Nebraska
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Nebraska must cut climate pollution by
3.4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year.
Emissions in Nebraska
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
5% of Nebraska'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 Nebraska's 1.2 million buildings.
In fact, 35% of buildings in Nebraska are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 774,000 buildings in Nebraska. That's around 28,000 per year.
That cuts 5% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
15% of Nebraska'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 625,000 cars and trucks in Nebraska!
There are 625,000 vehicles in Nebraska and 2,000 are already electric (0.3% of the total).
We need to electrify the remaining 623,000 vehicles. That's around 22,000 a year.
That cuts 15% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
24% of Nebraska'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 Nebraska
10 coal plants
Nebraska City Station
Otoe County
1,390 MW
Gerald Gentleman Station
Lincoln County
1,363 MW
North Omaha Station
Douglas County
645 MW
Gerald Whelan Energy Center
Adams County
324 MW
Sheldon
Lancaster County
229 MW
Lon D Wright Power Plant
Dodge County
213 MW
Platte
Hall County
110 MW
Archer Daniels Midland Columbus
Platte County
71 MW
Archer Daniels Midland Lincoln
Lancaster County
8 MW
Western Sugar Coop - Scottsbluff
Scotts Bluff County
5 MW
30 gas plants
Cass County Station
Cass County
345 MW
Sarpy County Station
Sarpy County
338 MW
Rokeby
Lancaster County
266 MW
Beatrice
Gage County
247 MW
20 oil plants
Jones Street
Douglas County
130 MW
Hebron Peaking
Thayer County
57 MW
McCook Peaking
Red Willow County
57 MW
Wayne IC
Wayne County
22 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 3,000 MWs of wind and 3,000 MWs of solar.
Since Nebraska already has 9 megawatts of solar power generation and 1,000 megawatts of wind power generation, that's 55 Megawatts of wind capacity AND 93 Megawatts of solar capacity a year we need to build.
That cuts 24% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 55% of Nebraska'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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