Industrial Sector – Disaggregated Industries
Canada
Table 14: Potash Mines Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Potash Mines Energy Use (PJ) 29.7   41.0 54.4 44.7 49.5 49.5

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 6.0   10.0 10.6 8.5 10.0 10.0
Natural Gas 22.6   30.7 43.5 36.0 39.2 39.3
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 1.0   0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   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 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 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
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 20.3   24.4 19.5 18.9 20.1 20.1
Natural Gas 76.1   75.0 80.0 80.6 79.2 79.3
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 3.4   0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   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 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.2   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 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
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 4,451   7,606 8,388 7,607 8,134 8,435
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 6.7   5.4 6.5 5.9 6.1 5.9
Total Potash Mines GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 1.8   2.2 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.6

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 0.4   0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Natural Gas 1.4   1.8 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.3
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   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 0.0
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 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
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 62.1   53.4 53.7 53.7 52.9 52.7
Total Potash Mines GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 1.5   1.8 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 50.0   44.6 47.3 47.6 47.0 46.9

Footnotes:

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