Anew Canada Low Carbon Fuels

Offering turnkey participation in Canada's Clean Fuel Programs

Decarbonizing Canada's transportation sector

 

Founded in 2017 as BrightSide and acquired by Anew Climate in 2023, we are now known as Anew Canada Low Carbon Fuels (LCF). We will continue to help Canadian businesses and institutions generate revenue from Provincial and Federal Low Carbon Fuel programs. Our services include the creation, aggregation, and monetization of low carbon fuel credits from renewable and conventional compressed and liquified natural gas, electric vehicle (EV) charging, biodiesel, clean hydrogen, and other low carbon fuels.

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Anew advantage

Anew operates in every low carbon fuel market in North America. Our team's in-house expertise is built upon decades of environmental, regulatory, and technical experience. We employ our unparalleled, cross-border network across the entire low carbon fuels value chain to maximize the value of our client's environmental assets and help them meet emission reduction goals.

Available project types

RNG

RNG

LNG and renewable-LNG

LNG and renewable-LNG

CNG and renewable-CNG

CNG and renewable-CNG

Clean hydrogen

Clean hydrogen

Low carbon electricity

Low carbon electricity

Biodiesel and renewable diesel

Biodiesel and renewable diesel

Our track record

40,000+

CFR credits to-date

35,000+

GJs/day under management

60+

North American RNG Projects

Program highlights

Anew is a trusted partner to low carbon fuel suppliers and consumers, helping clients comply with LCF regulations and act on opportunities to create and monetize LCF credits at peak values. Clients range from start-ups to market leaders who generate LCF credits from a variety of low-carbon fuels.

Partnerships with RNG producers

Partnerships with RNG producers

Simplify CFR participation and rest at ease knowing your RNG project is compliant. As a Registered Creator in the CFR’s Credit and Tracking System (CATS), Anew provides comprehensive compliance and gas marketing services to Canadian RNG producers via Section 21 Agreements. Our compensation structure ensures 100% alignment with our customers – we are not paid until you are.

EV charging

EV charging

In 2023, Anew added new EV charging customers in Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, including public and private charging, on-road, and off-road vehicles, heavy and light-duty EVs, Level 2 and Level 3 chargers, as well as shore power.

Cross border RNG

Cross border RNG

Anew is engaging with U.S. based RNG suppliers seeking participation in Canada’s LCF markets and is helping Canadian suppliers access U.S. RNG markets. As the largest independent marketer of RNG in North America managing over 35,000 GJs/day from over 60 RNG projects, Anew's establishment in Canada opens doors to cross-border opportunities, reducing emissions from transportation and advancing the energy transition.

Low carbon hydrogen and other fuels

Low carbon hydrogen and other fuels

Anew has created credits from dispensing low carbon hydrogen as a transportation fuel, such as with Hydra Energy. We continue to advance discussions with clean hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel producers to collaborate with our market leading RNG platform to create value and positive climate impact, and continue to work with multiple small-scale Canadian biofuel producers and importers to create and sell credits.

British Columbia LCFS Initiative Agreements

British Columbia LCFS Initiative Agreements

Anew is actively working with existing and prospective customers on program applications in anticipation of BC’s Ministry of Energy Mines and Low Carbon Innovation’s 2024 Call for Initiative Agreement Proposals. The company assisted its customers with six applications in the 2020 Call for Proposals resulting in approximately $80M of capital awarded.

Our history

Founded in 2017 as BrightSide Solutions, the company focused on helping clients navigate British Columbia's low carbon fuel program. Following the acquisition of BrightSide by Anew Climate LLC, we advanced our leadership position in the market enabling customer participation in Canada's Clean Fuel Regulations, expanded our renewable natural gas project portfolio, and increased credit creation from the supply of low carbon electricity, biodiesel, and clean hydrogen. The company rebranded as Anew Canada Low Carbon Fuels in 2024.

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Common questions

There are two main markets in Canada brought about via the federal and British Columbia compliance schemes: the Clean Fuels Regulation (CFR) and the British Columbia Low Carbon Fuel Standard (BC LCFS). The CFR applies to all fuel produced or imported into Canada while the BC LCFS applies only to fuels produced in, or imported into, BC.
The main goals of the BC LCFS and CFR are to gradually reduce reliance on non-renewable fuels, encourage investment in clean fuel alternatives, and reduce the fuel sector's overall emissions intensity. This can be achieved through the implementation of more stringent carbon reduction requirements for all fuel producers and importers each year. The BC LCFS aims to achieve a 23% reduction in the average carbon intensity of fuels in BC from 2010 emissions levels by 2030. In addition, there is a minimum renewable content requirement of 5% for gasoline and 4% for diesel. The CFR aims to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels imported into and produced in Canada by 14 gCO2e /MJ below 2016 levels by 2030. In addition, it requires a minimum volume of at least 5% low CI fuel content for gasoline and 2% for diesel.
The goals of both programs are aligned in that the overall aim is to achieve a reduction in the carbon intensity of fuels. However, the requirements, means of reporting, and quantification methodologies used to calculate carbon intensity (CI) differ between the two programs. It is therefore important to understand the intricacies of both programs to ensure compliance and maximize opportunity. For entities producing or importing fuel into BC there is an opportunity to generate credits under both systems. Since both compliance obligations exist simultaneously and independently, the credits are stackable, and revenues may be realized through the sale of respective credits under both programs.
Under the CFR, there are three distinct pathways for generating compliance credits:Compliance Category 1: Reducing the life cycle emissions of fossil fuels through the implementation of emission-reduction projects.Compliance Category 2: Producing or importing low CI fuels (fuels that have a CI value that is 90% or less than the credit reference CI value); e.g. biofuels, synthetic fuels such as those made using Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology.Compliance Category 3: End-use fuel switching; e.g. electricity, CNG supplied to vehicles.Under the BC LCFS program, alternatives to the base fuel are eligible if the base fuel would most likely be used if the alternative were not made available, and includes fuels such as electricity, CNG, and biodiesel.
There are no limits to the number of credits that a participant can generate under the BC LCFS or the CFR. However, under the CFR, there are some limitations on a primary supplier’s use of credits toward meeting their yearly compliance obligation.  For example, a primary supplier may only use gaseous class credits to meet up to 10% of its obligation annually.
Anew has a sizable portfolio of RNG with highly-desirable, low CI scores. A carbon intensity (CI) score is assigned following the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions for the entire pathway of a renewable fuel’s lifecycle, from feedstock collection through to conversion, upgrading, transportation and distribution into the energy pipeline. A low or an increasingly negative CI score indicates the renewable fuel achieves a greater avoidance of harmful emissions as compared with the reference fuel being replaced.

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