Renewable Fuels Standard
A renewable fuels standard is a government requirement to blend renewable products into commercial fuels.
Alberta’s Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) requires an average of two per cent renewable diesel in diesel fuel and five per cent renewable alcohol in gasoline sold in Alberta.
Renewable fuels used to meet the RFS must demonstrate at least 25 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than the equivalent petroleum fuel.
The RFS was announced as part of the Provincial Energy Strategy on December 11, 2008.
Renewable Fuels Standard and Bioenergy Initiatives Fact Sheet
Renewable Fuels Standard Administration (March 2, 2011)
