Industrial Sector – Aggregated Industries
Quebec1
Table 1: Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use (PJ) 687.7   629.9 662.9 601.1 640.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 314.5   306.6 318.0 306.7 333.3
Natural Gas 133.6   149.8 154.6 135.2 141.1
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 18.6   35.9 38.9 32.9 38.9
Heavy Fuel Oil 53.6   13.6 14.1 12.9 13.9
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 40.3   30.4 28.8 27.3 30.6
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 6.3   2.7 2.4 2.7 2.8
Coal 14.6   9.5 11.9 11.0 11.6
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 4.2   6.1 5.9 4.3 4.4
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 97.0   71.0 83.7 61.5 60.6
Other2 5.0   4.3 4.6 6.5 3.7

Shares (%)
Electricity 45.7   48.7 48.0 51.0 52.0
Natural Gas 19.4   23.8 23.3 22.5 22.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 2.7   5.7 5.9 5.5 6.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 7.8   2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 5.9   4.8 4.4 4.6 4.8
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.9   0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4
Coal 2.1   1.5 1.8 1.8 1.8
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.6   1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 14.1   11.3 12.6 10.2 9.5
Other2 0.7   0.7 0.7 1.1 0.6
Total GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 16.7   14.8 15.6 13.7 14.8

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 6.7   7.4 7.6 6.7 7.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 1.3   2.5 2.7 2.3 2.7
Heavy Fuel Oil 4.0   1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 2.3   2.0 2.1 1.9 2.1
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 0.4   0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2
Coal 1.5   1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 0.5   0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.1   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 39.8   49.9 48.9 48.5 47.0
Diesel Fuel Oil, Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 7.8   17.0 17.5 16.8 18.4
Heavy Fuel Oil 24.0   6.9 6.8 7.0 7.0
Still Gas and Petroleum Coke 13.9   13.4 13.2 13.7 14.5
LPG and Gas Plant NGL 2.3   1.1 0.9 1.2 1.1
Coal 8.8   6.5 7.9 8.5 8.1
Coke and Coke Oven Gas 2.8   4.6 4.2 3.5 3.3
Wood Waste and Pulping Liquor 0.4   0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
Other2 0.2   0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 24.3   23.5 23.5 22.9 23.1

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.