Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
136. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much HVO fuel Ireland produced in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; how much, if any, was exported in each of the aforementioned years; what proportion can be considered sustainable versus land destruction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1904/24]
View answer137. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how much HVO fuel Ireland imported in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; what proportion can be considered sustainable versus land destruction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1905/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 137 together.
While biofuels policy generally sits with the Department of Transport, the Online Levy Application (OLA) system is an application administered by the Department of the Environment, Climate & Communications (DECC) which allows oil companies to submit their monthly data for all petroleum products and Renewable Transport Fuels, that are subject to the National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) Levy.
As HVO reporting was only captured on the OLA system relatively recently, data only exists from 2022 onwards and is reproduced in the table below.
The 2023 import figures include the total of Standard and Co-processed HVO. (standard - 57,864,053 litres, co-processed - 2,687,488 litres).
Co-processing is a process where biogenic feedstocks are co-processed with petroleum intermediate products such as vacuum gas oil to produce renewable hydrocarbon fuels. The biogenic feedstocks suitable for co-processing include upgraded pyrolysis oil, vegetable oil, used cooking oil and animal fat/tallow.
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HVO fuel Ireland imported |
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2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
7,985,865 litres |
60,551,541 litres |
