Between 2010 and 2012, the country ramped up biofuel use from 0.55% of transportation energy to 5.75%, which is still the current level of the Controversy over EU-wide biofuel policy resonated within the UK, fuelling policy disagreements among UK public authorities. The proposed legislation would end support for all such biofuels regardless of their impact on land use. The Conservatives said biofuels "may be damaging the environment and endangering food security".

The NFU has sent letters outlining the economic and environmental benefits of a thriving British biofuel industry to all ministers involved in making policy decisions on renewable fuel. The Society held a Policy Lates event on the future of Algal Biofuels in November 2013. They disagreed over how to protect a space for future second-generation biofuels, which were expected to overcome harm from first-generation biofuels. Currently commonplace on UK forecourts is E5 which only contains 5% renewable bioethanol. Biofuels. European Commission (2007) Renewable energy road map: renewable energies in the 21st century:building a more sustainable future. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 used a variety of economic incentives, including grants, income tax credits, subsidies and loans to promote biofuel research and development. Policy Exchange said the switch would have a bigger impact on climate change because trees and peatland remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The government currently spends £550m annually on biofuel subsidies. The government of Brazil hopes to build on the success of the Proálcool ethanol program by expanding the production of biodiesel which must contain 2% biodiesel by 2008, and 5% by 2013.. Canada. In the second half of the 2000s, disagreements among UK stakeholders over the translation of EU biofuel targets into UK biofuel policy prefigured later EU-wide discussions over limiting targets for first-generation biofuels. The use of biofuels made from biomass provides a renewable alternative to fossil fuels in the EU's transport sector.

They also say it is counterproductive, in that it will discourage investment in second-generation biofuels. It established a Renewable Fuel Standard mandating the blending of 7.5 billion gallons … ADVANCED BIOFUEL POLICIES IN SELECT EU MEMBER STATES: 2018 UPDATE DENMARK BASELINE STATUS In 2009, Denmark implemented a biofuel mandate for road and rail transportation fuels (Figure 1.) Many are concerned that this policy changes an over-correction by unfairly lumping in good first-generation biofuels with bad ones. The talks from that event are available on our labtube channel. The government of Canada aims for 45% of the country's gasoline consumption to contain 10% ethanol by 2010.. Colombia and Venezuela.