Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) statistics
Supply of renewable road and non-road mobile machinery fuels under the RTFO in the UK.
These statistics were previously called Renewable fuel statistics and have been renamed to Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) statistics as of February 2025, due to the expected publication of Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) Mandate statistics in August 2025. The previous renewable fuel statistics can still be accessed from their old URLs.
Latest RTFO statistics
The supply of renewable fuel (commonly referred to as biofuel) is measured annually as required under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).
Figures for each reporting year are updated and published quarterly and revised several times until final. The quarterly tables will be updated up to 6 times as new data comes in throughout the year, with 1 final annual report, following user feedback.
Renewable fuel information on current and previous renewable fuel statistics are available.
Data tables
Data on the supply of renewable fuel under the RTFO.
About RTFO data and reports
All the statistics published in this series are official statistics. The department’s view is that all statistics which are not designated as accredited official statistics are robust and have been produced to a suitable standard.
The RTFO is one of the government’s main policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fuel supplied for use in transport. Under the RTFO, all road transport fossil fuel suppliers are required to provide a volume of eligible low carbon fuel as a percentage of the total road and non-road mobile machinery fuels they supply. By 2030, 19.474% of all fuel supplied by fossil fuel companies is required to be approved eligible low carbon fuel. Similarly, under the RTFO, suppliers are also required to submit reports on the carbon and sustainability standards of the low carbon fuels.
All provisional tables contain fuel volumes which are cross-verified with HMRC data. However, as suppliers can provide their data up to 7 months after the obligation period ends, all data published prior to the final report for each obligation period subject to change.
The final figures for each obligation period are usually in report 6. There can be some discrepancy between the provisional and final figures so provisional reports should be viewed as indicative rather than definitive. Further information on provisional data is contained within the data tables themselves.