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To get to zero by 2050, Indiana must cut emissions by 3.7% a year

Emissions in Indiana

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)  equivalent (MTCO2e ) emissions

Note: Grey area indicates missing data due to processing delays.
Source: WRI, Mar 2021

This is how we're going to do it

Indiana's climate pollution, by source
🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

Source: WRI, Mar 2021

    Decarbonize Our Buildings

    🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

    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...

    • Boilers and furnaces with heat pumps 
    • Gas stoves with electric induction stoves 

    ...in all of Indiana's 3.4 million buildings.

    In fact, 31.5% of appliances in buildings in Indiana are already fossil fuel free!

    That means we only need to electrify the remaining 2.3 million dirty buildings in Indiana. That's around 86,000 per year.

    Percent of Appliances Electrified electrifiedA chart showing the share of Appliances Electrified that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.31.53% have been electrified, and the remaining 68.47% are fossil fuel based.Appliances Electrified: 31.5%Needed This Year: 2.5%Not Yet: 65.9%Source: Microsoft, Mar 2021; NREL, Dec 2021

    Electrifying all buildings cuts 6% of the pollution.

    🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

    Decarbonize Our Transport

    🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

    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!

    There are 2.1 million vehicles in Indiana and 7,000 are already electric (0.3% of the total).

    We need to electrify (or replace) the remaining 2.1 million gas-powered vehicles. That's around 78,000 a year.

    Percent of Vehicles Electrified electrifiedA chart showing the share of Vehicles Electrified that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.0.3% have been electrified, and the remaining 99.7% are fossil fuel based.Vehicles Electrified: 0.3%Needed This Year: 3.7%Not Yet: 96.0%Source: DOT, Feb 2021

    Electrifying all transportation cuts 18% of the pollution.

    🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

    Decarbonize Our Power

    🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

    37% of Indiana's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.

    Dirty power plant

    To cut this pollution...

    Put solar panels on your roof!

    Then, we'll replace all fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind farms.

    We need to replace dirty power plants with clean ones (mostly wind and solar)

    ...and find good jobs for those workers.

    Current Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Indiana

    14 coal plants

    Name: Gibson County: Gibson Megawatt Capacity: 3,340 Utility: Duke Energy Indiana, LLC

    Gibson
    Gibson County
    3,340 MW

    Name: Rockport County: Spencer Megawatt Capacity: 2,600 Utility: Indiana Michigan Power Co

    Rockport
    Spencer County
    2,600 MW

    Name: R M Schahfer Generating Station County: Jasper Megawatt Capacity: 2,201 Utility: Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co

    R M Schahfer Generating Station
    Jasper County
    2,201 MW

    Name: IPL - Petersburg Generating Station County: Pike Megawatt Capacity: 2,155 Utility: Indianapolis Power & Light Co

    IPL - Petersburg Generating Station
    Pike County
    2,155 MW

    Name: Clifty Creek County: Jefferson Megawatt Capacity: 1,304 Utility: Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp

    Clifty Creek
    Jefferson County
    1,304 MW

    Name: Cayuga County: Vermillion Megawatt Capacity: 1,185 Utility: Duke Energy Indiana, LLC

    Cayuga
    Vermillion County
    1,185 MW

    Name: Merom County: Sullivan Megawatt Capacity: 1,080 Utility: Hoosier Energy R E C, Inc

    Merom
    Sullivan County
    1,080 MW

    Name: Edwardsport Generating Station County: Knox Megawatt Capacity: 949 Utility: Duke Energy Indiana, LLC

    Edwardsport Generating Station
    Knox County
    949 MW

    Name: Alcoa Allowance Management Inc County: Warrick Megawatt Capacity: 823 Utility: AGC Division of APG Inc

    Alcoa Allowance Management Inc
    Warrick County
    823 MW

    Name: A B Brown Generating Station County: Posey Megawatt Capacity: 707 Utility: Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co

    A B Brown Generating Station
    Posey County
    707 MW

    Name: Michigan City Generating Station County: LaPorte Megawatt Capacity: 680 Utility: Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co

    Michigan City Generating Station
    LaPorte County
    680 MW

    Name: R Gallagher County: Floyd Megawatt Capacity: 600 Utility: Duke Energy Indiana, LLC

    R Gallagher
    Floyd County
    600 MW

    Name: F B Culley Generating Station County: Warrick Megawatt Capacity: 415 Utility: Southern Indiana Gas & Elec Co

    F B Culley Generating Station
    Warrick County
    415 MW

    Name: Whitewater Valley County: Wayne Megawatt Capacity: 94 Utility: City of Richmond - (IN)

    Whitewater Valley
    Wayne County
    94 MW

    29 gas plants

    Name: St. Joseph Energy Center LLC County: St Joseph Megawatt Capacity: 2,186 Utility: St Joseph Energy Center LLC

    St. Joseph Energy Center LLC
    St Joseph County
    2,186 MW

    Name: Lawrenceburg Energy Facility County: Dearborn Megawatt Capacity: 1,232 Utility: Lawrenceburg Power, LLC

    Lawrenceburg Energy Facility
    Dearborn County
    1,232 MW

    Name: IPL - Harding Street Station (EW Stout) County: Marion Megawatt Capacity: 1,178 Utility: Indianapolis Power & Light Co

    IPL - Harding Street Station (EW Stout)
    Marion County
    1,178 MW

    Name: Sugar Creek Generating Station County: Vigo Megawatt Capacity: 1,128 Utility: Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co

    Sugar Creek Generating Station
    Vigo County
    1,128 MW

    ...and 25 more

    2 oil plants

    Name: Hendricks Regional Health County: Hendricks Megawatt Capacity: 4 Utility: Hendricks Regional Health

    Hendricks Regional Health
    Hendricks County
    4 MW

    Name: Hurricane Creek Lift Station County: Johnson Megawatt Capacity: 2 Utility: Johnson County Rural E M C

    Hurricane Creek Lift Station
    Johnson County
    2 MW

    Find the dirty plants near you

    Source: EPA, Jan 2021

    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 two times the electricity we have today.

    In all, we'll need to build 9,000 megawatt (MW)  of wind power and 10,000 MW of solar power.

    Since the average wind turbine provides 2.75 MW of peak capacity, Indiana would need to install about 3,000 turbines.

    Since Indiana already has 902 MW of wind and 101 MW of solar, that's 8,000 MW of wind power we need to build and 10,000 MW of solar power. That's around 312 MW of wind power and 364 MW of solar power a year.

    Percent of MWs of Wind and Solar Built electrifiedA chart showing the share of MWs of Wind and Solar Built that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.6% have been electrified, and the remaining 94% are fossil fuel based.MWs of Wind and Solar Built: 6.0%Needed This Year: 3.5%Not Yet: 90.5%

    Source: EIA, Apr 2022

    Decarbonizing all dirty power cuts 37% of the pollution.

    And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!

    🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

    Other Emissions

    🏭 Other: 38%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 18%🏠 Buildings: 6%

    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:

    • 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

    That doesn't mean there's no solution, it just means that clean electrification  doesn't help with these problems, and you could fill a whole book with covering all of them. We need to encourage our politicians to invest in researching new solutions and implementing existing solutions to these problems!

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