Manitoba imposes E5 mandate on January 1; expects to go to E8.5 by April 2008

In Canada, a 5 percent ethanol mandate will commence in Manitoba on January 1, 2008. The province expects to increase the mandate to 8.5 percent by April 1, 2008. The mandate is not expected to affect consumers in the pocketbook, due to the low price of ethanol.

Manitoba recently introduced biofuels legislation that would establish biodiesel fuel quality standards and establish the framework for a biodiesel mandate. Manitoba passed a Biofuels Act in 2003, which led to the launch of Husky Energy’s 40 Mgy ethanol production plant now nearing completion.

Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, is the largest Canadian city to date to trial biodiesel in city buses.

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