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GreenField Ethanol welcomes Ontario’s new fuel standard

TORONTO

GreenField Ethanol, Canada's leading ethanol producer, today said ethanol demand in Ontario will increase thanks to the adoption of a groundbreaking low carbon fuel standard for the province.

In the agreement signed yesterday Premier Dalton McGuinty committed Ontario to a fuel standard that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the province's transportation fuel by 10 percent by 2020.

"This accord will create the need for more ethanol – a renewable fuel that is less expensive than gasoline, has a low carbon content and is made here in Ontario," said GreenField Ethanol's President and CEO Robert Gallant.

Gasoline companies have a variety of low carbon options to help them meet the 10 percent reduction. These include switching refinery feedstock from heavy crude oil to lighter, sweeter grades, expanding the availability of E-85 ethanol and increasing the amount of ethanol in gasoline from the current Ontario mandate of 5 percent.

“The most sensible option for oil companies is to blend ethanol with gasoline to help them meet their reduction targets,” said Gallant.

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