1 Clean Energy Canada / Decarbonizing the Canadian Chemical and Fertilizer Industry Executive summary Canada’s economy and the lives of Canadians are highly reliant on the materials and products produced by the chemical and fertilizer industry. [...] Despite the breadth and variety of the industry, the production of just seven chemicals make up two-thirds of the total energy requirements of the sector globally and underpin a huge variety of products further down the supply chain—these are also known as primary chemicals.17 Figure 1 provides a summary of these chemicals and their global production levels. [...] The investment will also triple Dow’s ethylene and polyethylene capacity 2 from the existing site.95 Clean Energy Canada / Decarbonizing the Canadian Chemical and Fertilizer Industry 9 Feedstock transition The International Energy Agency analyzed the technological readiness of hydrogen in the chemical Feedstocks with high carbon content are the most sector and categorized fossil-fuel-based ammonia. [...] Canada is a major player in the chemical and fertilizer sector and is globally competitive in a number of areas.63–65 Currently, 77% of all Canada’s chemical exports end Canada leads the world in potash fertilizer production up in the United States, with the next largest export and chlorine exports as well as ranking fifth worldwide for markets being China (3.6%) and Japan (2.4%). [...] to take place in the Asia Pacific region in the shorter- Since 2000, they have outstripped other heavy term and the Middle East and Africa in the longer-term.17 industries such as cement and steel, with demand for plastics alone almost doubling in the last 20 years.17 Canada has an opportunity to be a key global supplier The IEA also forecasts strong growth in demand in all of clean chemicals and.
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