Enterprise Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan will soon introduce a mandate for inclusion of 2% renewable content in the average annual diesel fuel pool for fuel distributors beginning July 2012.

In anticipation of the mandate, the Saskatchewan Renewable Diesel Program was developed to support production of renewable diesel and will provide an incentive of 13 cents per litre to qualifying producers in Saskatchewan for use in all diesel fuel applications.

The mandate and the incentive were recommended by the Enterprise Saskatchewan Biofuels and Bio-Products Sector Team and the ES Board of Directors.

Renewable diesel is defined as a diesel fuel substitute made from renewable materials such as vegetable oil, waste cooking oil, animal fat or fish oil, fungi, algae or other microbes, and potentially from cellulosic feedstock consisting of agriculture and forest biomass by way of any acceptable method (i.e. transesterfication, hydrotreating, etc.).

For the purposes of this program, this definition excludes traditional and non-traditional petroleum derived products or resources as well as straight vegetable oils (SVO) or fats that are ‘untransformed’ to meet fuel standards.

The incentive program is effective April 1, 2011, and terminates March 31, 2016.

Industry consultations have been completed and program applications are now being accepted. The Saskatchewan Renewable Diesel Program Guidelines and Application Form can be found below.

For more information, call 306-787-0025 or e-mail renewablediesel@enterprisesask.ca.