Georgia
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Georgia must cut climate pollution by
5.4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Georgia
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
8% of Georgia'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 Georgia's 4.0 million buildings.
In fact, 52% of buildings in Georgia are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 1.9 million buildings in Georgia. That's around 69,000 per year.
That cuts 8% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
37% of Georgia'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 3.5 million cars and trucks in Georgia!
There are 3.5 million vehicles in Georgia and 24,000 are already electric (0.7% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 3.5 million vehicles. That's around 125,000 a year.
That cuts 37% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
34% of Georgia'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 Georgia
5 coal plants
Scherer
Monroe County
3,564 MW
Bowen
Bartow County
3,540 MW
Wansley (6052)
Heard County
1,957 MW
McIntosh (6124)
Effingham County
988 MW
Hammond
Floyd County
953 MW
27 gas plants
Jack McDonough
Cobb County
3,447 MW
Yates
Coweta County
1,487 MW
McIntosh Combined Cycle Facility
Effingham County
1,377 MW
Wansley CC (55965)
Heard County
1,239 MW
11 oil plants
McManus
Glynn County
704 MW
Allen B Wilson Combustion Turbine Plant
Burke County
318 MW
Savannah River Mill
Effingham County
140 MW
Walton Bainbridge Power Facility
Decatur County
80 MW
Boulevard
Chatham County
47 MW
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
Camden County
30 MW
CNN Center
Fulton County
13 MW
State Farm Support Center East
Fulton County
11 MW
Emory Decatur Hospital
DeKalb County
4 MW
Emory Hillandale Hospital
DeKalb County
3 MW
Sun Trust Plaza
Fulton County
2 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 10,000 MWs of wind and 12,000 MWs of solar.
Since Georgia already has 591 megawatts of solar power generation and 0 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 355 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 391 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.
That cuts 34% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 21% of Georgia'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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