Industrial Sector – Aggregated Industries
British Columbia and Territories1
Table 1: Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use (PJ) 481.2   417.0 407.1 362.4 369.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 105.9   93.3 94.3 80.7 78.0
Natural Gas 117.4   104.3 100.4 100.0 95.8
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 31.5   52.0 50.0 45.0 46.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 6.1   0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 7.1   13.1 8.5 5.6 6.6
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 2.7   2.6 2.5 2.2 2.3
Coal 16.1   5.4 6.2 4.2 3.4
Coke and Coke Oven Gas X   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 191.2   145.5 144.4 124.0 136.8
Other2 2.9   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 22.0   22.4 23.2 22.3 21.1
Natural Gas 24.4   25.0 24.7 27.6 25.9
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 6.5   12.5 12.3 12.4 12.5
Heavy Fuel Oil 1.3   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 1.5   3.1 2.1 1.6 1.8
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.6   0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Coal 3.4   1.3 1.5 1.2 0.9
Coke and Coke Oven Gas X   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 39.7   34.9 35.5 34.2 37.0
Other2 0.6   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 10.5   11.0 10.3 9.5 9.3

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 6.0   5.7 5.4 5.4 5.2
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 2.2   3.6 3.5 3.2 3.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.5   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 0.4   0.9 0.6 0.3 0.4
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Coal 1.2   0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3
Coke and Coke Oven Gas X   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 57.1   51.4 52.8 57.3 55.6
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 21.0   33.1 34.0 33.3 34.8
Heavy Fuel Oil 4.4   0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 3.8   8.6 5.5 3.4 4.1
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 1.5   1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5
Coal 11.1   4.3 4.9 3.4 2.8
Coke and Coke Oven Gas X   0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.8   0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 21.9   26.4 25.3 26.1 25.2

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.
2) “Other” includes steam and waste fuels from the cement industry.

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