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Table TS.2. Profile by process or industrial activity of worldwide large stationary CO2 sources with emissions of more than 0.1 MtCO2 per year.

Process Number of sources Emissions (MtCO2 yr-1)
Fossil fuels
Power 4,942 10,539
Cement production 1,175 932
Refineries 638 798
Iron and steel industry 269 646
Petrochemical industry 470 379
Oil and gas processing N/A 50
Other sources 90 33
Biomass
Bioethanol and bioenergy 303 91
Total 7,887 13,466

Source: IPCC  Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage: Technical Summary (2005)
2. Sources of CO2, p. 20