Supplementary memorandum submitted by
United Kingdom Petroleum Association Limited (UKPIA)
When we gave evidence to the committee this
afternoon we promised to send information on the sources of our
comments on the relative cost effectiveness of the different ways
to use biomass to reduce CO2 emissions and the relative savings
on CO2 emissions per hectare of biomass grown. The information
is as follows:
Cost effectiveness of various ways to reduce CO2
emissions
The DEFRA sponsored Sheffield Hallam report
on bio diesel provides cost benefit analysis of RME vs power generation
in table XII on page 10 (of 132). It shows that electricity or
heat from short rotation coppice provides between three and six
times the CO2 reduction per pound that can be obtained from RME
used in transport fuels. The Sheffield Hallam report is available
at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/acu/research/reports/nf0422.pdf
We would also draw the Committee's attention
to the Governments Energy White Paper (p46, 4.11) which states
that "Technologies such as onshore and offshore wind and
biomass are potentially—after energy efficiency and alongside
CHP—the most cost-effective ways of limiting carbon emissions
in the longer-term.
Relative emissions saving per hectare of biomass
grown
The European oil industry research organization
( Concawe) report on Biofuels (last line of table 2 on page 11)
shows that biomass used in power generation saves between four
to twelve times the CO2 per hectare of crop than can be obtained
from the production of bio diesel or bio ethanol. The Concawe
report is available at:
http://www.concawe.be/Download/Reports/Rpt—02-2.pdf
Malcolm Webb
Director General
10 September 2003
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