Ohio
Back to mapTo get to zero by 2050, Ohio must cut emissions by 3.8% a year
Emissions in Ohio
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
Decarbonize Our Buildings
13% of Ohio'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 Ohio's 5.5 million buildings.
In fact, 26.8% of appliances in buildings in Ohio are already fossil fuel free!
That means we only need to electrify the remaining 4.1 million dirty buildings in Ohio. That's around 154,000 per year.
Source: Microsoft, Mar 2021; NREL, Dec 2021Electrifying all buildings cuts 13% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Transport
25% of Ohio'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 4.2 million vehicles in Ohio and 15,000 are already electric (0.3% of the total).
We need to electrify (or replace) the remaining 4.2 million gas-powered vehicles. That's around 161,000 a year.
Source: DOT, Feb 2021Electrifying all transportation cuts 25% of the pollution.
Decarbonize Our Power
30% of Ohio's pollution comes from burning coal, gas, and oil to make power.
That's because of how power is generated in Ohio today.
Power Generation in the State of Ohio (2020)
But there's already 17% carbon-free electricity generation in Ohio!
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 Ohio
15 coal plants
2,600 MW
2,468 MW
2,175 MW
1,880 MW
1,444 MW
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39 gas plants
1,430 MW
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36 oil plants
1,289 MW
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