Jan 5 2022 – USDA Report Link here
Canada could have 3.27 billion liters (863.84 million gallons) of renewable diesel production capacity in place within the next four years, according to a report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network.
Canada currently has no operational renewable diesel production capacity, but 81 million liters of capacity is expected to come online this year, growing to as much as 3.27 billion liters over the next four years.
The country had 12 operational biodiesel plants in 2021 with a combined 912 million liters of capacity. Those facilities operated at an estimated 50 percent of capacity, producing 460 million liters of fuel.
Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard is expected to boost biofuel use in the coming years. The program aims to achieve 30 million tons of annual reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, according to the report.
A draft regulation was published in December 2020, outlining a nationwide framework for adopting a carbon intensity (CI) approach for renewable fuels. The final regulation is expected to be published this spring.