Industrial Sector – Aggregated Industries
Canada
Table 8: Pulp and Paper Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Pulp and Paper Energy Use (PJ) 867.7   528.5 540.3 563.4 560.1 503.4 513.9

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 226.8   134.8 140.1 138.5 136.9 124.3 121.8
Natural Gas 137.5   81.7 87.6 96.5 93.7 89.6 92.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 4.2   X X 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 56.3   X X 5.2 4.4 3.8 4.8
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   X X 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Coal X   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 425.7   303.1 300.9 317.1 318.8 281.5 291.1
Other1 15.8   1.8 4.2 4.7 4.6 2.4 2.6

Shares (%)
Electricity 26.1   25.5 25.9 24.6 24.4 24.7 23.7
Natural Gas 15.8   15.5 16.2 17.1 16.7 17.8 17.9
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.5   X X 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 6.5   X X 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   X X 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Coal X   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 49.1   57.3 55.7 56.3 56.9 55.9 56.6
Other1 1.8   0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.5

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 10,992   7,683 7,408 7,234 6,672 6,464 6,528
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 78.9   68.8 72.9 77.9 84.0 77.9 78.7
Total Pulp and Paper GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 25.2   9.7 10.1 10.0 9.7 8.6 8.7

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 13.5   5.0 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.7 3.5
Natural Gas 6.9   4.1 4.4 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.6
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.3   X X 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 4.2   X X 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   X X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal X   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 29.1   18.4 18.7 17.7 17.3 17.1 16.9
Total Pulp and Paper GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 11.7   4.7 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.2
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 13.5   8.9 9.3 9.6 9.3 9.9 10.0

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes steam and waste fuels from the cement industry.

X - Denotes data that has been suppressed due to confidentiality.