Transportation Sector
Alberta
Table 36: Medium and Heavy Truck Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Medium Trucks
 
Medium Truck Energy Use (PJ) 25.2   101.0 90.3 84.1 81.0 84.9 84.8 65.4 69.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Motor Gasoline 17.7   48.3 47.9 48.5 47.5 47.9 49.2 34.3 37.3
Diesel Fuel Oil 7.4   50.4 42.1 35.3 33.3 36.6 35.2 30.8 31.8
Ethanol n.a.   2.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 70.3   47.8 53.1 57.7 58.6 56.4 58.0 52.5 53.8
Diesel Fuel Oil 29.4   49.9 46.7 42.0 41.1 43.1 41.5 47.0 45.9
Ethanol n.a.   2.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 3,271   16,053 14,610 13,876 13,599 14,448 14,698 11,759 12,697
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 7.72   6.29 6.18 6.06 5.96 5.87 5.77 5.56 5.46
Medium Truck GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 1.7   7.0 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.9 4.6 4.9

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Motor Gasoline 1.2   3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 2.4 2.6
Diesel Fuel Oil 0.5   3.6 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.3
Ethanol n.a.   0.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Shares (%)
Motor Gasoline 69.1   46.6 51.8 56.5 57.4 55.2 56.8 52.4 53.7
Diesel Fuel Oil 30.6   51.2 48.0 43.3 42.4 44.4 42.8 47.2 46.0
Ethanol n.a.   2.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Biodiesel Fuel 0.0   n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 68.2   69.4 69.3 69.1 69.1 69.1 69.0 70.8 70.8

Heavy Trucks
 
Heavy Truck Energy Use1 (PJ) 78.0   121.3 101.3 85.1 89.5 96.4 97.7 77.1 81.3

Activity
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 38,265   69,224 63,781 61,007 61,433 57,439 60,966 48,972 51,012
Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 2.04   1.75 1.59 1.39 1.46 1.68 1.60 1.57 1.59
Heavy Truck GHG Emissions1 (Mt of CO2e) 5.5   8.6 7.2 6.1 6.4 6.9 7.0 5.5 5.8
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 71.0   71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.2 71.1 71.1

Footnotes:

1) Heavy trucks consume only diesel fuel oil.

n.a. - Denotes data that is not applicable.
n.a. - Denotes data that is not available.