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February 10, 2010

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NATIONAL INVENTORY REPORT: GREENHOUSE GAS SOURCES AND SINKS IN CANADA, 1990-2006

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ANNEX 9: Electricity Intensity Tables

Table A9-6: Electricity Generation and GHG Emission Details for Quebec1
Sources 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006c
Greenhouse Gas Emissionsa
kt CO2 equivalent
Coal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Refined Petroleum Products2 1 370 370 800 140 310 190 180 200 1 320 900 290 320 190 1 500 1 270 310 170
Natural Gas 70 70 70 70 80 80 80 80 70 60 70 60 60 60 60 210 770
Nuclear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hydro3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Biomass4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Renewables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Overall Total 1 440 440 870 210 390 270 260 280 1 390 960 360 380 250 1 560 1 330 520 940
Electricity Generationb
GWh
Coal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Refined Petroleum Products 1 730 400 1 010 160 230 370 190 220 1 700 1 160 340 390 280 2 070 1 840 850 160
Natural Gas 100 100 110 110 80 260 200 220 190 190 200 180 120 230 110 260 990
Nuclear 4 070 3 910 4 600 4 810 5 410 4 510 5 240 4 200 3 810 3 780 4 890 4 700 4 530 3 550 4 880 4 480 4 600
Hydro 112 160 120 900 124 360 130 140 136 900 148 300 146 710 141 750 130 300 143 120 153 380 144 840 150 630 152 190 146 160 154 680 151 360
Biomass 0 0 0 0 0 0 420 610 640 590 620 770 810 820 660 270 N/A
Other Renewables5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 170 190 170 170 190 420 5007
Other6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall Total 118 060 125 310 130 080 135 220 142 620 153 440 152 760 147 000 136 640 148 960 159 600 151 070 156 540 159 030 153 840 160 960 157 610
Greenhouse Gas Intensity
g CO2 eq/kWh
Coal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Refined Petroleum Products 790 930 790 890 1 330 510 920 930 780 780 870 820 690 720 690 360 1 010
Natural Gas 660 670 620 630 920 300 380 350 370 310 340 340 510 280 590 800 770
Nuclear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hydro - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Biomass - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other Renewables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Overall Total 12 4 7 2 3 2 2 2 10 6 2 3 2 10 9 3 6

Sources:

a. Report on Energy Supply-Demand in Canada, Catalogue No. 57-003-XIB, Statistics Canada.

b. Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Catalogue No. 57-202-XIB, Statistics Canada.

c. Electricity data from CANSIM, tables v222128, v222129, v222130, v222131, v222132, v222133 - downloaded February 5, 2008.

Notes:

1. Data presented includes emissions, generation, and intensity for public utilities.

2. Includes emissions from the use of light fuel oil, heavy fuel oil, and diesel fuel oil.

3. Emissions from the flooding of land for hydro dams are not included.

4. Emissions related to the use of biomass for electric power generation are not included.

5. Other Renewables - includes electricity generation by wind and tidal.

6. Others - includes electricity generation by fuels not easily categorized (i.e. waste).

7. Other renewables are estimated based on forecasted growth in wind based generation in Quebec.

N/A - Not Available.

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