Indiana
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Indiana must cut climate pollution by
8.4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Indiana
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
6% of Indiana'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 Indiana's 3.4 million buildings.
In fact, 32% of buildings in Indiana are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 2.3 million buildings in Indiana. That's around 83,000 per year.
That cuts 6% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
18% of Indiana'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 2.1 million cars and trucks in Indiana!
There are 2.1 million vehicles in Indiana and 7,000 are already electric (0.3% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 2.1 million vehicles. That's around 76,000 a year.
That cuts 18% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
37% of Indiana'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 Indiana
14 coal plants
Gibson
Gibson County
3,340 MW
Rockport
Spencer County
2,600 MW
R M Schahfer Generating Station
Jasper County
2,201 MW
IPL - Petersburg Generating Station
Pike County
2,155 MW
Clifty Creek
Jefferson County
1,304 MW
Cayuga
Vermillion County
1,185 MW
Merom
Sullivan County
1,080 MW
Edwardsport Generating Station
Knox County
949 MW
Alcoa Allowance Management Inc
Warrick County
823 MW
A B Brown Generating Station
Posey County
707 MW
Michigan City Generating Station
LaPorte County
680 MW
R Gallagher
Floyd County
600 MW
F B Culley Generating Station
Warrick County
415 MW
Whitewater Valley
Wayne County
94 MW
29 gas plants
St. Joseph Energy Center LLC
St Joseph County
2,186 MW
Lawrenceburg Energy Facility
Dearborn County
1,232 MW
IPL - Harding Street Station (EW Stout)
Marion County
1,178 MW
Sugar Creek Generating Station
Vigo County
1,128 MW
2 oil plants
Hendricks Regional Health
Hendricks County
4 MW
Hurricane Creek Lift Station
Johnson 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 9,000 MWs of wind and 10,000 MWs of solar.
Since Indiana already has 101 megawatts of solar power generation and 902 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 301 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 351 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 38% of Indiana'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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