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Fuel Oil: Renewable Fuels

Asked by Jayne KirkhamLabour (Co-op)Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 13 March 2025UIN 36969

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using renewable liquid fuels to help oil-heated households decarbonise.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

As sustainable biomass is a limited resource, the Government expects to prioritise its use in sectors like aviation which have fewest options to decarbonise. Renewable liquid heating fuels (RLHF) are also much more expensive to use than other heating solutions.

However, the Government recognises that RLHFs could play a limited role in decarbonising heat off the gas grid.

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