Energy Transitions and Financial Measures
Replacing Coal Could Likewise Accelerate Global Emissions Reductions
POTENTIAL FOR LOWER GLOBAL EMISSIONS Mt CO2
36,639
KINDER MORGAN
Potential Net
9,394
Reduction of 26%
27,245
2021 total global CO2 emissions
decrease in coal emissions
(mostly attributable to switching coal to natural gas)
2050 potential global CO2 emissions
Based on IEA data from the IEA (2022) World Energy Outlook, World Energy Outlook 2022 - Analysis – IEA. All rights reserved; presentation modified by Kinder Morgan (data unchanged). STEPS scenario. The STEPS scenario assumes coal
emissions decrease 5,243 Mt CO2 by 2050. A further 4,150 Mt CO2 could be reduced by replacing coal with natural gas. This figure is calculated by dividing 2050 coal emissions of 9,863 Mt CO2 by a coal emission intensity rate of 88 Mt CO2/EJ,
then multiplying by a natural gas emission intensity rate of 51 Mt CO2/EJ. This yields an equivalent 2050 natural gas emissions figure of 5,713 Mt CO2. Potential additional emissions reduction is difference between 9,863 Mt CO2 and 5,713 Mt CO2. 16View entire presentation