Biofuels

 It is good to see that our council (Neath Port Talbot) has a DARE (decarbonisation and renewable energy) strategy in place and is progressing it. One of the tactics is a joint effort to create commercial biofuels:

The council is working with 'Lanzatech' which specialises in the re-use of waste gases from industrial processes to enable conversion into biofuels. The company plans to deliver a pilot project within Neath Port Talbot which will utilise waste gases from TATA. It is anticipated that once fully operational, the plant will generate 30 million gallons of biofuels for the aviation industry each year.

May I also press them to respond to yesterday's call for councils to consider switching to biofuels, converted from food wastes such as by this company, for their vehicle fleets? Biofuels from waste may only be a stopgap before an age when virtually all energy will be renewable, but in the meantime they save on resources and make a net contribution to carbon reduction.