.&nbsp; To quote from page 20 of that document:“We know we will need renewable fuel for aviation and freight. We need to encourage and support these sectors. We are working closely with industry on how to do this, in particular, on proposals for a sustainable aviation fuel mandate, and plan to publish a consultation on this soon. As a result of such a mandate, over time there will be a transition of the renewable road fuels market over to an aviation one. A decline in renewable road fuel would increase biomass availability in the later 2020s. Both the waste-derived biodiesel feedstocks and the ethanol feedstocks can be used to create aviation fuel, with the appropriate processing technologies. This presents us, and UK industry, an opportunity to push forward the transition of feedstocks currently used for road fuel to other sectors.”We are calling for the SAF Mandate to be amended, in order that British bioethanol is eligible for the SAF mandate, as an alternative to HEFA, i.e. either HEFA or crop-based AtJ SAF made from UK bioethanol can be used to fulfil the HEFA cap.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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The Renewable Transport Fuels Association on Aug. 4 issued a statement calling for the U.K.’s SAF mandate to be amended to make British bioethanol eligible.  It should fall within the HEFA cap, according to the RTFA.  

RTFA: Now is the time to allow crop-based British bioethanol in the SAF mandate

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