ecoENERGY for Biofuels

Name of transfer payment program

ecoENERGY for Biofuels (Voted)

Start date

April 1, 2008

End date

March 31, 2017

Fiscal year for terms and conditions

Approved in 2007-08, amended in 2009-10

Strategic Outcome

2 – Natural Resource Sectors and Consumers are Environmentally Responsible

Link to department's Program Alignment Architecture

2.1 – Energy-efficient Practices and Lower-carbon Energy Sources > 2.1.3 – Alternative Transportation Fuels

Description

ecoENERGY for Biofuels supports the production of renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel and encourages the development of a competitive domestic renewable fuels industry. The $1.5 billion, 9 year program provides an operating incentive to facilities that produce renewable alternatives to gasoline and diesel in Canada, based on production and sales volumes. The program has been closed to new applicants since March 31, 2010, and based on current estimates, it is expected that almost $1 billion will be spent by the program end in March 2017.

This transfer payment program does not have repayable contributions.

Expected results

Sustain the built production capacity level of December 2012: 1,881 million litres of renewable alternative to gasoline and 555 million litres of renewable alternatives to diesel.

Fiscal year of last completed evaluation

Finalized in 2012-13

Decision following the results of last evaluation

N/A (No decision required)

Fiscal year of planned completion of next evaluation

2017-18

General targeted recipient groups

Existing and new producers, of “renewable alternatives to gasoline and/or diesel” in Canada that meet the criteria set out by the ecoENERGY for Biofuels program.

Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients

The deadline for submitting an application to the program was March 31, 2010. The program is no longer accepting applications.

The program engages recipients through regular calls on project process; monthly, semi-annual and annual financial and environmental reporting, progress of construction and commissioning reports, technical and environmental site visits, and recipient audits.

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