Research
Biofuels in Canada 2017: Tracking biofuel consumption, feedstocks and avoided greenhouse gas emissions
June, 2017
Summary
Highlights:
- Ethanol consumption has increased from roughly 1,700 million liters in 2010 to 2,800 million liters in 2015, accounting for over 6% of fuel consumption in the gasoline pool.
- Renewable fuel in the diesel pool has increased from 160 million liters in 2010 to 620 million liters in 2015, accounting for roughly 2% of diesel fuel consumption.
- Annual avoided lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions resulting from biofuel consumption reached 4.4 Mt/yr in 2015.
- On net, we estimate that biofuel consumption reduced fuel expenditures in Canada by 0.14% from 2010 to 2015, relative to a counterfactual scenario without biofuel consumption.
- The cost impact is equivalent to an average $8/yr savings for an archetypal gasoline consumer (i.e. private light-duty vehicle) or an additional cost of $106/yr for an archetypal diesel consumer (i.e. a long-haul trucker).
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This study was commissioned and funded by Advanced Biofuels Canada. You can view their press release here.
To learn more about this research, please contact Michael Wolinetz.
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