Industrial Sector – Disaggregated Industries
Canada
Table 13: Salt Mines Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Salt Mines Energy Use (PJ) 2.6   3.1 3.1 2.8 2.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.5   0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
Natural Gas 1.5   2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.2   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.4   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 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
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 21.1   20.6 20.9 20.3 20.3
Natural Gas 57.6   72.9 71.3 75.3 75.3
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 6.1   4.3 5.1 4.3 4.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 14.9   2.1 2.6 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.3   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Coal 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
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 447   912.4 810.9 775.3 802.3
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 5.8   3.4 3.8 3.6 3.5
Total Salt Mines GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 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
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 64.2   54.2 54.2 53.3 53.1
Total Salt Mines GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 51.6   47.4 47.4 47.3 47.2

Footnotes:

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