Industrial Sector – Disaggregated Industries
Canada
Table 48: Primary Production of Alumina and Aluminum Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions
  2000   2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Primary Production of Alumina and Aluminum Energy Use (PJ) 149.9   206.0 213.3 212.5 227.9 206.3 225.9

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 134.7   X X 185.9 196.3 178.8 197.4
Natural Gas 11.5   X X 25.0 29.9 25.7 26.7
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.1   X X X 0.8 0.7 0.5
Heavy Fuel Oil 3.5   X X X 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 X 0.0 0.2 0.4
Coal 0.0   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 0.0   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 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 89.9   X X 87.5 86.1 86.7 87.4
Natural Gas 7.7   X X 11.8 13.1 12.5 11.8
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.1   X X X 0.4 0.4 0.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 2.3   X X X 0.3 0.4 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 X 0.0 0.1 0.2
Coal 0.0   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 0.0   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 0.0

Activity
GDP (million $2012) 1,911   2,876 2,857 3,088 3,290 2,874 2,870
Energy Intensity (MJ/$2012 – GDP) 78.5   71.6 74.7 68.8 69.3 71.8 78.7
Total Primary Production of Alumina and Aluminum GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 8.9   8.0 8.1 7.5 8.0 6.7 7.2

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 8.0   X X 6.1 6.4 5.3 5.7
Natural Gas 0.6   X X 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.3
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   X X X 0.1 0.1 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.3   X X X 0.1 0.1 0.1
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 X 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.0   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 0.0   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 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 59.3   39.0 38.2 35.3 35.0 32.3 31.8
Total Primary Production of Alumina and Aluminum GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.8   1.3 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 5.7   6.2 6.9 6.4 7.1 6.8 6.4

Footnotes:

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

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