The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that the share of liquid biofuels consumed in road transport, in the UK, fell from 4.2% during the third quarter of 2014 to 3.3% during the third quarter of 2015.
DECC unveiled the statistics in its latest 'Energy Trends' publication.
Figures from DECC also showed that biodiesel consumption was 35% lower than the same quarter of 2014, while ethanol consumption was down by 3.3%.
In a statement, DECC said that 382m litres of liquid biofuels were consumed during the quarter, compared to 485m litres in Q3 2014.
Ethanol represented 53.7% of biofuels consumption during the quarter, while biodiesel accounted for 46.3%. According to DECC, ethanol accounted for 4.7% of gasoline during the third quarter, while biodiesel accounted for 2.4% of diesel.
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