Imperial Oil, the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute and Natural Resources Canada have issued a report on biodiesel performance and quality, preparing for—or delaying—the implementation of a possible federal Canadian blend mandate. The study was not endorsed by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association and information suggests the research focused on issues to which the answers are already known.
A source close to the CRFA indicated that this study, led by an oil company under Canada’s National Renewable Diesel Demonstration Initiative, was basically a delay tactic meant to inhibit the implementation of a biodiesel mandate and work toward the adoption of a B100 quality spec that would be the most stringent in the world. In addition, the source said that biodiesel is often blamed for the “shortcomings of ultra-low sulfur diesel.”
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