The 1994 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)
provides data on heat and power consumption by reported end use for about 31% of total
energy inputs in the lumber and wood products industry and about 48% of total energy
inputs in the pulp and paper industry. Based on this data, the paper industry's largest
use of energy for heat and power is for boiler fuel to provide process steam and onsite
electricity generation. In the lumber and wood products industry, machine drives for
equipment such as saws and conveyors appear to consume the largest share of reported
energy use. End uses were not collected for black liquor and wood residues, accounting for
the relatively large amounts of data labeled "Not Reported" in the charts
below.[MECS 1994]
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