Open consultation Using Biofuels to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels for Heating

Summary

The call for evidence is seeking information and views to understand the opportunities, challenges and potential risks associated with using bio-fuels for heating. The Department for the Economy is particularly interested in how bio-fuels can complement other low-carbon heating solutions.

Documents

• Call for Evidence on Using Biofuels to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels Adobe PDF (639 KB)
• Privacy Notice - Biofuels for Heat Call for Evidence Microsoft Word (66 KB)

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Consultation description

Description

As a region with over 62% of homes reliant on heating oil, and many businesses using liquid fossil fuels as a primary means of heat, the need for viable, sustainable alternatives is pressing. While technologies like heat pumps are vital for the long-term decarbonisation of heating, renewable liquid bio-fuels like HVO and bioLPG may offer an important transitionary option, where low carbon technologies like heat pumps and heat networks are not currently suitable or practicable.

The Department is seeking evidence on:

• The role of HVO and Bio-LPG as replacements for home heating oil and fossil-based LPG.
• Barriers to the adoption of biofuels and measures to address them.
• How biofuels can complement heat pumps and other green technologies.
• Identifying the economic, environmental, and social impacts of transitioning to biofuels for heating, as part of net-zero.

We invite you as key stakeholders to contribute your knowledge and experiences. We will use the evidence provided to inform policy development on the strategic decarbonisation of heat throughout the region.

Workshops

The Department will host an online stakeholder engagement workshop event on the following date:

Date	Venue
Tuesday 21 January 2025, 9.30am-12.30pm	Online registration through Eventbrite

* Further workshop(s) may be added, subject to demand. Please see the Eventbrite website for details.