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World Biofuels
Symposium
November 13-15, 2005
Beijing, China
2nd Annual Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit
December 13-15, 2005
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hosted by:
Candadian Renewable Fuels
Association
National Biodiesel
Conference & Expo 2006
February 5-8, 2006
San Diego, California
Organizer:
National Biodiesel Board
11th Annual
National Ethanol Conference: "Policy & Marketing"
February 20-22, 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Sponsored by:
Renewable Fuels Association
22nd
Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo
June 20-23, 2006
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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September 18, 2000Ethanol Expansion Continues in Canada According to the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA), domestic ethanol manufacturers are continuing to expand their facilities in order to meet a growing demand for the fuel additive. CRFA said that Canada's annual ethanol production capacity is expected to boom from current levels of about 238 million liters to almost 675 million liters in about three years.
CRFA spokesperson Terry Boland credited the predicted expansion on growing fuel and industrial alcohol markets. Additionally, Boland said that Canadian manufacturers are not producing enough ethanol to serve the market of almost 1,000 stations that provide fuel ethanol.
"Canada currently imports about 25 million liters of ethanol annually to make up for the shortfall," said Boland. Additionally, Boland said that government sponsored programs to combat global warming are expected to contribute to the expansion and increased use of ethanol. "The simplest way for governments to tackle those issues will be the development of ethanol-based fuels."
Boland said that many Canadian ethanol manufacturers have plans to expand facilities in order to take advantage of the expected rise in demand. However, many new or foreign companies are also investigating the possibility of expanding interests into the Canadian ethanol production industry.
"We have to be accepted by investors, by bankers and we have to eventually be accepted by the major oil companies who have probably hoped that [the ethanol] industry would not succeed," said Boland. "We have started to be accepted quite well by customers and that is the most important thing of all."
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