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To get to zero by 2050, Florida must cut climate pollution by 9.5 million metric tons of C02 equivalent a year.

Emissions in Florida

Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) emissions

We can do it. Here's how.

CO2 Equivalent Emissions in Florida by Source
🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🏠 Buildings

    3% of emissions in Florida comes from buildings.

    🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    Mostly from different types of heating.

    Gas furnace, gas water heater, gas stove

    80% of the pollution of your typical home comes from heating your space, water, and food.

    To stop this pollution, we need to replace our furnaces with electric heat pumps, electrify our water heaters, and cook with induction and electricity instead of gas.

    Electric heat pump, electric water heater, induction stove

    There are 7.3 million buildings in Florida and 84% of building systems are already electrified.

    We need to electrify the remaining 1.2 million buildings in Florida. That's around 42,000 per year.

    Percent of Building Systems electrifiedA chart showing the share of Building Systems that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.84.08% have been electrified, and the remaining 15.92% are fossil fuel based.Building Systems ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve 3% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🚗 Getting Around

    42% of emissions in Florida comes from cars, trucks, and planes.

    🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    Mostly from our cars.

    To cut this pollution, if you have a car, your next one needs to be an electric vehicle (EV).

    Or try going car-free with public transit, bikes/e-bikes, or walking if it works for you.

    Gas emitting car being converted to electric car

    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.

    Percent of Vehicles electrifiedA chart showing the share of Vehicles that have already been electrified and still based in fossil fuel.0.7% have been electrified, and the remaining 99.3% are fossil fuel based.Vehicles ElectrifiedNot yet

    That will solve another 42% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🔌 Power Generation

    37% of emissions in Florida comes from making power.

    🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    Specifically from coal, gas, and oil plants.

    To cut this pollution, we need to replace all dirty power plants with clean ones (mostly wind and solar).

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

    In Florida we need to close and replace:

    7 coal plants

    Name: Crystal River County: Citrus Megawatt Capacity: 5,304 Utility: Duke Energy Florida, LLC

    Crystal River
    Citrus County
    5,304 MW

    Name: Seminole (136) County: Putnam Megawatt Capacity: 3,505 Utility: Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc

    Seminole (136)
    Putnam County
    3,505 MW

    Name: Big Bend County: Hillsborough Megawatt Capacity: 3,308 Utility: Tampa Electric Co

    Big Bend
    Hillsborough County
    3,308 MW

    Name: Northside County: Duval Megawatt Capacity: 1,407 Utility: JEA

    Northside
    Duval County
    1,407 MW

    Name: Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center County: Orange Megawatt Capacity: 1,262 Utility: Orlando Utilities Comm

    Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center
    Orange County
    1,262 MW

    Name: Crist Electric Generating Plant County: Escambia Megawatt Capacity: 1,229 Utility: Gulf Power Co

    Crist Electric Generating Plant
    Escambia County
    1,229 MW

    Name: Deerhaven County: Alachua Megawatt Capacity: 471 Utility: Gainesville Regional Utilities

    Deerhaven
    Alachua County
    471 MW

    62 gas plants

    Name: Martin County: Martin Megawatt Capacity: 6,072 Utility: Florida Power & Light Co

    Martin
    Martin County
    6,072 MW

    Name: West County Energy Center County: Palm Beach Megawatt Capacity: 4,263 Utility: Florida Power & Light Co

    West County Energy Center
    Palm Beach County
    4,263 MW

    Name: Lauderdale County: Broward Megawatt Capacity: 4,174 Utility: Florida Power & Light Co

    Lauderdale
    Broward County
    4,174 MW

    Name: Polk County: Polk Megawatt Capacity: 3,351 Utility: Tampa Electric Co

    Polk
    Polk County
    3,351 MW

    Name: Fort Myers County: Lee Megawatt Capacity: 3,301 Utility: Florida Power & Light Co

    Fort Myers
    Lee County
    3,301 MW

    Name: Hines Energy Complex County: Polk Megawatt Capacity: 3,268 Utility: Duke Energy Florida, LLC

    Hines Energy Complex
    Polk County
    3,268 MW

    Name: Port Everglades County: Broward Megawatt Capacity: 3,062 Utility: Florida Power & Light Co

    Port Everglades
    Broward County
    3,062 MW

    Name: Manatee County: Manatee Megawatt Capacity: 2,951 Utility: Florida Power & Light Co

    Manatee
    Manatee County
    2,951 MW

    Name: Bayside Power Station County: Hillsborough Megawatt Capacity: 2,798 Utility: Tampa Electric Co

    Bayside Power Station
    Hillsborough County
    2,798 MW

    Name: Sanford County: Volusia Megawatt Capacity: 2,534 Utility: Florida Power & Light Co

    Sanford
    Volusia County
    2,534 MW

    ...and 52 more

    4 oil plants

    Name: Bayboro County: Pinellas Megawatt Capacity: 227 Utility: Duke Energy Florida, LLC

    Bayboro
    Pinellas County
    227 MW

    Name: Stock Island County: Monroe Megawatt Capacity: 134 Utility: Utility Board of Key West City

    Stock Island
    Monroe County
    134 MW

    Name: Field Street County: Volusia Megawatt Capacity: 48 Utility: New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission

    Field Street
    Volusia County
    48 MW

    Name: Marathon Generating Plant County: Monroe Megawatt Capacity: 25 Utility: Florida Keys El Coop Assn, Inc

    Marathon Generating Plant
    Monroe County
    25 MW

    See a map of dirty power plants in the US

    ...and help those workers find good jobs.

    But wait! Remember how we electrified all cars and buildings?

    Our machines don't pollute now, because they run on electricity!

    But that means we need to make more power for those new electric machines - twice as much power as we make now!

    And all of it needs to be clean power!

    So to cut the climate pollution from our power, cars, and buildings we need to INSTALL 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.

    Percent to Needed ElectrificationA chart showing the share of Solar and Wind capacity that has already been installed and rest to be installed. We are 6% of the way to what we need to be carbon neutral by 2050.Solar & Wind MWs InstalledRemaining to Install

    That will solve another 37% of the problem.

    🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    🏭 Other Emissions

    The last 18% of emissions in Florida comes other sources

    🏭 Other: 18%🔌 Power: 37%🚗 Transport: 42%🏠 Buildings: 3%

    This includes industry, landfills, and farming.

    There's no one solution to solve these problems, but there are a lot of great ideas!

    These include:

    • Regenerative agriculture to sequester carbon in soil
    • Composting to reduce landfill methane emissions
    • New techniques for manufacturing CO2 emitting materials, like concrete
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