April 15th 2008 is the date that the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation comes into force in the UK. What happens then?
From 15th April 2008, all fuel companies will be obliged to replace a certain percentage of their annual fossil fuel sales with biofuels. This is set at 2.5% for 2008, rising to 5% in 2010. In practice this should mean that from April 2008 all fuel should contain biofuels. The UK fuel market is currently around 40 million tonnes – 2.5% equates to one million tonnes, and 5% equates to two million tonnes.
