Alaska
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Alaska must cut climate pollution by
1.4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Alaska
Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions
This is how we're going to do it.
- Boilers and furnaces with heat pumps
- Gas stoves with induction ranges
- No-till farming to keep CO2 in the soil
- Capturing methane leaks from landfills
- Capturing CO2 to make emissions-free concrete
- Burning green hydrogen to make emissions-free steel
- Plugging methane leaks from gas pipelines
Decarbonize Our Buildings
9% of Alaska's climate pollution comes from buildings.
We burn fossil fuels to heat our air, water, and food.
To cut this pollution...
Let's electrify our heat!
We'll replace...
...in all of Alaska's 111,000 buildings.
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 111,000 buildings in Alaska. That's around 4,000 per year.
That cuts 9% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
32% of Alaska's pollution comes from cars, trucks, trains, and planes.
But mostly from cars.
To cut this pollution,
your next car must be electric.
Or consider going car-free with public transit, bikes/e-bikes, car share, or other alternatives!
Then, we'll electrify all 171,000 cars and trucks in Alaska!
There are 171,000 vehicles in Alaska and 940 are already electric (0.5% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 170,000 vehicles. That's around 6,000 a year.
That cuts 32% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
7% of Alaska's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.
To cut this pollution...
Put solar panels on your roof!
Then, we'll replace all fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind farms.
...and find good jobs for those workers.
Current Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Alaska
5 coal plants
Healy
Denali County
93 MW
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star County
40 MW
Aurora Energy LLC Chena
Fairbanks North Star County
31 MW
Eielson AFB Central Heat & Power Plant
Fairbanks North Star County
31 MW
Utility Plants Section
Fairbanks North Star County
23 MW
13 gas plants
George M Sullivan Generation Plant 2
Anchorage County
418 MW
Beluga
Kenai Peninsula County
374 MW
Southcentral Power Project
Anchorage County
204 MW
Soldotna
Kenai Peninsula County
193 MW
Eklutna Generation Station
Anchorage County
171 MW
Anchorage 1
Anchorage County
121 MW
Nikiski Combined Cycle
Kenai Peninsula County
81 MW
Bernice Lake
Kenai Peninsula County
77 MW
International
Anchorage County
46 MW
TNSG North Plant
North Slope County
26 MW
Barrow
North Slope County
20 MW
Tesoro Kenai Cogeneration Plant
Kenai Peninsula County
16 MW
TNSG South Plant
North Slope County
8 MW
81 oil plants
North Pole
Fairbanks North Star County
181 MW
Lemon Creek
Juneau County
62 MW
Fairbanks
Fairbanks North Star County
42 MW
Industrial Plant
Juneau County
42 MW
But wait!
It's not enough to replace our power plants with wind and solar farms.
To power our electric cars and buildings, we need 2x the electricity we have today!
In all, we'll need to build 189 MWs of wind and 260 MWs of solar.
Since Alaska already has 1 megawatts of solar power generation and 14 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 6 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 9 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.
That cuts 7% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 52% of Alaska's climate pollution comes from other sources...
This includes farming, landfills, industry, and leaks from gas pipelines.
There's no one solution to solve these problems, but there are lots of great ideas:
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