Tesco certifies biofuel under RO
The UK's largest supermarket chain has become the first retailer to be granted a certificate under the Renewables Obligation for a biofuel.
Tesco is creating the ethanol-based fuel from organic waste and using it to generate electricity through combined heat and power plants at two of its stores in Dumfries and Cheetham Hill.
The certificate represents the culmination of two years’ of development and forms part of Tesco’s wider commitment to halve its carbon emissions by 2020.
“To receive such exclusive recognition by the government is a huge boost for our renewable energy programme,” said Bukky Bird, head of environment in Tesco’s property services team.
“Throughout the process Tesco has fostered an important relationship with the supply chain and will look to roll out the fuel to more stores in the near future as we cement ourselves becoming a zero carbon retailer by 2050.”