DEPARTMENT FOR
TRANSPORT News Release (002) issued by The Government News Network
on 1 July 2008
Issued on behalf
of Renewable Fuels Agency
Professor Ed Gallagher, Chair of the Renewable Fuels Agency
(RFA), announced today (2 July) the appointment, with immediate
effect,
of Nick Goodall as the Agency's Chief Executive.
Prof Gallagher said, 'We are pleased to welcome Nick to the
Agency. Nick will be leading a strong team at the RFA, and will be
working to build a new consensus on the future of biofuels in the
UK between Government, business and the environmental movement.'
Nick said, 'I am delighted to be invited to lead the RFA. We
will now build on the Gallagher Review, to ensure a truly
sustainable future for biofuels in the UK.'
Nick is joining the RFA from the Energy Networks Association
(ENA), where he was Chief Executive. Prior to that he was Chief
Executive of 'Renewables East', the renewable energy
agency for the East of England, and Chief Executive of the British
Wind Energy Association (BWEA). He is a member of Sustainability East.
For further information:
http://www.renewablefuelsagency.org
enquiries@renewablefuelsagency.org
Background information:
The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA), a Government Non-Departmental
Public Body (NDPB), is an independent regulator.
It was established on 26 October 2007 with the Renewable
Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) Order.
The RTFO applies across the whole of the UK. Refiners, importers
and any others who supply more than 450,000 litres of fossil-based
road transport fuel annually to the UK market are obligated by it.
The initial requirement is for 2.5% of the fuel supplied for road
transport in 2008-9 to be biofuel.
The Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) requires biofuel suppliers to
submit reports on both the net greenhouse gas savings and the
sustainability of the biofuels they supply. This reporting
framework is intended to be a 'stepping-stone' towards a
mandatory assurance scheme proposed by Government to commence in
2010 and 2011.
The agency makes its first quarterly report on progress towards
the Government's biofuel targets in the Autumn.
Professor Ed Gallagher is Chair of the RFA. He was previously the
Chief Executive of the Environment Agency and National Rivers
Authority, as well as the Manufacturing Director of Amersham
International and the Director of Marketing and Product
Development at Black and Decker. He has been the Chair of
Energywatch since 2004, and was Governor and then Chair of
Middlesex University from 1994-2004.