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In the UK, drivers using SVO/PPO have in the past been prosecuted for failure to pay duty to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The rate of taxation on SVO was originally set at a reduced rate of 27.1p per litre, but in late 2005, HMRC started to enforce the full diesel excise rate of 47.2p per litre.
The major fuel usage is by conversion to biodiesel with about 3 billion US gallons (11,000,000 m 3) in 2009. [23] In 2004 the US consumed 530 billion litres (140 billion USgal) of gasoline and 150 billion litres (40 billion USgal) of diesel. [24] In biodiesel it says oil palm produces 5940 litres per hectare (635 USgal/acre) of palm oil each
Under favourable economic conditions and strong improvements in policy support, NNFCC projections suggest advanced biofuels could meet up to 4.3 per cent of the UK's transport fuel by 2020 and save 3.2 million tonnes of CO 2 each year, equivalent to taking nearly a million cars off the road. [27]
The blending target for biodiesel for the whole country is 5% or 3.96 million liters per day of B100. The initial intention was to increase by 10% or 8.50 million liters per day in 2012, but for the same reasons mentioned above, the 2011 target was revised and slashed to 3.02 million liters per day of B100.
Diesel prices have reached a record high of more than 180p per litre, new figures show. Data firm Experian Catalist said the average price per litre on Sunday was 180.3p per litre.
Algae could yield more than 2000 gallons of fuel per acre per year of production. [9] Algae based fuels are being successfully tested by the U.S. Navy [10] Algae-based plastics show potential to reduce waste and the cost per pound of algae plastic is expected to be cheaper than traditional plastic prices. [11]
The RAC claimed drivers are being ‘seriously overcharged for diesel’, with average prices rising by 2p per litre to 157.8p in April.
Today, multi-feedstock biodiesel facilities are producing high quality animal-fat based biodiesel. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] Currently, a 5-million dollar plant is being built in the US, with the intent of producing 11.4 million litres (3 million gallons) biodiesel from some of the estimated 1 billion kg (2.2 billion pounds) of chicken fat [ 98 ] produced ...