Advanced Biofuels Canada continues to grow with 7 new members

Advanced Biofuels Canada announced Aug. 10 the addition of seven new companies to the national industry association’s membership. The new members, which include marketers, producers, distributors, and technology/service providers, will contribute to the association’s work to increase the use of renewable fuels in Canada.

“The addition of new members grows ABFC’s ability to expand demand for low-carbon fuels, and to secure competitive production support programs to build new domestic capacity,” said Ian Thomson, president of Advanced Biofuels Canada.

The seven new members include:

• 3Degrees’ mission is to enable companies to take urgent action on climate change. In the transportation space, this means helping organizations quantify their transportation-related emissions and take advantage of incentives for using low-carbon fuels, including biomass-derived electricity, and renewable natural gas.

• Christianson PLLP provides compliance services under the Renewable Fuel Standard program, California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, and other low carbon fuels programs in the U.S. Christianson supports other members in the industry by authoring market studies and reports, providing clients with grant-writing support and submission, and by offering back-office services related to payroll, administration, insurance or benefits, and financial auditing.

• Expander Energy Inc. is a leading developer and licensor of processes to produce next-generation, renewable, net zero carbon intensity fuels. Its biosynthetic fuels are “drop-in” and can be used in all existing diesel and jet engines.

• Farmers Business Network is an independent agricultural-tech platform with a mission to power the prosperity of family farmers around the world, while working towards a sustainable future. FBN has set out to redefine value and convenience for farmers by helping reduce the cost of production and maximize the value of their crops through data analytics and a direct-to-customer e-commerce platform.

• Murex is a marketer, trader, and distributor to global markets of a range of biofuels including ethanol, renewable diesel, and other liquid-petroleum products

• Parkland is Canada’s and the Caribbean’s largest, and one of America’s fastest-growing independent suppliers and marketers of fuel and petroleum products, and leader in the production of next-generation renewable fuels through novel methods at the Parkland Burnaby Refinery

• Spartan Controls is a leading provider of automation valves, measurement, and process-control solutions and services used in all process industries, including biofuels in Western Canada. For more than 55 years, Spartan has provided customers with high-performance solutions, industry expertise, lifecycle support, and technical training.

“It is evident that with the recent publication of the final Clean Fuel Regulations that fuel suppliers, including Canada’s refiners, are moving rapidly to incorporate low-carbon renewable content in their products,” Thomson said. “We anticipate that new entrants, along with new low carbon fuel production capacity, will increase competition and ensure that Canadians have affordable fuel options.”

Advanced Biofuels Canada has established a set of caucuses to focus on policy issues and opportunities in emergent sectors, such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), advanced marine fuels, and refining (coprocessing and/or corefining renewable hydrocarbon fuels at petroleum refineries).

“These subsectors are experiencing rapid expansion,” Thomson observed. “We’re working to support our members’ investments in fuel-production capacity and distribution.”

Advanced Biofuels Canada/ Biocarburants avancés Canada is the national voice for producers, distributors, and technology developers of advanced biofuels and renewable synthetic fuels. Its members are global leaders in commercial production, with more than 17 billion liters (4.49 billion gallons) of installed annual capacity worldwide. Its members include Canada’s leading advanced biofuels producers and technology innovators, leading service providers, and clean liquid-fuels distributors.