Table 3.44
Efficiency of thermal-electric power stations by fuel
type
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Coal | Fuel oil | Natural gas | Wood | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canadian bituminous | Imported bituminous | Canadian sub-bituminous | Imported sub-bituminous | Lignite | Heavy | Light and diesel | |||
percent | |||||||||
1980 | 31 | 36 | 32 | .. | 27 | 33 | 25 | 27 | .. |
1981 | 30 | 35 | 32 | .. | 27 | 32 | 29 | 26 | .. |
1982 | 32 | 36 | 32 | .. | 27 | 34 | 29 | 26 | .. |
1983 | 32 | 36 | 32 | .. | 27 | 32 | 29 | 26 | .. |
1984 | 34 | 36 | 31 | .. | 29 | 32 | 30 | 24 | .. |
1985 | 33 | 35 | 31 | .. | 28 | 32 | 30 | 25 | .. |
1986 | 35 | 37 | 34 | .. | 31 | 35 | 31 | 25 | .. |
1987 | 36 | 37 | 34 | .. | 32 | 36 | 30 | 27 | .. |
1988 | 36 | 37 | 34 | .. | 31 | 36 | 29 | 29 | .. |
1989 | 36 | 37 | 33 | .. | 31 | 35 | 32 | 32 | .. |
1990 | 36 | 37 | 35 | .. | 32 | 36 | 31 | 29 | .. |
1991 | 34 | 35 | 33 | .. | 31 | 36 | 29 | 30 | .. |
1992 | 35 | 37 | 37 | .. | 32 | 35 | 31 | 31 | .. |
1993 | 36 | 36 | 34 | .. | 32 | 36 | 32 | 33 | .. |
1994 | 33 | 34 | 32 | .. | 30 | 33 | 31 | 29 | .. |
1995 | 34 | 34 | 32 | .. | 30 | 33 | 35 | 35 | .. |
1996 | 34 | 35 | 32 | .. | 29 | 32 | 32 | 33 | .. |
1997 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 35 | .. |
1998 | 34 | 37 | 33 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 35 | 40 |
1999 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 35 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 35 | 35 |
2000 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 35 | 31 |
2001 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 27 |
2002 | 30 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 36 | 27 |
2003 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 35 | 30 |
2004 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 35 | 19 |
2005 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 24 |
2006 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 20 |
Note(s):
Efficiency is the electrical energy output as a percentage of primary
energy input.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Manufacturing and Energy Division, Electric
Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Catalogue no.
57-202-X, various issues.
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