Guidance

Biofuels carbon calculator RTFO

Program for calculating carbon savings for year 11 of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, including guidance on use.

Published 11 December 2018
From:
Department for Transport

Documents

Biofuels carbon calculator RTFO year 11 software

http://assets.dft.gov.uk.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/publications/carbon-calculator/uk-biofuels-carbon-calculator-year-11.zip

User manual for RTFO year 11

PDF, 2.69MB, 57 pages

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Details

The biofuels carbon calculator is for fuel suppliers to calculate the carbon saved on a batch of fuels.

The program is used with codes from the :

The calculator:

  • calculates the carbon intensity of your biofuel on a consignment basis
  • includes all the biofuels, feedstocks and biofuel production processes
  • includes emissions from regional cultivation of biofuel feedstocks
  • generates monthly reports
  • retains information provided
  • can be run ‘offline’ on your own systems

The carbon calculator incorporates a dedicated portal for those users reporting under the Irish Biofuel Obligation Scheme (the BOS).

Software support is available at carboncalculator@e4tech.com.

Other calculators have been used in previous years guidance including the:

Published 11 December 2018