Florida
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Florida must cut climate pollution by
9.5 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Florida
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
3% of Florida'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 Florida's 7.3 million buildings.
In fact, 84% of buildings in Florida are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 1.2 million buildings in Florida. That's around 42,000 per year.
That cuts 3% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
42% of Florida'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 7.8 million cars and trucks in Florida!
There are 7.8 million vehicles in Florida and 58,000 are already electric (0.7% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 7.8 million vehicles. That's around 280,000 a year.
That cuts 42% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
37% of Florida'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 Florida
7 coal plants
Crystal River
Citrus County
5,304 MW
Seminole (136)
Putnam County
3,505 MW
Big Bend
Hillsborough County
3,308 MW
Northside
Duval County
1,407 MW
Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center
Orange County
1,262 MW
Crist Electric Generating Plant
Escambia County
1,229 MW
Deerhaven
Alachua County
471 MW
62 gas plants
Martin
Martin County
6,072 MW
West County Energy Center
Palm Beach County
4,263 MW
Lauderdale
Broward County
4,174 MW
Polk
Polk County
3,351 MW
4 oil plants
Bayboro
Pinellas County
227 MW
Stock Island
Monroe County
134 MW
Field Street
Volusia County
48 MW
Marathon Generating Plant
Monroe County
25 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 16,000 MWs of wind and 22,000 MWs of solar.
Since Florida already has 1,000 megawatts of solar power generation and 0 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 584 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 726 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.
That cuts 37% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 18% of Florida'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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