BIOFUEL FROM USED COOKING OIL AND RENEWABLES OBLIGATION SCHEME

Early day motion 523, tabled 16 December 2009 by Anne Main (Conservative). Signed by 45 members.

That this House recognises that biofuels produced from used cooking oil are widely recognised as one of the most sustainable biofuels available; notes that a recent ruling by Ofgem prevents bio-diesels produced this way from being included in the Renewables Obligation Scheme due to a small proportion of fossil fuel-derived methanol; acknowledges that the ruling means that one of the most sustainable biofuels is now excluded from the main Government scheme incentivising renewable electricity generation; further notes that the ruling runs counter to recommendations made in the Gallagher Review which recommended incentives to spur the development of advanced technologies including the use of wastes to produce biofuels; recognises that this is likely to have a negative impact on the UK's renewable energy industry; and therefore calls on the Government to consider recognising the renewable element of this fuel within the Renewables Obligations Scheme, and to review the policy decision surrounding the ruling and better support the incentivisation of the production of sustainable biofuels through the Renewables Obligation Scheme.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Liberal Democrat 12, Conservative 7, DUP 1, Independent 1.