Canada Biofuels Annual Report 2013
Report Highlights:
On July 1, 2011, Canada implemented a federal mandate of 2 percent renewable content in the national distillate pool. Proposed regulations, published in the Canada Gazette on May 18, 2013, will extend the Atlantic exemption period until June 30, 2013, and permanently exempt diesel heating oil from the 2 percent renewable content requirement. These regulations are in addition to the mandate of 5 percent renewable content in the national gasoline pool. As the Canadian biofuels industry is continuing compliance preparation, ethanol and biodiesel production has grown in recent years. Ethanol
production in 2013 is estimated to increase about 4 percent from 2012 levels, and biodiesel production is estimated to more than double due to new production facilities. At this time, the Canadian biofuels industry remains below Post’s estimates to meet the federal standards, and limited production suggests that Canada will not soon become a major player in the global ethanol market.
