Biofuels "critical" to UK transport development
The transport industry will be transformed, expert says

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Biofuels "critical" to UK transport development

22 Mar, 2010

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The UK's transport sector will be transformed by the development of environmentally-friendly biofuels.

This is the opinion of Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust, who said "genuinely sustainable biofuels" will be "critical" to reducing CO2 emissions in the industry.

"In just a few years, pyrolysis could change the way in which we produce biofuels and by 2020 be a commercially viable option," he remarked.

According to Mr Delay, in ten years' time there may even be a network of mini biofuels refineries close to landfill areas and other British waste sources.

As more research is completed, he added, it is becoming clear that the UK has a large role to play in establishing new methods to make biofuels a feasible alternative.

Proposals for a new biofuels plant in Southall are currently under consideration, with the facility designed to produce enough energy to power 40,000 homes in the area, the Ealing Gazette reported.

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