APPG for British Bioethanol

The APPG for British Bioethanol has launched its final report on the introduction of E10 today. Stemming from the launch of an Inquiry in March into the lack of progress made by the DfT to publish its Consultation into E10, which closed in September 2018.

The APPG made an open for submissions to be submitted to the Inquiry by stakeholders of the British Bioethanol industry, and throughout the length of the Inquiry gathered evidence from 12 stakeholders from the UK, France and Belgium, also holding two oral evidenc...

Chair of the APPG for British Bioethanol Nic Dakin MP today launched the publication of the interim report into introduction of E10 in Westminster. Click image below for full Interim Report.

Interim recommendations:

• Green solution needed to address increasing petrol usage in UK

• Calls for DfT to host emergency summit on E10 before the summer

The APPG for British Bioethanol has today published its Interim Report, ending the first part of its Inquiry into Introducing E10 in the UK which launched in March. E...

A good opportunity to better understand and support low carbon fuels at the LowCVP Future Fuels Conference on 8th July 2019.

Speakers to include:

• Emmanuel Desplechin, Secretary-General, ePURE

• Andy Eastlake, Managing Director, LowCVP

• Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Committee on Climate Change

http://www.lowcvp.org.uk/events/conference

With E10 now on the Prime Minister’s radar, we’re pleased it’s finally getting the attention it deserves.

While there is no data or evidence from countries which have already introduced this fuel that older cars aren’t compatible with E10, we hope the APPG Inquiry will explore this issue further so that E10 can be very quickly introduced in the UK.

The APPG for British Bioethanol has today launched an Inquiry into Introducing E10 in the UK. E10 is a blend of fuel containing ten percent bioethanol already sold in many other developed countries including Germany, Belgium, France, Finland and the US.

This Inquiry follows announcements last year from two of the UK’s largest bioethanol producers Vivergo and Ensus - to cease and pause production due to insufficient demand in the UK where only E5 - a blend of fuel containing five percent bioethanol - is available....

• New report shows Local Authorities still favour fossil fuel vehicles and rarely opt for electric vehicles within their fleets

• 90% of cars currently operated by LAs, 88% of those bought in the last year and 85% of new orders placed are for diesel or petrol cars

• Of the 82 LAs with the worst air quality, not a single council has bought, rented or placed an order for an electric vehicle in the last year

• Results call into question grass-roots political will to widely use electric vehicles and highli...

Following the Department for Transport's publication of the AFID Labelling consultation, accompanied by a call for evidence on E10...

Nic Dakin MP, Chair of the APPG for British Bioethanol commented:

“As usual the Government is failing to take the initiative and lead the way on tackling climate change and air pollution, choosing instead to delay vital decisions and thereby putting thousands of jobs in my region at risk.

“E10 is a quick and easy way to tackle the most pressing environmental problems from transport, w...

- Over 95% of the petrol cars currently on the UK road were manufactured since 2000 and therefore likely to be already warrantied for E10 use – this should give the Department for Transport confidence to introduce E10 knowing that any impact will be minimal and that there are suitable alternatives in place - Around 2.7 million petrol vehicles (13%) are optimised for E10 use, and are therefore getting poorer performance by being forced to use E5 in the UK. This is more than double the number of unwarrantied vehicl...

Key findings:
 

• 70.4% are potentially willing to pay more for fuel which is better for the environment

• 88.4% of those said they were prepared to pay up to 5p per litre more (51.5% said up to 2p)

• Of those not currently driving an Eelectric Vehicle, only 0.1% said they planned their next vehicle to be an EV

• Of those currently driving an EV, only 5.5% would buy another as their next vehicle, it seems most would revert back to petrol or diesel

• Most motorists seem to be planning to stick with th...