Carbon Intensity Calculations for the Clean Fuel Regulations

Under the Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR), registered creators, foreign suppliers and carbon-intensity contributors can use the Fuel Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Model to calculate a carbon intensity (CI) for the purposes of creating credits. In order to calculate those CIs, the following documents supplement the existing Fuel LCA Model Database, Methodology and User Manual: CFR Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations: This document provides instructions for calculating CI values of fuels, energy sources and material input for creating credits under the CFR. This document also provides default values, high heating values, emission factors and energy efficiency ratios that can be used to create credits and calculation methodology to follow when more than one feedstock is used to produce a fuel, a material input or an energy source. CFR Data Workbook: This spreadsheet helps convert applicant data into data input for the Fuel LCA Model. For the purpose of the CFR, it must be used to carry out all calculations (i.e. unit conversion, calculation of allocation factors, etc.) prior to data entry in the Fuel LCA Model. Supplemental CFR Data Workbook - Landfill Methane Tool: This…

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Environment and Climate Change Canada

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2026-04-30