65% of reported emissions come from Alberta-based facilities and 20% from Ontario-based facilities.3,27 The petrochemical manufacturing subsector is However, the sector is also responsible for indirect responsible for the largest share of reported emissions emissions, both from the production of feedstocks used (39%), with fertilizer chemicals at 38% as a close in the industry (upstream) and the e. [...] emissions caused by the end-of-life disposal of products and by the use of feedstocks, the sector should The opportunity to reduce emissions by addressing optimize the use of its products and resources.4 Only overuse and waste of chemicals has been recognized by addressing inputs (e.g. [...] In the are committed to efficiency improvements in the short- production of natural gas and natural gas liquids, term and exploring larger technology shifts to eliminate significant amounts of methane (a greenhouse gas more potent than CO ) leak into the atmosphere.59production emissions in the medium- to long-term, one 2 aspect of the transition seems to go largely unnoticed: Inorganic feedstocks. [...] 103 analysis of ethylene plants found that a combination of oxyfuel and carbon capture could reduce overall The federal government has adopted an investment emissions from ethylene plants by up to 24%.100 tax credit for CCUS property, which offers up to 50% of the cost of capture equipment for process emissions In November 2023, Dow announced the construction and 37.5% of the cost of carbon transp. [...] That is good news for the sector and the 90,000 people who work in it, as well as for some of the regions at the heart of the energy transition, such as Alberta’s Industrial Heartland and Sarnia, Ontario.
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary 3
- Introduction 5
- The Opportunity Chemicals in a Net-Zero Future 6
- The Challenge Reducing Emissions 8
- Emissions profile 8
- State of play in the Canadian chemical sector 9
- Drivers for change 10
- Cross-cutting barriers 10
- Action Areas to Include in a Roadmap to Net Zero 12
- Transitioning to renewable feedstocks 13
- Increasing circularity 13
- Energy efficiency gains 14
- Carbon capture and storage 14
- Electrificationfuel switching 14
- Transitioning to renewable feedstocks 14
- Cross-Cutting Goal 15
- Transition the Canadian Chemicals Sector to Underpin High-Value Supply Chains That Deliver a Net-Zero Future 15
- Increasing circularity 17
- Transitioning to renewable feedstocks 18
- Electrification and fuel switching 21
- Carbon capture and storage CCS 24
- Improving energy efficiency 25
- Conclusion 26
- Annex Interviews 27
- Bibliography 28
