Towards net zero: Practical policies to reduce transport emissions
Published Wed 07 Jul 2021
The Grattan Institute has this month released its report, Towards net zero: Practical policies to reduce transport emissions. The report provides several recomendations, of particular note are those recomendations with a focus on standards for biofuels.
- Develop national standards and certification for renewable hydrocarbons (low-emissions fuels, generally made from biomass or waste, that can be blended up to 100 per cent with no engine modification), based on their emissions intensity, building on work already being done on hydrogen.
- Establish a renewable fuel standard for diesel, aviation fuel, and shipping fuel, that requires fuel wholesalers and retailers to buy certificates or to blend small amounts (e.g. 1 per cent) of renewable hydrocarbons into fuels sold by 2025, with the target rising in following years.