California
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, California must cut emissions by 3.8% a year
Emissions in California
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
- Boilers and furnaces with heat pumps
- Gas stoves with electric induction stoves
- 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
10% of California'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 California's 11.5 million buildings.
In fact, 28.4% of appliances in buildings in California are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 8.3 million dirty buildings in California. That's around 314,000 per year.
Source: Microsoft, Mar 2021; NREL, Dec 2021Electrifying all buildings cuts 10% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
49% of California'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 14.2 million vehicles in California and 425,000 are already electric (3% of the total).
We need to electrify (or replace) the remaining 13.8 million gas-powered vehicles. That's around 523,000 a year.
Source: DOT, Feb 2021Electrifying all transportation cuts 49% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
7% of California's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.
That's because of how power is generated in California today.
Power Generation in the State of California (2020)
Source: EIA, Apr 2022
But there's already 51% carbon-free electricity generation in California!
To clean up the emissions from the polluting power plants we need to replace all fossil fuel power plants with solar and wind farms.
...and find good jobs for those workers.
Current Fossil Fuel Power Plants in California
1 coal plant
293 gas plants
Moss Landing
Monterey County3,102 MW
Haynes Generating Station
Los Angeles County2,885 MW
AES Alamitos
Los Angeles County2,055 MW
Scattergood Generating Station
Los Angeles County1,719 MW
Ormond Beach Power, LLC.
Ventura County1,612 MW
El Segundo
Los Angeles County1,534 MW
AES Redondo Beach
Los Angeles County1,316 MW
Valley Generating Station
Los Angeles County1,236 MW
La Paloma Generating Plant
Kern County1,200 MW
Mountainview Generating Station
San Bernardino County1,167 MW
AES Huntington Beach
Orange County1,021 MW
Delta Energy Center, LLC
Contra Costa County944 MW
High Desert Power Project
San Bernardino County852 MW
Marsh Landing Generating Station
Contra Costa County828 MW
Inland Empire Energy Center
Riverside County819 MW
Sentinel Energy Center, LLC
Riverside County800 MW
Pastoria Energy Facility
Kern County779 MW
Cabrillo Power I Encina Power Station
San Diego County765 MW
Colusa Generating Station
Colusa County712 MW
Otay Mesa Energy Center, LLC
San Diego County689 MW
Los Medanos Energy Center, LLC
Contra Costa County678 MW
Russell City Energy Company LLC
Alameda County655 MW
Calpine Sutter Energy Center
Sutter County636 MW
Metcalf Energy Center
Santa Clara County635 MW
Elk Hills Power
Kern County623 MW
Gateway Generating Station
Contra Costa County620 MW
Sunrise Power Company
Kern County605 MW
Harbor Generating Station
Los Angeles County595 MW
Blythe Energy
Riverside County591 MW
Long Beach Generating Station
Los Angeles County587 MW
Palomar Energy Center
San Diego County559 MW
Walnut Creek Energy Park
Los Angeles County500 MW
Watson Cogeneration
Los Angeles County499 MW
El Centro
Imperial County438 MW
Panoche Energy Center
Fresno County432 MW
Pio Pico Energy Center LLC
San Diego County395 MW
Magnolia
Los Angeles County388 MW
Grayson Power Plant
Los Angeles County354 MW
Tracy Combined Cycle Power Plant
San Joaquin County336 MW
Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility
Santa Clara County306 MW
Walnut Energy Center
Stanislaus County301 MW
Kern River Cogeneration
Kern County300 MW
Sycamore Cogeneration
Kern County300 MW
Lodi Energy Center
San Joaquin County289 MW
Humboldt Bay
Humboldt County269 MW
Glenarm
Los Angeles County266 MW
Crockett Cogen Project
Contra Costa County247 MW
Midway Sunset Cogen
Kern County234 MW
Almond Power Plant
Stanislaus County224 MW
Canyon Power Plant
Orange County200 MW
Mariposa Energy Project
Alameda County200 MW
Woodland Generation Station
Stanislaus County199 MW
Richmond Cogen
Contra Costa County199 MW
Riverside Energy Resource Center
Riverside County196 MW
SCA Cogen II
Sacramento County193 MW
Redding Power Plant
Shasta County183 MW
El Segundo Cogen
Los Angeles County183 MW
Sacramento Power Authority Cogen
Sacramento County174 MW
Roseville Energy Park
Placer County165 MW
Donald Von Raesfeld
Santa Clara County154 MW
Indigo Generation Facility
Riverside County150 MW
Midway Peaking
Fresno County140 MW
Gilroy Energy Center, LLC
Santa Clara County135 MW
King City Power Plant
Monterey County133 MW
Calpine Gilroy Cogen, LP
Santa Clara County130 MW
Malburg Generating Station
Los Angeles County130 MW
Carson Cogeneration
Sacramento County126 MW
Ripon Generation Station
San Joaquin County121 MW
Malaga Power
Fresno County121 MW
Niland Gas Turbine Plant
Imperial County121 MW
Orange Grove Project
San Diego County118 MW
Foster Wheeler Martinez
Contra Costa County114 MW
CalPeak Power - Panoche
Fresno County110 MW
Harbor Cogen
Los Angeles County107 MW
Miramar Energy Facility
San Diego County106 MW
Fresno Cogeneration Partners, LP
Fresno County105 MW
Martinez Refining
Contra Costa County100 MW
Larkspur Energy Faciity
San Diego County100 MW
Henrietta Peaker Plant
Kings County98 MW
South Belridge Cogeneration Facility
Kern County94 MW
Escondido Energy Center, LLC
San Diego County94 MW
Coachella
Riverside County92 MW
Hanford Energy Park Peaker
Kings County92 MW
SEGS VIII
San Bernardino County92 MW
SEGS IX
San Bernardino County92 MW
McClellan (CA)
Sacramento County77 MW
Algonquin Power Sanger
Fresno County74 MW
Oxnard
Ventura County69 MW
New-Indy Ontario Mill
San Bernardino County67 MW
Roseville Power Plant #2
Placer County66 MW
Greenleaf One
Sutter County66 MW
Gianera
Santa Clara County65 MW
Lake
Los Angeles County61 MW
CalPeak Power - Vaca Dixon
Solano County61 MW
CalPeak Power - Border
San Diego County61 MW
Agua Mansa Power
San Bernardino County61 MW
Grapeland Generating Station
San Bernardino County60 MW
Center Generating Station
LOS ANGELES County60 MW
CalPeak Power - Enterprise
San Diego County59 MW
Ellwood
Santa Barbara County58 MW
THUMS
Los Angeles County57 MW
Carson Cogeneration Company
Los Angeles County56 MW
Alameda
Alameda County55 MW
Goal Line
San Diego County51 MW
Valero Refinery Cogeneration Unit 1
Solano County51 MW
NCPA Combustion Turbine Project #2
San Joaquin County50 MW
El Cajon Energy Center
San Diego County50 MW
Walnut
Stanislaus County50 MW
Rockwood
Imperial County50 MW
Double C Generation Limited Partnership
Kern County50 MW
Kern Front Limited
Kern County50 MW
High Sierra Limited
Kern County50 MW
McGrath Generating Station
Ventura County50 MW
Mira Loma Generating Station
San Bernardino County50 MW
Barre Generating Station
Orange County50 MW
Chowchilla II
Madera County50 MW
Yuba City Energy Center
Sutter County50 MW
AltaGas Ripon Energy Inc.
San Joaquin County50 MW
Anaheim Combustion Turbine
Orange County49 MW
Yuba City Cogen Partners
Sutter County49 MW
Clearwater Power Plant
Riverside County49 MW
Kern River Eastridge Cogen
Kern County49 MW
Cuyamaca Peak Energy
San Diego County49 MW
E F Oxnard Energy Facility
Ventura County49 MW
Delano Energy Center, LLC
Tulare County49 MW
US Borax
Kern County48 MW
King City Peaking
Monterey County47 MW
Yuba City Energy Center
Sutter County47 MW
Creed Energy Center
Solano County47 MW
Lambie Energy Center
Solano County47 MW
Goose Haven Energy Center
Solano County47 MW
Feather River Energy Center
Sutter County47 MW
Wolfskill Energy Center
Solano County47 MW
Riverview Energy Center
Contra Costa County47 MW
Red Bluff
Tehama County46 MW
Bear Mountain Limited
Kern County46 MW
Badger Creek Limited
Kern County46 MW
Chalk Cliff Limited
Kern County46 MW
McKittrick Limited
Kern County46 MW
Live Oak Limited
Kern County46 MW
Century Generating Facility
San Bernardino County45 MW
Drews Generating Facility
San Bernardino County45 MW
Chula Vista Energy Center
San Diego County44 MW
UCLA So Campus Cogen Project
Los Angeles County43 MW
Berry Placerita Cogen
Los Angeles County43 MW
Springs Generating Station
Riverside County40 MW
Salinas River Cogeneration Facility
Monterey County39 MW
Berry Cogen
Kern County39 MW
Kingsburg Cogen Facility
Fresno County36 MW
Western Power & Steam Inc
Kern County36 MW
University of California San Diego Hybrid
San Diego County36 MW
California Institute of Technology
Los Angeles County35 MW
Civic Center
Los Angeles County35 MW
Valero Wilmington Cogeneration Plant
Los Angeles County34 MW
Agnews Power Plant
Santa Clara County32 MW
CSUCI Site Authority
Ventura County31 MW
Southeast Kern River Cogen
Kern County31 MW
OLS Energy Chino
San Bernardino County31 MW
C P Kelco San Diego Plant
San Diego County29 MW
Oxnard Paper Mill
Ventura County29 MW
PE Berkeley
Alameda County29 MW
SJ/SC WPCP
Santa Clara County28 MW
Lodi
San Joaquin County27 MW
McKittrick Cogen
Kern County22 MW
Fullerton Mill CHP
Orange County21 MW
UCI Facilities Management Central Plant
Orange County19 MW
San Diego State University
San Diego County18 MW
Berry Cogen Tanne Hills 18
Kern County18 MW
MCAGCC Cogen Plant
San Bernardino County16 MW
Loma Linda University Cogen
San Bernardino County14 MW
MolsonCoors Irwindale Brewery
Los Angeles County14 MW
Coalinga 25D Cogen
Fresno County14 MW
Parnassus Central Utility Plant
San Francisco County13 MW
Houweling Nurseries
Ventura County13 MW
Childrens Hospital
San Diego County13 MW
Taft 26C Cogen
Kern County12 MW
Cymric 36W Cogen
Kern County12 MW
H. Gonzales
Los Angeles County12 MW
Lost Hills Cogeneration Plant
Kern County11 MW
Berry NMW Cogens
Kern County10 MW
Central Utilities Plant LAX 2
Los Angeles County9 MW
P Plant
San Diego County9 MW
Spreckels Sugar Company
Imperial County9 MW
CSUF Trigeneration
Orange County9 MW
Bear Valley Power Plant
San Bernardino County8 MW
Santa Clara Cogen
Santa Clara County8 MW
Naval Hospital Medical Center
San Diego County8 MW
Oroville Cogeneration LP
Butte County8 MW
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno County8 MW
Univ of Calif Santa Cruz Cogeneration
Santa Cruz County7 MW
Coalinga Cogeneration Facility
Fresno County7 MW
Cymric 31X Cogen
Kern County7 MW
Cymric 6Z Cogen
Kern County7 MW
Santa Rita Jail Hybrid
Alameda County7 MW
SunSelect1
Kern County7 MW
Aera San Ardo Cogen Facility
Monterey County6 MW
Grossmont Hospital
San Diego County6 MW
B Braun Medical
Orange County6 MW
Frito-Lay Cogen Plant
Kern County6 MW
San Jose Cogeneration
Santa Clara County6 MW
SRI International Cogen Project
San Mateo County6 MW
Dome Project
Kern County6 MW
High Sierra Cogeneration Plant
Lassen County6 MW
Olive View Medical Center
Los Angeles County6 MW
Biola University Hybrid
Los Angeles County6 MW
Kaweah Delta District Hospital
Tulare County5 MW
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co Hybrid
Butte County5 MW
EQX011 Duane Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County5 MW
Welport Lease Project
Kern County5 MW
Broadridge Cogen
El Dorado County5 MW
Mission College Blvd. Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County5 MW
Pacific Ethanol Stockton Cogen Plant
San Joaquin County5 MW
Equinix Caspian Dr. Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County5 MW
Kaiser Napa Valley Corporate Dr Fuel Cell
Napa County5 MW
Q Plant
San Diego County5 MW
W Plant
San Diego County5 MW
Kern Oil & Refining Co
Kern County5 MW
Hoag Hospital Cogen Plant
Orange County5 MW
Equinix Great Oaks Blvd. Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County5 MW
City of Palo Alto
Santa Clara County4 MW
APP Prune A-D
Santa Clara County4 MW
EQX015 Great Oaks Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County4 MW
Kyocera America Project
San Diego County4 MW
Equinix Lundy Ave. Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County4 MW
CCCSD Wastewater Treatment Plnt
Contra Costa County4 MW
Illumina Way SD
San Diego County4 MW
TLR000 Hansen Fuel Cell
Monterey County3 MW
Solano County Cogen Plant
Solano County3 MW
CBS Television City
Los Angeles County3 MW
Central CA Fuel Cell 1
Tulare County3 MW
San Antonio Regional Hospital
San Bernardino County3 MW
Municipal Cogen Plant
Riverside County3 MW
Richard J Donovan Correctional Facility
San Diego County3 MW
Costco Lake Drive
San Joaquin County3 MW
GEN005 Antibody Fuel Cell
San Diego County3 MW
Energy Center
San Bernardino County2 MW
CBS Studio Center
Los Angeles County2 MW
EQX010 Great Oaks Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County2 MW
Kaiser East La Palma Ave. Fuel Cell
Orange County2 MW
AGT000 Stevens Creek Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County2 MW
Watkins Manufacturing Co.
San Diego County2 MW
Micro Santa Clara
Santa Clara County2 MW
Equinix Maple Ave. Fuel Cell
Los Angeles County2 MW
ATT North Watney
Solano County2 MW
KSR028 Merced Fuel Cell
Alameda County2 MW
SF State University
San Francisco County2 MW
KSR053 Cantara Fuel Cell
Los Angeles County2 MW
Univ of San Francisco Cogen
San Francisco County2 MW
One Market Plaza
San Francisco County2 MW
Equinix Douglas St. Fuel Cell
Los Angeles County2 MW
SCU000 El Camino Real Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County2 MW
CSU East Bay
Alameda County1 MW
Cal State Univ San Bernardino FC01
San Bernardino County1 MW
Sonoma County Fuel Cell
Sonoma County1 MW
UCI Fuel Cell
Orange County1 MW
Santa Rita Jail Fuel Cell
Alameda County1 MW
Kaiser Deer Valley Rd. Fuel Cell
Contra Costa County1 MW
AT&T Holger
Santa Clara County1 MW
AT&T Anaheim
Orange County1 MW
Adobe San Jose
Santa Clara County1 MW
Extreme Via Del Oro
Santa Clara County1 MW
CST001 McCarthy Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County1 MW
Coca Cola American Canyon
Napa County1 MW
Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale
Santa Clara County1 MW
Franklin Templeton San Mateo
San Mateo County1 MW
Roll Delano
Kern County1 MW
Roll Lost Hills
Kern County1 MW
Xilinx San Jose
Santa Clara County1 MW
Honda Torrance
Los Angeles County1 MW
Juniper Networks Sunnyvale
Santa Clara County1 MW
Life Technologies Carlsbad
San Diego County1 MW
Taylor Farms Salinas
Monterey County1 MW
Life Technologies - Pleasanton
Alameda County1 MW
Kellogg's - San Jose
Santa Clara County1 MW
Amazon San Bernardino
San Bernardino County1 MW
Maxim
Santa Clara County1 MW
Pixar - Emeryville
Alameda County1 MW
Starbucks - Evolution Fresh
San Bernardino County1 MW
Yahoo! - HQ
Santa Clara County1 MW
Equinix San Jose
Santa Clara County1 MW
Intel Santa Clara
Santa Clara County1 MW
JSR000 N Mathilda Fuel Cell
Santa Clara County1 MW
Roll Delano 2
Kern County1 MW
Transamerica Pyramid
San Francisco County1 MW
Verizon-Torrance
Los Angeles County1 MW
Ratkovich Alhambra
Los Angeles County1 MW
Disney Prospect
Los Angeles County1 MW
ATT Kelvin
Orange County1 MW
ATT Van Nyus
Los Angeles County1 MW
FLEX Gibraltar
Santa Clara County1 MW
Kaiser Owens Dr. Fuel Cell
Alameda County1 MW
Extreme San Ignacio
Santa Clara County1 MW
ATT Ventura Blvd
Los Angeles County1 MW
7 oil plants
Dynegy Oakland Power Plant
Alameda County260 MW
McClure
Stanislaus County142 MW
SC 1 Data Center, Phase 2
Santa Clara County93 MW
Kings Beach
Placer County31 MW
Phillips 66 Carbon Plant
Contra Costa County27 MW
Pebbly Beach Generating Station Hybrid
Los Angeles County13 MW
Regional Wastewater Control Facility
San Joaquin County5 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 two times the electricity we have today.
In all, we'll need to build 23,000 megawatt (MW) of wind power and 24,000 MW of solar power.
Since the average wind turbine provides 2.75 MW of peak capacity, California would need to install about 8,000 turbines.
Since California already has 2,000 MW of wind and 6,000 MW of solar, that's 21,000 MW of wind power we need to build and 18,000 MW of solar power. That's around 803 MW of wind power and 696 MW of solar power a year.
Source: EIA, Apr 2022Decarbonizing all dirty power cuts 7% of the pollution.
And gives us zero-emissions power we need to eliminate pollution from buildings and cars!
Other Emissions
The last 34% of California'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:
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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