Area
Canada
Commodity Group
Biofuels
Commodity
Biodiesel
Date
01/12/2017
Policy Category
Renewable energy
Policy Instrument
Biofuel policy
Description
Published a regulatory framework outlining the scope and key elements of a national standard for clean fuels, with a focus on reducing carbon intensity across their lifecycle.
Notes
The government published a regulatory framework outlining the scope and key elements of a national standard for clean fuels. Consultations with all interested parties to work through the standards technical details will follow. The new standard will focus on reducing carbon intensity across the lifecycle of fuels. Changes in crop demand and land management practices that arise from clean fuel utilization and impact on GHG emissions will be taken into account. The existing federal mandate on blending 2 percent biodiesel and 5 percent ethanol into the countrys transportation fuels will be maintained in the short term. However, in the longer term, these volumetric requirements will be replaced with fuel-specific carbon intensity requirements that are expected to become more stringent over time.
