Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 52468

Aviation: Biofuels

Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil in the domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel.

Answer

Mike Kane
Hydrotreated vegetable oil is a low carbon fuel made from oils and fats, which is used in rail or road transport. Oils and fats are also used to make a type of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) called HEFA or hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids. HEFA will...

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