Biofuels in Canada 2022 - Tracking biofuel consumption, feedstocks and avoided greenhouse gas emissions

Canadian Policy Background This section of the report summarizes the existing renewable fuel policies in Canada as of autumn 2022 at both the federal and provincial levels to provide an understanding of the regulations driving renewable fuel consumption in the period. [...] As described in the following sub-section, the Ontario Cleaner Transportation Fuels regulation prescribes the biofuel content in diesel or gasoline based on the average CI of the biofuels relative to fossil diesel or gasoline, so the actual share of biofuel may vary from what is reported in the table. [...] In contrast, fuel suppliers may generate early credits from the date of the final regulation publication to the start of the first compliance period (June 21st 2022 to June 30th 2023) and regular credits during the first compliance period (rows 2 and 3 in the table). [...] In the example, the gasoline CI is 95 gCO2e/MJ (baseline value in the CFR), the ethanol CI is 40 gCO2e/MJ, and the LCFS-style policy target CI is 88.5 gCO2e/MJ (2025 gasoline pool target for the CFR). [...] In the example, the gasoline CI is 95 gCO2e/MJ (baseline value in the CFR), the ethanol CI is 40 gCO2e/MJ, and the LCFS-style policy target CI is 88.5 gCO2e/MJ (2025 gasoline pool target for the CFR).