We get questions
May 27, 2010
The Centre for Energy’s portal is loaded with factual and statistical information about Canada’s energy system. But we still get questions, like this one.
Q: What was Canada’s energy production in 2008?
A: Here is the breakdown.
| Energy Source |
Natural Units |
Quadrillion Btu |
Per Cent |
| Oil | 1,233 MMbbl |
7.093 |
39.9 |
| Natural Gas | 7,359 Bcf |
7.565 |
42.6 |
| Coal | 75,074,000 tons |
1.501 |
8.5 |
| Nuclear Power | 89.2 billion kW-h |
0.304 |
1.7 |
| Hydropower | 368.6 billion kW-h |
1.258 |
7.1 |
| Other Renewables | 11.5 billion kW-h |
0.039 |
0.2 |
| Total |
17.76 |
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