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Lloydminster, Saskatchewan - Ethanol-blended gasoline is currently available in western Canada at Husky and Mohawk filling stations. Ethanol fuel is cool because it can be produced from renewable resources, such as wheat, corn, and other plants, and because, it emits less greenhouse gasses than fossil fuels. And, there's even a co-product developed from the left-over grain - a high-quality animal feed. Husky Energy is spending about $95 million dollars to build Western Canada's biggest ethanol plant in Lloydminster, on the Saskatchewan/Alberta border. It's scheduled to open early in 2006. The Lloydminster plant will produce 130 milllion litres of ethanol a year, using about 15 million bushels of wheat from local growers to do it, which will be great for the surrounding economy. The Canadian Government wants one third of Canadian gasoline to contain at least 10 percent ethanol by 2010. |
