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Table 3
Pulp and paper industry’s energy demand in petajoules, Canada, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005

  1990 1995 2000 2005 1990 1995 2000 2005
petajoules percent of total
Spent pulping liquor 279.1 325.7 342.2 307.9 35.6 37.4 35.6 34.3
Solid wood waste 99.1 134.3 189.2 227.9 12.6 15.4 19.7 25.4
Electricity demand 175.8 201.2 221.7 221.2 22.4 23.1 23.1 24.7
Natural gas 114.9 136.0 125.8 69.6 14.6 15.6 13.1 7.8
Heavy fuel oil 97.6 58.7 56.7 47.8 12.4 6.7 5.9 5.3
Other 18.2 15.5 25.5 22.3 2.3 1.8 2.7 2.5
Total 784.7 871.3 961.1 896.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 128-0002 and 128-0009, and Catalogue no. 57-003, table entitled “Solid wood waste and spent pulping liquor, total consumption.”