S.L. 545.35 Art. 27Mainstreaming renewable energy in the transport sector.

(1) The Minister shall set an obligation on fuel suppliers to ensure that the share of renewable energy within the final consumption of energy in the transport sector is at least fourteen per cent (14%) by 2030 (minimum share) in accordance with an indicative trajectory set by the Minister and calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in regulations 28 and 29.

(2) For the purposes of setting the obligation referred to in sub-regulation (1), the Minister may exempt, or distinguish between, different fuel suppliers and different energy carriers when setting the obligation on the fuel suppliers, ensuring that the varying degrees of maturity and the cost of different technologies are taken into account.

(3) For the calculation of the minimum share referred to in sub-regulation (1), the Regulator:

(a) shall take into account renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin also when they are used as intermediate products for the production of conventional fuels; and

(b) may take into account recycled carbon fuels.

(4) Within the minimum share referred to in sub-regulation (1), the contribution of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of the Fifth Schedule as a share of final consumption of energy in the transport sector shall be at least zero point two per cent (0.2%) in 2022, at least one per cent (1%) in 2025 and at least three point five per cent (3.5%) in 2030:

Provided that the Minister may exempt fuel suppliers supplying fuel in the form of electricity or renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin from the requirement to comply with the minimum share of advanced biofuels and biogas with respect to those fuels.

(5) When setting the obligation referred to in sub-regulations

(1) and (4) to ensure the achievement of the share set out therein, the Minister may do so, inter alia, by means of measures targeting volumes, energy content or greenhouse gas emissions, provided that it is demonstrated that the said minimum shares are achieved.

(6) The greenhouse gas emissions savings from the use of renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin shall be at least seventy per cent (70%) from 1 January 2021.