Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections
Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections, 1990 to 2030
Figure 2-3: Relative Contributions of Individual GHGs, 1990 - 2013
100%
■CO2
90%
■CH4
80%
HFC, PFC, and SF6
70%
■N20
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
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Projected Emissions (2014 to 2030)
In nearly all sectors, there is projected to be a very slow but constant increase in GHG emissions for the
period 2014 to 2030 which will be driven by predicted population and economic growth. In fact, over
the entire period of study, 1990 to 2030, emissions incrementally increase with economic and
population growth in nearly every category. The only instances when emissions decreased were during
recessions or when a transformative technology was introduced to a sector that resulted in emissions
being permanently reduced. Figure 2-4 illustrates Nevada's gross historical and projected emissions by
sector from 1990 to 2030 with a dashed vertical line marking where the historical period ends and the
projections begin. Overall, these projections indicate that Nevada's gross emissions of GHGs will
increase by less than 1 MMTCO2eq between 2013 and 2030, reaching 44.877 MMTCO2eq in 2030. This
is largely due to the continued emissions reductions in the electricity generation sector through the
retirements of the state's aging coal-fired power plants and their replacement with natural gas and
renewable energy-based forms of electricity generation. While statewide emissions will be nearly 10
MMTCO₂eq greater than 1990 emissions, it is more than 15 MMTCO2eq less than the State GHG
emissions peak in 2005.
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