Transport, Local Government and the Regions written question – answered at on 20 November 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what criteria he has used to assess the environmental benefits of (a) wheat grain and (b) cellulosic biomass as source material for bioethanol production.
The Government assess the environmental benefits of fuels including bioethanol produced from various feedstocks on a lifecycle basis. This includes consideration of air quality, greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts such as noise, waste, biodegradability and biodiversity. Bioethanol is one of the fuels to which the Government are offering support for research, through piloting, as part of the Green Fuels Challenge programme in order to foster the development of lower-carbon bioethanol.
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