Manitoba readies for November B2 mandate; offers biodiesel production incentive

Biofuels Digest.com
Jim Lane September 11, 2009

In Canada, Manitoba will become the first Canadian province to mandate biodiesel use when a B2 requirement comes into effect as of November 1st.

The provincial government is also replacing the biodiesel fuel tax exemption with a 3.7 cent (Canadian) per gallon, five-year production grant for biodiesel produced in Manitoba, commencing in spring 2010. The province presently has one biodiesel plant and two others are currently in construction in Arborg and Beausejour.

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