Canada: Biofuels Annual
With the operationalization of a 38 million liter cellulosic ethanol plant in Edmonton, Alberta and the 265 million liter biodiesel plant in southern Alberta, the Canadian renewable fuels industry is coming close to reaching its medium term domestic production capacity. Federal and provincial blend mandates are not forecast to increase beyond current levels in the short or medium term. Production and consumption incentives both at the federal and provincial levels will be sun-setting in the next one to three years so new directions to take federal and provincial biofuel strategies are being explored. Actual blend mandates are higher than the federal mandates due to the fact that biofuels are less expensive alternatives. With medium term domestic production capacity having been reached, any growth in market penetration of biofuels will have to be met through imports.
