Energy Infrastructure & Transition Overview
22%
49%
2007
23%
2019
■ Coal
■Natural gas
■Renewables ■ Other
from other electric power from other sectors
Under the Paris Agreement, U.S. was to reduce 2005-level CO2 emissions 26-28% by 2025
By 2019, over half of that reduction goal was already achieved
Source: U.S. EIA Electricity Data Browser (net generation) & Monthly Energy Review (Dec-2020); World Bank, Development Indicators, GDP, U.S.$ current (12/16/2020).
14
8%
17%
21%
21%
38%
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
from coal electric power
from natural gas electric power
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Power emissions declined >30%
or ~805 million metric tons
5.0
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.3
5.5
5.6
5.6
5.7
5.9
5.8
5.8
5.9
6.0
6.0
6.0
5.9
5.8
5.4
5.6
5.4
5.2
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.2
5.1
5.3
5.1
U.S. CO2 Emissions Declined Since 2007 while GDP grew ~50%
Primarily due to converting coal power generation to natural gas generation
U.S. ELECTRICITY GENERATION MIX
% of total generation
U.S. CO2 EMISSIONS
billion metric tons
KINDER MORGAN
U.S. emissions declined ~14%
or ~860 million metric tons
2014
2015
4.4
2016
2017
2018
2019
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