# Rfa Quarterly Report 10: 15 April 2010 - 14 October 2010 Provisional Data For The 2010/11 Obligation Year To Date

Contents
Page
Executive summary
2
RTFO graphs
4
RTFO trends
12
Obligated company graphs
15
RTFO summary data
18
RTFO detailed data
24
Company data
26
RTFC trading tables and graphs
28
Notes on data
35
Glossary
40

## Provisional Data For The 2010/11 Obligation Year To Date Executive Summary

Under the RTFO the sustainability targets increase year on year.

For year three the data capture target is up 20% to 90%
relative to Year Two; the target for GHG savings is up 5% to 50% and the target for fuels meeting an Environmental Standards has increased by 30% to 80%. This report covers the supply of biofuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation¹ from 15 April 2010 to 14 October 2010.

The headline figures2 are:
3.7 billion litres of biofuel have been supplied under the RTFO in the first 30 months. In the first six months of the 2010/11 obligation period, 876 million litres of biofuel have been supplied, which is approximately
3.5% of total road transport fuel reported to the RFA against an annual target of 3.5%3. More biodiesel (64%) has been supplied than bioethanol (36%).  There has also been a small volume of biogas declared to us. The feedstock is known for 96% of fuel supplied. Both the feedstock and country of origin are known for 96%. The most widely reported source of biodiesel was soy from Argentina (169m litres, 30% of biodiesel supplied). The most widely reported source of bioethanol was sugarcane from Brazil (84m litres, 27% of bioethanol supplied).

Over the period, 42%4 of biofuels met an environmental standard, compared to a target of 80%5.

The majority of feedstock has been imported; 18% of the biofuel was reported as coming from UK feedstocks. 62% of the fuel reported as coming from UK feedstocks met environmental sustainability standards.

Greenhouse gas savings of 52% were achieved against a Government target6 of 50%. This figure may not include all emissions from direct land use change and excludes the emissions from indirect land-use changes considered in the Agency's 'Gallagher Review'. 

## Provisional Data For The 2010/11 Obligation Year To Date Executive Summary Notes

1. The RTFO applies to road transport across the whole of the UK. Refiners, importers and any others who supply more than
450,000 litres of relevant hydrocarbon oil for road transport annually to the UK market are obligated by it. 

2. Data comes from monthly reports submitted by fuel suppliers to the RFA. The RFA performs checks on the data, which for suppliers of over 450,000 litres of biofuel is also subject to an annual verification process by independent auditors. The RFA will publish a final, fully verified dataset after the end of each obligation year.

Every quarter we publish an extended report that identifies the carbon and sustainability performance of individual companies. These reports are available on our website at: www.renewablefuelsagency.gov.uk/rtfo
3. Obligated suppliers can meet their volume obligation by surrendering the appropriate number of RTFCs to the RFA and/or by paying into a buy-out fund. The RTFCs can be obtained by supplying their own biofuels or by purchasing RTFCs from other biofuel suppliers. A quarter of their obligation can be met by surplus RTFCs from the previous obligation year.

4. Under the RTFO Order, these reports must not contain information from which the volumes of fuel being reported by individual suppliers might be derived. To protect the volumes of individual suppliers in some reports, certain quantities of fuel reported as meeting the Qualifying Standard or RTFO Meta-Standard have been removed from the overall RTFO figures. In this report, all fuel meeting the Qualifying Standard or Meta-Standard has been included in the overall RTFO figures, but some has still been excluded from the reporting by feedstock and country. The figures by country and feedstock do not therefore tally exactly with the overall figures.  
5. 80% of feedstocks should meet environmental sustainability standards in the year 2010/11. The ability of suppliers to source certifiably sustainable fuels is currently limited by the lack of operational sustainability standards for several feedstock/country combinations. Certified sustainable feedstock is expected to become increasingly available over time, as feedstock standards develop in response to the demand created by the RTFO and growing concern about the sustainability of agricultural commodities more widely. Suppliers can arrange their own audits against the RTFO Meta-Standard. There is more than enough RSPO certified palm oil to meet the entire UK demand for palm oil biodiesel feedstock.

## 6. Throughout This Report 'Government Targets' Refers To Targets Set By The Government In 2007.

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

## Volumes And Proportions By Fuel Type

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

## Proportions By Feedstock

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

## Proportions By Country

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

## Proportions By Previous Land-Use

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

## Sustainability, Data-Capture And Accuracy

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

## Greenhouse Gas Savings

As there was no RFA carbon default for triticale the conservative default for unknown feedstock has been reported.  Consequently, negative GHG savings have been reported for this feedstock which may not represent the actual GHG savings. The RFA has subsequently calculated a carbon default for triticale.

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

## Volume By Feedstock And Country

 Trend graphs present verified data for the first year of the RTFO and provisional data for the second and third year to date

## Performance Trends Against The Rtfo'S Targets

The carbon intensity defaults for biofuels from an unknown country and/or feedstock were set more conservatively from the second reporting year of the RTFO (Month 13) to encourage suppliers to obtain data on the origin of their biofuels.  From Year 3 (Month 25) the carbon defaults are based on the feedstocks and biofuel production process (where applicable) in line with the Renewable Energy Directive. 

 Trend graphs present verified data for the first year of the RTFO and provisional data for the second and third year to date

## Performance Trends Against The Rtfo'S Targets

 Trend graphs present verified data for the first year of the RTFO and provisional data for the second and third year to date

## Performance Trends Against The Rtfo'S Targets

The data for the first 12 months comes from our verified fourth quarterly report. The data from Year 2 and the current obligation year is based on the provisional data as at the last date on which certificates were awarded. Fuel suppliers are encouraged to revise their data where they are able to provide more accurate information later in the year - for instance, adding information if they found out the previous land use of a biofuel plantation, or removing information if they had reason to believe that a sustainability standard might have been incorrectly reported. 

These data may not therefore correspond exactly to the data in previous RFA reports. All data from suppliers supplying over 450,000 litres is subject to final verification at the end of the year. 

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

# Obligated Company Performance Against The Rtfo'S Targets

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

# Obligated Company Performance Against The Rtfo'S Targets

All graphs present provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

# Obligated Company Performance Against The Rtfo'S Targets

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

Annual Supplier Target
Target
Actual
Target
Actual
Target
Actual
Percentage of feedstock meeting a Qualifying Environmental Standard
80%
42%
50%
32%
30%
20%
Annual GHG saving of fuel supplied
50%
52%
45%
50%
40%
46%
Data reporting of renewable fuel characteristics
90%
81%
70%
72%
50%
64%
2010/11 Obligation period
Biofuel Type
Volume (millions l) or 
mass (millions kg)*
Volume, million l **
Biofuels as a proportion of total road transport fuels supplied
Fossil fuel type
Biodiesel
560.5
Diesel
13,492
Bioethanol
315.8
Petrol
10,570
Biogas
0.2
Total
876.5
24,063
Annual target
3.99% 2.90%
Fuel type
3.51% 3.50%

* Biodiesel and bioethanol volumes are reported in litres and biogas volumes are reported in kilograms. ** Fossil fuel volumes given are *obligated volumes* and may differ from HMRC totals.  

Greenhouse 
gas saving, 
%
Volume, million l or 
million kg
Volume, %
Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Proportion meeting a social standard
Volume, 
l or kg
None/ unknown
Qualifying 
Standards
RTFO
Biodiesel
560,527,830
560.5
64%
0%
44%
0%
55%
2%
41%
1%
56%
41
51%
1.6
Bioethanol
315,792,269
315.8
36%
0%
15%
0%
85%
0%
6%
16%
77%
38
55%
2.6
Biogas
167,999
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
Total
876,488,098
876.5
100%
Mean
0%
34%
0%
66%
2%
29%
6%
64%
40
52%
2.0
Fuel type
| 2008/09 Obligation period   | 2009/10 Obligation period   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Carbon                      |                             |
| intensity,                  |                             |
| g(CO                        |                             |
| 2                           |                             |
| e)/MJ                       |                             |
| Accuracy                    |                             |
| level,                      |                             |
| (0-6)                       |                             |
| RTFO                        | Other standards             |
| Qualifying                  |                             |
| Standards                   | None/ unknown               |

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Carbon 
Volume, 
million litres
Volume, 
%
Volume, 
litres
RTFO
QS
Other 
unknown
Oilseed rape
65,221,315
65.2
12%
0%
8%
3%
89%
0%
5%
6%
89%
54
36%
1.6
Palm
31,142,298
31.1
6%
0%
38%
0%
62%
0%
31%
0%
69%
65
22%
1.8
Soy
203,815,344
203.8
36%
0%
8%
0%
92%
6%
1%
0%
92%
56
33%
1.7
Tallow
48,790,054
48.8
9%
1%
93%
0%
6%
1%
93%
0%
6%
16
81%
1.5
Used cooking oil
182,772,111
182.8
33%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
14
84%
1.8
Unknown
28,786,708
28.8
5%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
92
-10%
0.0
Total
560,527,830
560.5
100%
Mean
0%
44%
0%
55%
2%
41%
1%
56%
41
51%
1.6
Argentina
169,346,704
169.3
30%
0%
9%
0%
91%
7%
2%
0%
91%
56
33%
1.5
Austria
660,752
0.7
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
Belgium
11,406,864
11.4
2%
0%
88%
0%
12%
0%
88%
0%
12%
18
79%
1.3
Brazil
205,856
0.2
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
31%
1.0
Canada
285,855
0.3
0%
0%
16%
0%
84%
0%
16%
0%
84%
50
40%
1.8
Chile
27,008
0.0
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
4.0
Denmark
6,289,892
6.3
1%
0%
82%
0%
18%
0%
82%
0%
18%
16
81%
2.0
Finland
491,769
0.5
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.0
France
12,347,086
12.3
2%
0%
33%
0%
67%
0%
33%
0%
67%
39
53%
1.2
Germany
78,637,340
78.6
14%
0%
55%
2%
43%
0%
55%
2%
43%
32
62%
1.4
India
2,325,638
2.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
30%
2.0
Indonesia
14,601,220
14.6
3%
0%
25%
0%
75%
0%
21%
0%
79%
66
21%
1.3
Ireland, Republic of
4,133,319
4.1
1%
13%
54%
0%
33%
13%
54%
0%
33%
16
81%
1.3
Italy
135,552
0.1
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
Lithuania
170,594
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.0
Luxembourg
126,712
0.1
0%
0%
78%
0%
22%
0%
78%
0%
22%
14
83%
1.0
Malaysia
21,111,251
21.1
4%
0%
39%
0%
61%
0%
31%
0%
69%
48
42%
2.5
Netherlands
66,658,745
66.7
12%
0%
90%
0%
10%
0%
90%
0%
10%
19
77%
1.2
Poland
3,560,445
3.6
1%
0%
3%
0%
97%
0%
3%
0%
97%
51
39%
1.4
Portugal
710,474
0.7
0%
0%
53%
0%
47%
0%
53%
0%
47%
14
83%
1.0
Romania
20,000
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Spain
14,684,781
14.7
3%
0%
88%
0%
12%
0%
88%
0%
12%
17
80%
0.9
Switzerland
39,116
0.0
0%
0%
30%
0%
70%
0%
30%
0%
70%
14
83%
1.0
Ukraine
1,674,976
1.7
0%
0%
0%
50%
50%
0%
0%
50%
50%
53
37%
1.0
United Kingdom
72,010,121
72.0
13%
0%
89%
0%
11%
0%
86%
3%
11%
18
79%
2.9
United States
41,706,838
41.7
7%
0%
36%
0%
64%
1%
35%
0%
64%
38
55%
2.5
Unknown
37,158,922
37.2
7%
0%
3%
0%
97%
0%
3%
0%
97%
85
-1%
0.2
Total
560,527,830
560.5
100%
Mean
0%
44%
0%
55%
2%
41%
1%
56%
41
51%
1.6
By-product
231,332,949
231.3
41%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
14
83%
1.7
Cropland
4,061,268
4.1
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
48
43%
2.0
Cropland - non-protected
320,721
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Cropland - protection status unknown
227,487,170
227.5
41%
0%
10%
1%
89%
4%
5%
1%
90%
56
33%
1.7
Unknown
97,325,722
97.3
17%
0%
9%
1%
90%
4%
5%
1%
90%
68
19%
1.1
Total
560,527,830
560.5
100%
Mean
0%
44%
0%
55%
2%
41%
1%
56%
41
51%
1.6
Feedstock Country of origin
Previous land-use
Proportion meeting a social standard
Greenhouse 
Accuracy 
standards
None/
unknown
RTFO
QS
Other 
standards
None/
intensity, 
g(CO 2 e)/MJ
gas saving, 
%
level,
(0-6)

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Volume, 
litres
Volume, 
million litres
Volume, 
%
RTFO
QS
Other 
unknown
Barley
1,097,471
1.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
56
33%
3.7
Corn
69,349,702
69.3
22%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
48
42%
3.0
Corn non-EC
10,957,389
11.0
3%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.4
Molasses
18,085,968
18.1
6%
0%
66%
0%
34%
0%
66%
0%
34%
59
29%
1.0
Sugar beet
47,776,341
47.8
15%
0%
57%
0%
43%
0%
7%
67%
26%
24
71%
4.5
Sugar cane
85,381,131
85.4
27%
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
24
71%
1.0
Triticale
902,393
0.9
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
55
34%
1.0
Wheat
79,937,548
79.9
25%
0%
11%
0%
89%
0%
6%
24%
70%
42
50%
3.5
Unknown
2,304,326
2.3
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
111
-33%
0.1
Total
315,792,269
315.8
100%
Mean
0%
15%
0%
85%
0%
6%
16%
77%
38
55%
2.6
Belgium
7,292,316
7.3
2%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Brazil
84,465,710
84.5
27%
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
24
71%
1.0
Costa Rica
6,839,970
6.8
2%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
59
29%
1.0
Czech Republic
343,354
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Denmark
1,571,355
1.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
53
37%
1.6
Finland
42,057
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
France
46,610,600
46.6
15%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
47
44%
3.1
Germany
915,877
0.9
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
53
37%
1.0
Guatemala
10,772,975
10.8
3%
0%
35%
0%
65%
0%
35%
0%
65%
56
33%
1.1
Hungary
780,893
0.8
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.0
Latvia
148,914
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.0
Lithuania
37
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
115
-37%
1.0
Netherlands
51,267
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Nicaragua
1,388,444
1.4
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
59
29%
1.0
Poland
601,501
0.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
55
34%
1.0
Romania
1,706,556
1.7
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.8
Spain
13,537,632
13.5
4%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
42
50%
1.7
Sweden
2,899,717
2.9
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
31%
1.9
United Kingdom
88,861,900
88.9
28%
0%
41%
0%
59%
0%
9%
58%
33%
27
68%
4.9
United States
44,957,676
45.0
14%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
59
29%
2.1
Unknown
2,003,518
2.0
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
110
-31%
0.0
Total
315,792,269
315.8
100%
Mean
0%
15%
0%
85%
0%
6%
16%
77%
38
55%
2.6
By-product
12,820,191
12.8
4%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
60
29%
1.1
Cropland - non-protected
27,038,599
27.0
9%
0%
83%
0%
17%
0%
12%
70%
17%
28
66%
5.0
Cropland - protection status unknown
239,897,968
239.9
76%
0%
6%
0%
94%
0%
2%
13%
85%
34
59%
2.7
Unknown
36,035,511
36.0
11%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.0
Total
315,792,269
315.8
100%
Mean
0%
15%
0%
85%
0%
6%
16%
77%
38
55%
2.6
Feedstock
Country of origin
Previous land-use

* Under the RTFO Order, these reports must not contain information from which the volumes of fuel being reported by individual suppliers might be derived. To protect the volumes of individual suppliers certain quantities of fuel reported as meeting the Qualifying Standard or RTFO Meta-Standard have been removed from the RTFO figures. In this report, all fuel meeting the Qualifying Standard or Meta-Standard has been included in the overall RTFO figures, but some has still been excluded from the reporting by feedstock and country. The figures by country and feedstock do not therefore tally exactly with the overall figures.

Proportion meeting an environmental standard
RTFO
QS
Other 
Volume, 
kilograms
Volume, 
million kilograms
Volume, 
%
unknown
Feedstock
MSW
167,999
0.2
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
Country of origin
United Kingdom
167,999
0.2
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
Previous land-use
By-product
167,999
0.2
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
Proportion meeting a social standard
Carbon 
Greenhouse 
Accuracy 
standards
None/
unknown
RTFO
QS
Other 
standards
None/
intensity, 
g(CO 2 e)/MJ
gas saving, 
%
level,
(0-6)
Carbon 
Proportion meeting a social standard
Greenhouse 
Accuracy 
standards
None/
unknown
RTFO
QS
Other 
standards
None/
intensity, 
g(CO 2 e)/MJ
gas saving, 
%
level,
(0-6)

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

Volume, 
Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Volume, 
litres or kilograms
million 
litres/kilograms
Volume, 
%
RTFO
QS
Other 
unknown
Barley
1,097,471
1.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
56
33%
3.7
Corn
69,349,702
69.3
8%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
48
42%
3.0
Corn non-EC
10,957,389
11.0
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.4
Molasses
18,085,968
18.1
2%
0%
66%
0%
34%
0%
66%
0%
34%
59
29%
1.0
Municipal solid waste
167,999
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
Oilseed rape
65,221,315
65.2
7%
0%
8%
3%
89%
0%
5%
6%
89%
54
36%
1.6
Palm
31,142,298
31.1
4%
0%
38%
0%
62%
0%
31%
0%
69%
65
22%
1.8
Soy
203,815,344
203.8
23%
0%
8%
0%
92%
6%
1%
0%
92%
56
33%
1.7
Sugar beet
47,776,341
47.8
5%
0%
57%
0%
43%
0%
7%
67%
26%
24
71%
4.5
Sugar cane
85,381,131
85.4
10%
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
24
71%
1.0
Tallow
48,790,054
48.8
6%
1%
93%
0%
6%
1%
93%
0%
6%
16
81%
1.5
Triticale
902,393
0.9
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
55
34%
1.0
Used cooking oil
182,772,111
182.8
21%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
14
84%
1.8
Wheat
79,937,548
79.9
9%
0%
11%
0%
89%
0%
6%
24%
70%
42
50%
3.5
Unknown
31,091,034
31.1
4%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
93
-11%
0.0
Total
876,488,098
876.5
100%
Mean
0%
34%
0%
66%
2%
29%
6%
64%
40
52%
2.0
Argentina
169,346,704
169.3
19%
0%
9%
0%
91%
7%
2%
0%
91%
56
33%
1.5
Austria
660,752
0.7
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
Belgium
18,699,180
18.7
2%
0%
54%
0%
46%
0%
54%
0%
46%
31
63%
1.2
Brazil
84,671,566
84.7
10%
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
24
71%
1.0
Canada
285,855
0.3
0%
0%
16%
0%
84%
0%
16%
0%
84%
50
40%
1.8
Chile
27,008
0.0
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
4.0
Costa Rica
6,839,970
6.8
1%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
59
29%
1.0
Czech Republic
343,354
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Denmark
7,861,247
7.9
1%
0%
66%
0%
34%
0%
66%
0%
34%
23
72%
1.9
Finland
533,826
0.5
0%
0%
92%
0%
8%
0%
92%
0%
8%
21
75%
1.0
France
58,957,686
59.0
7%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
45
46%
2.7
Germany
79,553,217
79.6
9%
0%
54%
2%
44%
0%
54%
2%
44%
32
62%
1.4
Guatemala
10,772,975
10.8
1%
0%
35%
0%
65%
0%
35%
0%
65%
56
33%
1.1
Hungary
780,893
0.8
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.0
India
2,325,638
2.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
30%
2.0
Indonesia
14,601,220
14.6
2%
0%
25%
0%
75%
0%
21%
0%
79%
66
21%
1.3
Ireland, Republic of
4,133,319
4.1
0%
13%
54%
0%
33%
13%
54%
0%
33%
16
81%
1.3
Italy
135,552
0.1
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
Latvia
148,914
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.0
Lithuania
170,631
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.0
Luxembourg
126,712
0.1
0%
0%
78%
0%
22%
0%
78%
0%
22%
14
83%
1.0
Malaysia
21,111,251
21.1
2%
0%
39%
0%
61%
0%
31%
0%
69%
48
42%
2.5
Netherlands
66,710,012
66.7
8%
0%
90%
0%
10%
0%
90%
0%
10%
19
77%
1.2
Nicaragua
1,388,444
1.4
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
59
29%
1.0
Poland
4,161,946
4.2
0%
0%
2%
0%
98%
0%
2%
0%
98%
52
38%
1.3
Portugal
710,474
0.7
0%
0%
53%
0%
47%
0%
53%
0%
47%
14
83%
1.0
Romania
1,726,556
1.7
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.8
Spain
28,222,413
28.2
3%
0%
46%
0%
54%
0%
46%
0%
54%
29
66%
1.3
Sweden
2,899,717
2.9
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
31%
1.9
Switzerland
39,116
0.0
0%
0%
30%
0%
70%
0%
30%
0%
70%
14
83%
1.0
Ukraine
1,674,976
1.7
0%
0%
0%
50%
50%
0%
0%
50%
50%
53
37%
1.0
United Kingdom
161,040,020
161.0
18%
0%
62%
0%
38%
0%
44%
33%
23%
23
73%
4.0
United States
86,664,514
86.7
10%
0%
17%
0%
83%
0%
17%
0%
83%
49
42%
2.3
Unknown
39,162,440
39.2
4%
0%
2%
0%
98%
0%
2%
0%
98%
86
-3%
0.2
Total
876,488,098
876.5
100%
Mean
0%
34%
0%
66%
2%
29%
6%
64%
40
52%
2.0
By-product
244,321,139
244.3
28%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
17
80%
1.7
Cropland
4,061,268
4.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
48
43%
2.0
Cropland - non-protected
27,359,320
27.4
3%
0%
82%
0%
18%
0%
12%
70%
18%
28
66%
4.9
Cropland - protection status unknown
467,385,138
467.4
53%
0%
8%
0%
92%
2%
3%
7%
87%
45
46%
2.2
Unknown
133,361,233
133.4
15%
0%
7%
1%
92%
3%
4%
1%
92%
66
21%
1.1
Total
876,488,098
876.5
100%
Mean
0%
34%
0%
66%
2%
29%
6%
64%
40
52%
2.0
Feedstock
Country of origin Previous land-use

* Under the RTFO Order, these reports must not contain information from which the volumes of fuel being reported by individual suppliers might be derived. To protect the volumes of individual suppliers certain quantities of fuel reported as meeting the Qualifying Standard or RTFO Meta-Standard have been removed from the RTFO figures. In this report, all fuel meeting the Qualifying Standard or Meta-Standard has been included in the overall RTFO figures, but some has still been excluded from the reporting by feedstock and country. The figures by country and feedstock do not therefore tally exactly with the overall figures.

Proportion meeting a social standard
Accuracy 
Carbon 
Greenhouse 
standards
None/
unknown
RTFO
QS
Other 
standards
None/
intensity, 
g(CO 2 e)/MJ
gas saving, 
%
level,
(0-6)

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Volume, 
litres
Volume, 
million litres
Volume, 
%
RTFO
QS
Other 
unknown
Municipal solid waste
167,999
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
Oilseed rape
6,787,959
6.8
4%
1%
27%
0%
72%
1%
0%
27%
72%
53
37%
1.1
Sugar beet
35,528,498
35.5
22%
0%
77%
0%
23%
0%
9%
90%
0%
19
77%
5.5
Tallow
18,464,927
18.5
11%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
15
82%
2.1
Used cooking oil
46,757,235
46.8
29%
0%
96%
0%
4%
0%
96%
0%
4%
13
84%
3.4
Total
161,040,020
161.0
100%
Mean
0%
62%
0%
38%
0%
44%
33%
23%
23
73%
4.0
By-product
65,390,161
65.4
41%
0%
95%
0%
5%
0%
95%
0%
5%
14
83%
3.1
Cropland - non-protected
22,403,210
22.4
14%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
15%
85%
0%
21
75%
5.8
Cropland - protection status unknown
63,637,611
63.6
40%
0%
24%
0%
76%
0%
7%
53%
40%
29
65%
4.7
Unknown
9,609,038
9.6
6%
0%
6%
0%
94%
0%
0%
6%
94%
48
43%
1.2
Total
161,040,020
161.0
100%
Mean
0%
62%
0%
38%
0%
44%
33%
23%
23
73%
4.0
Feedstock
Previous land-use N.B. This includes biofuels from UK feedstocks which have been sold into the UK road fuel market.  UK biofuel feedstocks sold abroad are not included.
Biofuel type
Data capture: 
feedstock known
Data capture: 
AVERAGE
Data capture: 
country known
Data capture: land 
use known
Data capture: 
standard known
Biodiesel
95%
93%
83%
49%
80%
Bioethanol
99%
99%
89%
46%
83%
Biogas
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Total biofuel
96%
96%
85%
48%
81%
Annual target
90%
Fuel type
| Biofuel type      | Level 0 - Fuel default   | Level 1 - Feedstock    |
|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
| default           |                          |                        |
| Level 2 - Process |                          |                        |
| default           |                          |                        |
| Level 3 -         |                          |                        |
| Selected default  |                          |                        |
| - RFA defined     |                          |                        |
| Level 4 -         |                          |                        |
| Selected default  |                          |                        |
| - Industry        |                          |                        |
| defined, or NUTS  |                          |                        |
| 2 data            |                          |                        |
| Biodiesel         |                          |                        |
| 7%                | 58%                      | 19%                    |
| 1.6               |                          |                        |
| Bioethanol        |                          |                        |
| 1%                | 58%                      | 4%                     |
| 2.6               |                          |                        |
| Biogas            |                          |                        |
| 0%                | 0%                       | 0%                     |
| 5.0               |                          |                        |
| Total biofuel     |                          |                        |
| 5%                | 58%                      | 13%                    |
| Fuel type         |                          |                        |
Proportion meeting a social standard
Carbon 
Greenhouse 
Accuracy 
standards
None/
unknown
RTFO
QS
Other 
standards
None/
intensity, 
g(CO 2 e)/MJ
gas saving, 
%
level,
(0-6)
Level 5 - Actual 
data
Level 6 - 
Cultivation 
actual data
ACCURACY 
LEVEL: AVERAGE

Provisional data for the 2009/10 and 2010/11 obligation years and verified data for 2008/09.

Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Greenhouse gas saving
Month
Volume, 
litres or kg
Volume
RTFO
QS
Env. Std. 
Target
± Target
Saving
Target
± Target
Feedstock
Country of 
origin
Previous land 
use
Standard
Average data 
capture
Target
± Target
1
86,983,639
87.0 m l
5%
14%
30%
-11%
43%
40%
3%
97%
69%
51%
23%
60%
50%
10%
2
122,708,284
122.7 m l
3%
19%
30%
-8%
48%
40%
8%
97%
80%
55%
27%
65%
50%
15%
3
110,562,859
110.6 m l
4%
19%
30%
-8%
47%
40%
7%
98%
82%
55%
29%
66%
50%
16%
4
112,609,421
112.6 m l
4%
20%
30%
-7%
47%
40%
7%
98%
80%
55%
36%
67%
50%
17%
5
117,492,397
117.5 m l
4%
11%
30%
-15%
46%
40%
6%
100%
85%
60%
27%
68%
50%
18%
6
116,848,541
116.8 m l
6%
18%
30%
-7%
48%
40%
8%
100%
85%
51%
31%
67%
50%
17%
7
117,891,585
117.9 m l
13%
5%
30%
-12%
43%
40%
3%
100%
81%
60%
30%
68%
50%
18%
8
112,111,217
112.1 m l
11%
9%
30%
-10%
45%
40%
5%
99%
80%
56%
28%
66%
50%
16%
9
94,166,410
94.2 m l
8%
10%
30%
-12%
47%
40%
7%
100%
82%
62%
35%
70%
50%
20%
10
96,400,546
96.4 m l
13%
8%
30%
-9%
45%
40%
5%
100%
82%
62%
30%
69%
50%
19%
11
88,545,305
88.5 m l
17%
15%
30%
3%
52%
40%
12%
100%
82%
67%
40%
72%
50%
22%
12
107,232,464
107.2 m l
9%
14%
30%
-6%
53%
40%
13%
99%
85%
63%
29%
69%
50%
19%
13
103,367,499
103.4 m l
8%
23%
50%
-19%
48%
45%
3%
99%
89%
78%
41%
77%
70%
7%
14
104,848,340
104.8 m l
14%
26%
50%
-11%
51%
45%
6%
95%
88%
75%
42%
75%
70%
5%
15
122,102,634
122.1 m l
16%
25%
50%
-10%
53%
45%
8%
96%
91%
79%
48%
79%
70%
9%
Year 1
16
119,988,509
120.0 m l
15%
27%
50%
-7%
54%
45%
9%
96%
90%
73%
48%
77%
70%
7%
17
128,484,397
128.5 m l
13%
21%
50%
-16%
51%
45%
6%
93%
89%
68%
39%
73%
70%
3%
18
131,647,133
131.6 m l
18%
21%
50%
-11%
52%
45%
7%
94%
87%
71%
44%
74%
70%
4%
19
127,393,716
127.4 m l
17%
20%
50%
-13%
52%
45%
7%
96%
86%
69%
39%
72%
70%
2%
20
137,456,412
137.5 m l
18%
16%
50%
-16%
52%
45%
7%
91%
85%
73%
40%
72%
70%
2%
21
127,794,599
127.8 m l
13%
10%
50%
-27%
48%
45%
3%
89%
84%
64%
29%
67%
70%
-3%
22
145,582,184
145.6 m l
12%
13%
50%
-25%
52%
45%
7%
96%
94%
72%
32%
73%
70%
3%
23
142,822,809
142.8 m l
15%
11%
50%
-24%
47%
45%
2%
85%
85%
64%
30%
66%
70%
-4%
24
176,944,261
176.9 m l
10%
16%
50%
-24%
49%
45%
4%
90%
87%
69%
31%
69%
70%
-1%
Year 2
Year 3
25
140,904,353
140.9 m l
12%
18%
80%
-49%
49%
50%
-1%
99%
97%
77%
38%
78%
90%
-12%
26
150,914,009
150.9 m l
8%
24%
80%
-48%
46%
50%
-4%
98%
95%
77%
36%
76%
90%
-14%
27
134,697,460
134.7 m l
7%
32%
80%
-40%
53%
50%
3%
97%
96%
91%
48%
83%
90%
-7%
28
148,078,198
148.1 m l
11%
37%
80%
-32%
55%
50%
5%
97%
96%
81%
52%
82%
90%
-8%
29
145,410,787
145.4 m l
3%
45%
80%
-32%
55%
50%
5%
98%
98%
93%
49%
84%
90%
-6%
30
156,483,291
156.5 m l
7%
46%
80%
-27%
57%
50%
7%
91%
91%
90%
62%
84%
90%
-6%
31
80%
50%
90%
32
80%
50%
90%
33
80%
50%
90%
34
80%
50%
90%
35
80%
50%
90%
36
80%
50%
90%
Data capture

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date Hover your mouse over the shaded boxes to access additional information on the data

Volume, 
million l or 
million kg
Volume, 
%
Biofuel type
Feedstock
Country of origin
Previous land-use
Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Volume, 
l or kg
Biodiesel
Oilseed rape
Belgium
Cropland - protection status unknown
1,045,977
1.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
3.0
Unknown
136,452
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
40
52%
1.9
Canada
Cropland - protection status unknown
55,561
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
2.0
Denmark
Cropland - protection status unknown
452,267
0.5
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
27
68%
4.8
Unknown
55,388
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
27
68%
4.0
France
Cropland - protection status unknown
4,431,156
4.4
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.5
Unknown
3,808,853
3.8
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Germany
Cropland - protection status unknown
27,044,749
27.0
3%
0%
10%
5%
86%
0%
10%
5%
86%
50
40%
2.0
Unknown
4,751,766
4.8
1%
0%
13%
0%
87%
0%
13%
0%
87%
52
38%
1.0
Netherlands
Cropland - non-protected
319,699
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Cropland - protection status unknown
5,619,850
5.6
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.8
Unknown
398,308
0.4
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
45
46%
2.0
Poland
Cropland - protection status unknown
3,466,716
3.5
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.4
Unknown
4,070
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Romania
Cropland - protection status unknown
20,000
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Spain
Cropland - protection status unknown
1,137,472
1.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
0.0
Ukraine
Cropland - protection status unknown
637,099
0.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Unknown
1,037,877
1.0
0%
0%
0%
81%
19%
0%
0%
81%
19%
54
36%
1.0
United Kingdom
Cropland - non-protected
1,022
0.0
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
21
75%
5.0
Cropland - protection status unknown
1,484,822
1.5
0%
7%
85%
0%
9%
6%
0%
85%
9%
52
38%
1.1
Unknown
5,302,115
5.3
1%
0%
11%
0%
89%
0%
0%
11%
89%
53
37%
1.1
United States
Unknown
1,243,216
1.2
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Unknown
Cropland - protection status unknown
583,296
0.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
52
38%
1.0
Unknown
2,183,584
2.2
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
84
0%
1.0
Palm
India
Cropland - protection status unknown
2,325,638
2.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
30%
2.0
Indonesia
Cropland - protection status unknown
12,130,134
12.1
1%
0%
25%
0%
75%
0%
20%
0%
80%
66
21%
1.4
Unknown
2,471,086
2.5
0%
0%
25%
0%
75%
0%
25%
0%
75%
68
19%
1.3
Malaysia
Cropland - protection status unknown
9,838,460
9.8
1%
0%
73%
0%
27%
0%
57%
0%
43%
64
24%
2.0
Unknown
4,376,980
4.4
0%
0%
22%
0%
78%
0%
22%
0%
78%
68
19%
2.7
Soy
Argentina
Cropland
4,061,268
4.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
48
43%
2.0
Cropland - protection status unknown
134,936,555
134.9
15%
0%
7%
0%
93%
7%
0%
0%
93%
56
33%
1.5
Unknown
30,348,881
30.3
3%
0%
21%
0%
79%
12%
10%
0%
79%
56
33%
1.6
Brazil
Unknown
205,856
0.2
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
31%
1.0
Canada
Cropland - protection status unknown
184,968
0.2
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
31%
1.7
Germany
Cropland - protection status unknown
4,839,010
4.8
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
58
31%
1.0
United States
Cropland - protection status unknown
17,033,925
17.0
2%
0%
2%
0%
98%
2%
0%
0%
98%
51
40%
3.6
Unknown
7,569,667
7.6
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
53
36%
2.3
Unknown
Unknown
4,635,214
4.6
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
61
27%
1.0
Tallow
Belgium
By-product
232,403
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.0
Canada
By-product
45,326
0.0
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
2.0
Denmark
By-product
4,927,724
4.9
1%
0%
88%
0%
12%
0%
88%
0%
12%
15
82%
1.5
Finland
By-product
491,769
0.5
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.0
France
By-product
152,362
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
16
80%
2.0
Germany
By-product
5,210,972
5.2
1%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
16
81%
1.3
Cropland - protection status unknown
151,642
0.2
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
17
80%
2.0
Ireland, Republic of
By-product
3,066,243
3.1
0%
18%
72%
0%
10%
18%
72%
0%
10%
17
80%
1.0
Lithuania
By-product
170,594
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.0
Netherlands
By-product
3,426,389
3.4
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.2
Poland
By-product
89,659
0.1
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
2.4
Switzerland
By-product
651
0.0
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
2.0
United Kingdom
By-product
18,464,927
18.5
2%
0%
93%
0%
7%
0%
93%
0%
7%
15
82%
2.1
United States
By-product
11,373,674
11.4
1%
0%
94%
0%
6%
0%
94%
0%
6%
17
80%
1.1
Cropland - protection status unknown
67,873
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
17
80%
1.0
Unknown
By-product
908,145
0.9
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
17
80%
1.0
Unknown
9,701
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
17
80%
1.0
Carbon 
intensity, 
g(CO 2 e)/MJ
Accuracy 
level,
(0-6)
RTFO
Qualifying 
Standards
Other 
standards
None/ 
unknown
Qualifying 
Standards
RTFO
None/ 
unknown
Proportion meeting a social standard
Other 
standards
Greenhouse 
gas saving, 
%

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date Hover your mouse over the shaded boxes to access additional information on the data

Volume, 
million l or 
million kg
Volume, 
%
Biofuel type
Feedstock
Country of origin
Previous land-use
Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Volume, 
l or kg
Biodiesel
Used cooking oil
Austria
By-product
660,752
0.7
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
Belgium
By-product
9,992,032
10.0
1%
0%
98%
0%
2%
0%
98%
0%
2%
14
83%
1.1
Chile
By-product
27,008
0.0
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
4.0
Denmark
By-product
854,513
0.9
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
3.1
France
By-product
3,954,715
4.0
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
Germany
By-product
36,639,201
36.6
4%
0%
95%
0%
5%
0%
95%
0%
5%
14
83%
1.0
Ireland, Republic of
By-product
1,067,076
1.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
13
84%
2.2
Italy
By-product
135,552
0.1
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
Luxembourg
By-product
126,712
0.1
0%
0%
78%
0%
22%
0%
78%
0%
22%
14
83%
1.0
Malaysia
By-product
6,895,811
6.9
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
14
83%
3.0
Netherlands
By-product
56,894,499
56.9
6%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.1
Portugal
By-product
710,474
0.7
0%
0%
53%
0%
47%
0%
53%
0%
47%
14
83%
1.0
Spain
By-product
13,547,309
13.5
2%
0%
95%
0%
5%
0%
95%
0%
5%
14
83%
1.0
Switzerland
By-product
38,465
0.0
0%
0%
29%
0%
71%
0%
29%
0%
71%
14
83%
1.0
United Kingdom
By-product
46,757,235
46.8
5%
0%
96%
0%
4%
0%
96%
0%
4%
13
84%
3.4
United States
By-product
4,418,483
4.4
1%
0%
89%
0%
11%
0%
89%
0%
11%
14
84%
2.5
Unknown
By-product
52,274
0.1
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
84%
1.0
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
28,786,708
28.8
3%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
92
-10%
0.0
Bioethanol
Barley
Spain
Cropland - protection status unknown
733,941
0.7
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
46
45%
5.0
Sweden
Cropland - protection status unknown
363,530
0.4
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
78
7%
1.0
Corn
France
Cropland - protection status unknown
19,145,894
19.1
2%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
37
56%
5.4
Unknown
313,914
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
46
45%
1.0
Germany
Cropland - protection status unknown
572,595
0.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.0
Hungary
Cropland - protection status unknown
780,893
0.8
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.0
Romania
Cropland - protection status unknown
1,706,556
1.7
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.8
Spain
Cropland - protection status unknown
12,803,691
12.8
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
41
51%
1.5
United States
Cropland - protection status unknown
25,793,654
25.8
3%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
51
39%
2.8
Unknown
8,206,633
8.2
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
82
3%
1.0
Unknown
Unknown
25,872
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
43
49%
1.0
Molasses
Costa Rica
By-product
6,839,970
6.8
1%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
59
29%
1.0
Guatemala
By-product
4,591,777
4.6
1%
0%
81%
0%
19%
0%
81%
0%
19%
60
28%
1.2
Unknown
5,265,777
5.3
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
59
30%
1.0
Nicaragua
By-product
1,388,444
1.4
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
59
29%
1.0
Sugar beet
Belgium
Unknown
4,284,974
4.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
40
52%
1.0
France
Cropland - protection status unknown
7,962,869
8.0
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
40
52%
1.8
United Kingdom
Cropland - non-protected
22,402,188
22.4
3%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
15%
85%
0%
21
75%
5.8
Cropland - protection status unknown
13,126,310
13.1
1%
0%
37%
0%
63%
0%
0%
99%
1%
15
82%
5.0
Sugar cane
Brazil
Cropland - protection status unknown
84,454,454
84.5
10%
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
24
71%
1.0
Unknown
11,256
0.0
0%
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
-*
24
71%
1.0
Guatemala
Unknown
915,421
0.9
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
24
71%
1.0
Triticale
Latvia
Cropland - protection status unknown
148,914
0.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.0
Lithuania
Cropland - protection status unknown
37
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
115
-37%
1.0
Poland
Cropland - protection status unknown
601,501
0.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
55
34%
1.0
Sweden
Cropland - protection status unknown
151,941
0.2
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
49
41%
1.0
Wheat
Belgium
Cropland - protection status unknown
2,555,589
2.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Unknown
451,753
0.5
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Czech Republic
Cropland - protection status unknown
343,354
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Denmark
Cropland - protection status unknown
1,571,355
1.6
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
53
37%
1.6
Finland
Cropland - protection status unknown
42,057
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
France
Cropland - protection status unknown
8,986,479
9.0
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
59
30%
1.8
Unknown
10,201,444
10.2
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
61
27%
1.0
Germany
Cropland - protection status unknown
306,333
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Unknown
36,949
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Netherlands
Cropland - protection status unknown
14,318
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Unknown
36,949
0.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
70
16%
1.0
Sweden
Cropland - protection status unknown
2,057,566
2.1
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
46
45%
2.3
United Kingdom
Cropland - protection status unknown
49,026,479
49.0
6%
0%
18%
0%
82%
0%
9%
39%
51%
32
62%
4.8
Unknown
4,306,923
4.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
42
50%
1.3
Unknown
Sweden
Cropland - protection status unknown
326,680
0.3
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
115
-37%
1.0
Unknown
Unknown
1,977,646
2.0
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
111
-32%
0.0
Corn Non EC
United States
Cropland - non-protected
4,636,411
4.6
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.0
Cropland - protection status unknown
6,320,978
6.3
1%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
62
26%
1.6
Biogas
Municipal solid waste
United Kingdom
By-product
167,999
0.2
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
Grand Total
876,488,098
876.5
100%
Mean
0%
34%
0%
66%
2%
29%
6%
64%
40
52%
2.0
* Under the RTFO Order, these reports must not contain information from which the volumes of fuel being reported by individual suppliers might be derived. To protect the volumes of individual suppliers certain quantities of fuel reported as meeting the Qualifying Standard or RTFO 
Meta-Standard have been removed from the RTFO figures. In this report, all fuel meeting the Qualifying Standard or Meta-Standard has been included in the overall RTFO figures, but some has still been excluded from the reporting by feedstock and country. The figures by country and feedstock do not therefore tally exactly with the overall figures.
Carbon 
intensity, 
g(CO 2 e)/MJ
Accuracy 
level,
(0-6)
RTFO
Qualifying 
Standards
Other 
standards
None/ 
unknown
Qualifying 
Standards
RTFO
None/ 
unknown
Proportion meeting a social standard
Other 
standards
Greenhouse 
gas saving, 
%

Provisional data for the 2010/11 obligation year to date

Proportion in each previous land-use category 1
Proportion meeting an environmental standard
Proportion meeting a social standard
Greenhouse 
gas saving, 
%
Croplandprotection 
unknown
Cropland-non 
protected
By-product
Unknown
RTFO+QS
Other 
standards
None/
unknown
RTFO+QS
Other 
standards
None/
unknown
BP Oil UK Limited
0%
24%
0%
59%
17%
54%
0%
46%
54%
0%
46%
51
39%
1.0
85%
Chevron Limited
0%
50%
12%
0%
37%
37%
0%
63%
29%
8%
63%
64
24%
2.0
61%
ConocoPhillips Limited
0%
72%
0%
21%
7%
21%
0%
79%
21%
0%
79%
44
48%
1.9
78%
Esso Petroleum Company Limited
0%
62%
0%
19%
18%
27%
0%
73%
20%
14%
66%
41
51%
2.3
81%
Greenergy Fuels Limited
0%
51%
0%
41%
8%
74%
0%
26%
73%
1%
26%
25
70%
2.2
91%
Harvest Energy Ltd
0%
45%
7%
48%
1%
40%
0%
60%
39%
1%
60%
37
56%
1.1
87%
INEOS Europe Limited
34%
0%
0%
11%
55%
11%
0%
89%
11%
0%
89%
65
22%
1.0
39%
Lissan Coal Company Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
34%
0%
66%
34%
0%
66%
14
84%
1.9
88%
Mabanaft UK Ltd
0%
52%
2%
31%
15%
34%
0%
66%
31%
3%
66%
47
44%
1.1
74%
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.
28%
24%
0%
21%
27%
12%
0%
88%
12%
0%
88%
50
40%
1.6
63%
Murco Petroleum Ltd
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
54
36%
0.9
49%
Petroplus Refining Teesside Limited
0%
54%
0%
24%
21%
28%
0%
72%
28%
1%
72%
44
47%
1.3
76%
Prax Petroleum Ltd
0%
0%
0%
68%
32%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
31
63%
3.0
84%
Shell UK Ltd
0%
67%
0%
17%
16%
28%
1%
71%
24%
17%
59%
40
52%
2.6
81%
Topaz Energy Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
12%
0%
88%
12%
0%
88%
15
82%
3.2
82%
Total UK Ltd
0%
72%
0%
20%
7%
31%
3%
67%
31%
3%
67%
48
42%
2.2
81%
Argent Energy (UK) Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
15
82%
1.0
100%
Associated British Bio-Fuels Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
43
49%
3.0
100%
Bio UK Fuels (Sheffield) Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
2.0
100%
Biofuel Refineries Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
9
89%
3.0
100%
Biomotive Fuels Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
60%
0%
40%
60%
0%
40%
3
96%
5.0
100%
British Sugar plc.
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
20
76%
5.9
100%
Convert2Green Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
100%
Double Green Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
29%
0%
71%
29%
0%
71%
13
84%
4.5
100%
Edible Oil Direct Ltd.  
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
84%
3.1
100%
Footprint Fuels
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
100%
Fuel Systems UK Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
3.0
100%
Gasrec Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
27
68%
5.0
100%
Green Fuels Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
13
84%
2.0
100%
GreenerDiesel.com (UK) Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
2.0
100%
Greenolysis Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
56%
0%
44%
56%
0%
44%
14
83%
2.0
100%
Kassero Edible Oils Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
2.0
100%
MFS Fuel Supplies Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
13
84%
2.0
100%
Neal Environmental Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
0.3
100%
Phoenix Fuels Ltd
0%
49%
51%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
21
75%
5.0
100%
Pilkington Oils Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
39%
0%
61%
39%
0%
61%
13
84%
3.0
100%
Pure Fuels Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
7
91%
2.0
100%
Rural Development Trust
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
1.3
84%
Uptown Biodiesel Ltd
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
79%
0%
21%
79%
0%
21%
14
83%
3.0
100%
Veg Oil Motoring
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
1
99%
2.0
100%
Wight Made Diesel
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
57%
0%
43%
57%
0%
43%
14
83%
1.0
100%
William John Brown T/as Greenearth Biodiesel
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
13
84%
3.0
100%
Yateley Industries for the Disabled Limited
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
14
83%
1.0
100%
Company
Cropland

1 Only five land use types have been reported by companies in the first quarter of year three: by-products; cropland - protection status unknown; cropland - non protected;  unknown land use.

The other land use types are: cropland; cropland - protected; degraded land; forest >30%; forest >30% no change in status; forest 10-30%; forest 10-30% no change in status, grassland with agricultural land; grassland without agricultural land; undrained peatland; undrained peatland - no change in status; wetland; wetland -

Number of 
targets met in 
RTFO Year 3 
(year to date) 2
Obligated company
Change from 
previous quarter 
(based on 
provisional data)
Number of targets 
met (previous 
quarterly report) 2
3 2
Greenergy Fuels Ltd
1
K
Esso Petroleum Company Ltd
1
Ž
Harvest Energy Ltd
1
Ž
Lissan Coal Company Ltd
2
L
1
Prax Petroleum Ltd
0
K
Shell UK Ltd
0
K
Topaz Energy Ltd
1
Ž
BP Oil UK Ltd
0
Ž
Chevron Ltd
0
Ž
ConocoPhillips Ltd
0
Ž
INEOS Europe Ltd 3
0
Ž
0
Mabanaft UK Ltd
0
Ž
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc
0
Ž
Murco Petroleum Ltd
0
Ž
Petroplus Refining Teesside Ltd
0
Ž
Total UK Ltd
0
Ž

1 Obligated companies supply >95% of the biofuels in the UK market. 2 The RTFO targets in Year 3 (2010/11) are to have:
80% of biofuels meeting qualifying environmental standards;
GHG savings of 50%; and
90% data capture in four key sustainability fields (feedstocks, country of origin, previous land-use, standard).

3 In the first RTFO reporting year, the fuel we reported in the name 'Ineos' (operator of the Grangemouth refinery) was owned by Morgan Stanley Capital Group at the duty point - making Morgan Stanley the legally obligated supplier, rather than Ineos itself.

## Trading Of Rtfcs Rtfcs Traded Per Quarter By Type Of Account Holder

| Quarter               | Quarter (date)        | From       |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------|
| 2 Jul 2008 - Oct 2008 |                       |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 2,791,602  |
| 2%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 11,347,500 |
| 7%                    |                       |            |
| 3 Oct 2008 - Jan 2009 |                       |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 809,000    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 17,538,750 |
| 10%                   |                       |            |
| 4 Jan 2009 - Apr 2009 |                       |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Biofuel Suppliers     | 3,063,335  |
| 2%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 1,883,310             |            |
| 1%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | 10,000                |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Biofuel Suppliers     | 1,175,000  |
| 1%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 16,601,408            |            |
| 10%                   |                       |            |
| Other                 | 10,000                |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | Biofuel Suppliers     | 10,000     |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 10,000                |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| 5 Apr 2009 - Jul 2009 |                       |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Biofuel Suppliers     | 83,812     |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 830,000               |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 75,625,694 |
| 45%                   |                       |            |
| 6                     | Jul 2009 - Oct 2009   |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 32,395,869 |
| 19%                   |                       |            |
| 7                     | Oct 2009 - Jan 2010   |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 1,779,869  |
| 1%                    |                       |            |
| 8                     | Jan 2010 - Apr 2010   |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 482,516    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| 9                     | Apr 2010 - Jul 2010   |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 381,292    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| 10                    | Jul 2010 - Oct 2010   |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 2,182,910  |
| 1%                    |                       |            |
| Grand Total           |                       |            |
| 169,011,867           | 100%                  |            |

## Trading Of Rtfcs Rtfcs Traded Per Quarter By Type Of Account Holder

| Quarter               | Quarter (date)        | From       |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------|
| 6                     | Jul 2009 - Oct 2009   |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Biofuel Suppliers     | 309,980    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 97,950                |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 6,580,808  |
| 2%                    |                       |            |
| 7                     | Oct 2009 - Jan 2010   |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Biofuel Suppliers     | 295,010    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 1,743,960             |            |
| 1%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | 388,179               |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 29,383,440 |
| 10%                   |                       |            |
| Other                 | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 388,179    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| 8                     | Jan 2010 - Apr 2010   |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Biofuel Suppliers     | 297,016    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 2,143,955             |            |
| 1%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | 167,949               |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 85,516,261 |
| 30%                   |                       |            |
| Other                 | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 167,949    |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| 9                     | Apr 2010 - Jul 2010   |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 18,157,547 |
| 6%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | 442,404               |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 57,678,763 |
| 21%                   |                       |            |
| Other                 | 5,000,000             |            |
| 2%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 5,442,374  |
| 2%                    |                       |            |
| 10                    | Jul 2010 - Oct 2010   |            |
| Biofuel Suppliers     | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 11,199,636 |
| 4%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | 950,224               |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 40,912,731 |
| 15%                   |                       |            |
| Other                 | 6,300,000             |            |
| 2%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 7,340,210  |
| 3%                    |                       |            |
| Other                 | 89,986                |            |
| 0%                    |                       |            |
| Grand Total           |                       |            |
| 280,994,511           | 100%                  |            |

## Trading Of Rtfcs Rtfcs Traded Per Quarter By Type Of Account Holder

| Quarter                | Quarter (date)        | From      |
|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------|
| 10 Jul 2010 - Oct 2010 |                       |           |
| Other                  | Fossil Fuel Suppliers | 528,228   |
| 1%                     |                       |           |
| Biofuel Suppliers      | 542,215               |           |
| 1%                     |                       |           |
| Biofuel Suppliers      | Other                 | 1,131,371 |
| 2%                     |                       |           |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers  | 500,000               |           |
| 1%                     |                       |           |
| Biofuel Suppliers      | 89,986                |           |
| 0%                     |                       |           |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers  | Other                 | 29,058    |
| 0%                     |                       |           |
| Fossil Fuel Suppliers  | 58,451,442            |           |
| 95%                    |                       |           |
| Grand Total            |                       |           |
| 61,272,300             | 100%                  |           |

# Provisional Data For The 2010/11 Obligation Year To Date Trading Of Rtfcs Provisional Data For The 2010/11 Obligation Year To Date

## Trading Of Rtfcs

# Provisional Data For The 2010/11 Obligation Year To Date

## Trading Of Rtfcs

# Provisional Data For The 2010/11 Obligation Year To Date Trading Of Rtfcs

## Notes On Data Introduction

To encourage the sourcing of sustainable biofuels, the RFA requires fuel suppliers claiming Renewable Transport Fuel Certificates to submit monthly reports on the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) saving and the sustainability of the biofuels they supply. Reporting is also seen by the Government as an essential 'stepping stone' towards a mandatory assurance scheme. The EU's Renewable Energy Directive includes mandatory sustainability requirements. The Department for Transport expects to transpose the directive into UK law in 2011.

This report provides information on the carbon and sustainability performance of renewable fuels supplied under the RTFO. The data is derived from the monthly reports on biofuels provided by individual fuel suppliers. At the end of the reporting year 1 fuel suppliers are required to provide an independent verifier's opinion 2 on their information, and this verified information will be published in the January following each obligation year. The carbon and sustainability data covers the *direct* impacts arising from biofuel cultivation. The RFA separately monitors the potential *indirect* impacts of biofuel production such as indirect land-use change or changes to food and other commodity prices 
(e.g. *The Gallagher Review of the indirect effects of biofuels production*  which was published on 8 July 2008). 

## Notes On Data Sustainability And The Rtfo Meta-Standard

The RTFO is built around seven sustainability principles; five environmental and two social. These seven principles have been used to define the RTFO Sustainability Meta-Standard. A meta-standard approach enables existing schemes, such as the UK's Assured Combinable Crops Scheme (ACCS), to be assessed against the RTFO principles.

No schemes currently meet all of the environmental and social principles; although two schemes meet both of the social principles. Suppliers are also permitted to set up their own auditing procedures to demonstrate that feedstocks meet the RTFO Meta-Standard: two suppliers have developed interpretations of the RTFO Meta-Standard which cover Brazilian sugar cane and cereal crops. Any scheme that meets an adequate number of the RTFO Meta-Standard criteria is considered a 'qualifying standard', and fuel companies can report these to the RFA. Fuels from wastes (e.g. used cooking oil and tallow 3) are automatically considered to meet the qualifying level. Other standards can also be reported to the RFA and count towards the data capture target; these include standards that have not yet been benchmarked against the RTFO Meta-Standard, or standards that have been benchmarked, but do not meet sufficient criteria to be awarded the qualifying level status. While there are currently several qualifying standards for the RTFO, these are mostly either under development or only newly established; the ACCS is the only well established certification scheme, and is only applicable to UK crops. This currently limits the ability of fuel suppliers to source certifiably sustainable feedstocks 4. The market is developing, and suppliers have been putting in place procedures to track information about sustainability through their supply chains and others have been performing their own audits against the Meta-Standard. It is intended that by creating a market for sustainable crops, the RTFO will support the development and expansion of these certification schemes, and that suppliers will be able to source their feedstocks increasingly sustainably.

## Notes On Data Content Of Rtfo Reports

RTFO monthly reports include information on: - volumes of fuel by fuel type (e.g. biodiesel, bioethanol); - volumes of fuel by feedstock (e.g. used cooking oil, soy); - volumes of fuel by country of origin (e.g. UK, Brazil); - volumes of fuel meeting sustainability standards; - lifecycle greenhouse gas savings of fuels.

## Rtfo Summary Data

Table 1 compares overall performance against the three C&S reporting targets set by the Government in 2007. Tables 2 to 8 provide summaries of all the road transport biofuel supplied to the UK for each fuel type, feedstock, country of origin, and previous land-use. Table 9 and 10 look into the data capture and accuracy of data collected

## Rtfo Trends

Table 11 presents data on RTFO performance over time against the three target set by the Government in 2007.

## Rtfo Detailed Data

Table 12 provides more detailed data broken down by fuel type, feedstock, country of origin and previous land-use. So, for example, data is provided on the volumes of fuel and the C&S information of bioethanol from Brazilian sugar cane, or biodiesel obtained from oilseed rape grown in the UK on cropland, and also meeting a Qualifying Standard. RTFO quarterly reports include additional information on:

 - company performance against the Government's carbon and sustainability (C&S) reporting targets; - trades of renewable transport fuel certificates (RTFCs) between companies.

## Notes On Data

The *quarterly information*  is provided in three sets of Excel sheets:

## Obligated Company Graphs

Presents data ranking obligated company performance against the C&S reporting targets. 

## Company Data

Table 13 provides data on company C&S performance. Table 14 specifies how many of the C&S reporting targets each of the obligated companies are meeting.

## Rtfcs

Contains data on trades of certificates between companies over time.

## C&S Reporting Targets

The Government set C&S targets for three key aspects of the reporting scheme. The targets are not mandatory (and there is no penalty for failing to meet them).  The RTFO targets recognise the need for, continuous improvement so that by obligation period 3 (2010-11) comprehensive sustainability data is provided for almost all biofuels supplied to the UK.

| Annual Supplier Target                                              | 2008-09   | 2009-10   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 2010-11                                                             |           |           |
| Percentage of feedstock meeting a Qualifying Environmental Standard | 30%       | 50%       |
| 80%                                                                 |           |           |
| Annual GHG saving of fuel supplied                                  | 40%       | 45%       |
| 50%                                                                 |           |           |
| Data reporting of renewable fuel characteristics                    | 50%       | 70%       |
| 90%                                                                 |           |           |

## Notes On Data Provisional Data

This data is based on information submitted monthly to the RFA by fuel suppliers. If we have reason to believe that a piece of data may have been misreported we will challenge companies to check and if necessary revise their data. Where this process is ongoing, our reports are based on the data exactly as reported to us. The final verification 2 of this data occurs annually (by 28 
September each year in respect of the previous obligation year's data).

Each Monthly Report released by the RFA will contain data from the reporting year 1 to date on biofuels entering the UK market from those companies that are registered with the RFA.

The exact timing of the months that the data covers is different for major and minor fuel suppliers, due to the way they report data on volumes of fuel to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC): 

 - Large fuel companies (typically fossil fuel suppliers) report to HMRC on a 15 th to 14th of the month basis.
 - Smaller fuel companies (typically biofuel suppliers) report by calendar month or quarter.

## Note That The Data In This Report Is Provisional And Unverified And May Change Following Publication.  It Is Your Responsibility To Check You Have The Latest Version - Please Check Our Website For Updates Footnotes

1. The third reporting or obligation year runs from 15 April 2010 to 14 April 2011. This report contains data from 15 April 2010 to 
14 October 2010.
2. Suppliers applying for < 450,000 renewable transport fuel certificates are not required to submit a verifier's opinion.
3. Research indicates there are indirect effects of tallow and other waste feedstocks with alternative uses:
http://www.renewablefuelsagency.gov.uk/reportsandpublications/indirecteffectsofwastes
4. There is more than enough RSPO certified palm oil to meet the entire UK demand for palm oil biodiesel feedstock.

## Glossary Obligated Company

 - An obligated company is one that supplies > 450,000 litres/year of relevant hydrocarbon oil road transport fuel
 - Obligated companies supply > 95% of the biofuels in the UK market.

 - Obligated suppliers must:
      - supply biofuels; or
      - purchase certificates from other companies supplying biofuels; or
      - pay into a buy-out fund; or - a combination of any of the above.

## Non-Obligated Company

 - Non-obligated companies are those that either supply < 450,000 litres/year of relevant hydrocarbon oil road transport fuel, or only supply biofuels.

 - Non-obligated companies are not required to register with us, but can choose to do so and earn one Renewable Transport Fuel Certificate (RTFC) for every litre of biofuel supplied.

## Sustainability Standards

 - Sustainability assurance schemes are divided into Environmental and Social Standards and these are split into three levels:
1. RTFO Meta-Standard (RTFO) - this is a higher standard than most existing sustainability standards and covers seven key environmental and social principles. 2. Qualifying Standards (QS) - meet the majority of the environmental and/or social criteria defined under the RTFO Meta- Standard.

3. Other Standards - these have either not yet been benchmarked, or have been benchmarked against the RTFO Meta-Standard, but do not meet sufficient criteria to be awarded QS status.
 - None/unknown should be reported where the feedstock was not certified against a standard, or the data is unavailable.
 - Suppliers can report a Benchmarked or Qualifying Standard and conduct supplementary audits to meet a QS or the RTFO Meta- Standard, respectively. - Suppliers producing biofuels from by-products have little or no control over how the source feedstocks were produced.  Biofuels from by-products are automatically credited to the Qualifying Standard.

## Glossary Previous Land-Use

 - This is the use of the land on which the feedstock crop was grown prior to 1 Jan 2008. There are sixteen categories:

 1. by-products;
 2. cropland - protection status unknown;
 3. cropland - non protected; 4. cropland - protected; 5. degraded land; 6. forest >30%;
 7. forest >30% no change in status;
 8. forest 10-30%;
 9. forest 10-30% no change in status;
 10. grassland (and other wooded land not classified as forest) with agricultural land;
 11. grassland (and other wooded land not classified as forest) without agricultural land;
 12. undrained peatland;
 13. undrained peatland - no change in status;
 14. wetland;
 15. wetland - no change in status;
 16. unknown
 - By-products (e.g. used cooking oil and tallow) do not require any additional land.
 - The previous land-use affects greenhouse gas emissions due to release of carbon stored in the soil and plants when the land is cleared and ploughed up for biofuel crops.

## Carbon Intensity

 - Carbon intensity is a measure of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the fuel chain from 'field-to-wheel' - Different GHGs have different potencies (some make a greater contribution to global warming than others)
 - To account for this, all GHGs are expressed in terms of their strength relative to carbon dioxide, called carbon dioxide equivalent 
(CO2e).

Greenhouse gas emissions
 - Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of different biofuels can vary significantly depending on the system of cultivation, processing, and transportation of feedstock. - The data collected takes into account GHG emissions of the fuel chain from 'field to wheel' incorporating data on feedstock, country of origin and land-use change.

 - GHG saving refers to the reduction in GHG emissions due to replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. A negative value means that more GHGs have been emitted by using the biofuel than if the fossil fuel was used.

## Glossary Accuracy Level

 - Accuracy level is a measure of the amount of data provided by the supplier on a particular batch of biofuels
 - This data is used for calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions of the fuel chain - It ranges from 0 to 6 where 6 is the highest:
0 - Fuel default
1 - Feedstock default 2 - Process default 3 - Selected default - RFA defined
4 - Selected default - Industry defined or NUTS2 data
5 - Actual data
6 - Cultivation actual data

## C&S Reporting Targets

The Government set C&S targets for three key aspects of the reporting scheme. The targets are not mandatory (and there is no penalty for failing to meet them).

Annual Supplier Target
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Percentage of feedstock meeting a Qualifying Environmental Standard
30%
50%
80%
Annual GHG saving of fuel supplied
40%
45%
50%
Data reporting of renewable fuel characteristics
50%
70%
90%

 - The data reporting of renewable fuel characteristics target refers to the amount of data provided by transport fuel suppliers as opposed to reporting 'unknown' against the four sustainability components: 
1. biofuel feedstock

2. feedstock country of origin
3. sustainability standard
4. land-use on 23 January 2008
 - Whilst 'unknown' reporting is permitted, suppliers are encouraged to identify and report accurate information about the feedstocks used. Where 'unknown' or 'none' is reported this does not count towards the data capture target. - Where a by-product has been used as the feedstock, reporting 'by-product' for the sustainability information fields is counted as a completed report. - Reporting a non-Qualifying Standard is also counted as a completed data field for the 'standard' field