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Biofuels

01/12/2020

Renewable energy

Bioenergy policies

Invited public comments on a draft Clean Fuel Standard regulating emissions in the automotive sector. Scheduled to come into force in December 2022, the proposed law is aimed at driving investment in the country’s ‘clean fuel’ sector. Under the standard, biofuel producers would be allowed to create and sell credits, thus providing new opportunities for feedstock suppliers, including farmers – in particular rapeseed growers.

CANADA – biofuel policy: In December, the Government published draft regulations for a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), inviting public comments. Reportedly, final regulations to address the transportation sector’s rising emissions will be released in late 2021, with regulatory requirements scheduled to come into force in December 2022. Canada’s CFS is expected to drive investment and growth in the country’s ‘clean fuel’ sector by providing incentives for the development and adoption of low-carbon fuels, including hydrogen and biofuels. Under the CFS biofuel producers will be allowed to create and sell credits, thereby providing opportunities for farmers and other feedstock suppliers. The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) views the CFS as an opportunity to diversify the domestic rapeseed market and increase value-added processing, while reducing reliance on volatile global markets. According to the industry body, the CFS will allow using rapeseed for biofuel production without complex and costly on-farm regulatory burden, since the absence of increased net land use would be sufficient to satisfy sustainability criteria. The CCC estimates that under the CFS the biofuel content in transport diesel could rise to 11 percent by 2030, compared with the current 2 percent national requirement.