Which parts of the biofuel chain are covered by the calculation?
The carbon intensity reported by suppliers includes all of the steps involved in producing a biofuel from growing the crop right up to the duty point. This includes emissions associated with cultivation, steps such as drying and storage of a crop, transport of the crop (or other form of feedstock), conversion of a crop into a biofuel (or an intermediate feedstock) and transport of the biofuel. For waste or byproduct biofuel chains, the first step is the transport of the waste/byproduct from…
