CFR Modeling Service
Bringing renewable natural gas, biofuels, and other low-carbon fuels into Canada can create significant opportunity, but it also requires rigorous carbon intensity modeling, documentation, and regulatory alignment. Under Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR), compliance depends on a life-cycle approach to fuel emissions, supported by Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Fuel Life Cycle Assessment Model and related reporting requirements.
Targray’s CFR modeling service helps producers, importers, foreign suppliers, and market participants prepare high-quality carbon intensity pathways for fuels destined for the Canadian market.
Supporting Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations
Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations require primary suppliers of gasoline and diesel to reduce the life-cycle carbon intensity of the fuels they place into the Canadian market. The framework uses a credit-based system and relies on approved carbon intensity values, pathway documentation, and supporting records for eligible low-carbon fuels and compliance activities.
For low-carbon fuels such as RNG and renewable liquid fuels, accurate modeling is essential. The federal Fuel LCA Model is the core tool used to calculate life-cycle carbon intensity, and ECCC compliance guidance points stakeholders to both the Fuel LCA Model and CFR data workbook specifications when determining carbon intensity for regulatory purposes.
Why CFR Modeling Matters for RNG and Imported Renewable Fuels
For fuel suppliers bringing product into Canada, CFR modeling is more than a technical exercise. It can directly affect how a fuel pathway is understood, documented, and positioned within the compliance framework.
A robust modeling process can help support:
- Carbon intensity pathway development
- Review of feedstock, production, and transport assumptions
- Alignment with ECCC methodology and workbook requirements
- Preparation of supporting data packages
- Coordination with verification and certification requirements
- Better readiness for registration, reporting, and audit processes
This matters especially for imported low-carbon fuels. Government guidance and system documentation specifically contemplate participation by foreign suppliers, registered creators, and verification bodies in the CFR framework and credit-tracking environment.
Targray CFR Modeling Services
Targray’s CFR Modeling Services
Targray supports clients across the value chain with practical CFR modeling services for RNG and renewable fuels entering Canada.
- Carbon Intensity Modeling
We help build and refine fuel pathways using the Government of Canada’s LCA framework, with attention to feedstock origin, process energy, upgrading, transportation, distribution, and end-use assumptions.
- RNG Pathway Support
For renewable natural gas projects and suppliers, Targray supports pathway development tied to landfill gas, anaerobic digestion, and other biogas-derived production routes intended for the Canadian market.
- Imported Fuel Documentation
For fuels produced outside Canada, we help organize the technical inputs and documentation needed to support imported fuel pathways and related submissions.
- Renewable Fuels Compliance Readiness
Targray assists with the preparation and review of data inputs, evidence packages, recordkeeping expectations, and process alignment for CFR-related engagement.
- Verification Coordination
Because CFR compliance can involve third-party verification, Targray helps clients prepare for efficient interaction with auditors, certification schemes, and internal compliance teams. ECCC guidance includes formal methods for verification and certification under the Regulations.
A Practical Approach to Modeling
Successful CFR modeling requires more than entering data into a workbook. It depends on choosing the right assumptions, organizing project evidence, identifying data gaps early, and structuring a pathway that can withstand review.
Targray helps clients address questions such as:
- Which pathway inputs are most material to carbon intensity?
- How should transport, upgrading, and processing emissions be treated?
- What records should be assembled for feedstocks and chain of custody?
- How should imported RNG or renewable fuels be documented for Canadian use?
- What steps are needed to improve readiness for verification or submission?
Who We Support
Targray’s CFR modeling service is designed for organizations involved in supplying low-carbon fuels into Canada, including: RNG producers, biogas project developers, renewable diesel and biodiesel suppliers, and traders, importers, and aggregators.
Why Work With Targray?
Targray combines market understanding with practical execution support. Our CFR modeling service is built to help clients move from raw project data to a clear, defensible modeling package that supports commercial participation in Canada’s low-carbon fuel market.
Get Support for CFR Modeling in Canada
Whether you are exporting RNG to Canada, supplying renewable fuels into the Canadian market, or evaluating a new compliance strategy, Targray can help you navigate CFR modeling requirements with confidence.
Contact us to discuss your CFR modeling needs for RNG and renewable fuels entering Canada.