Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections
Nevada Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections, 1990 to 2030
5.2 Historical Emissions
Nevada's 2013 residential, commercial, and industrial emissions were estimated to be 6.807
MMTCO2eq. Sector emissions accounted for 15.3 percent of the state's net GHG emissions in 1990 and
17.4 percent 2013. Table 5-2 below lists historical sector emissions by GHG and by sub-sector.
Emissions from this sector for 2013 are dominated by CO2 (more than 99 percent).
Table 5-2: Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Sector Emissions (MMTCO2eq)
Total CO2
4.399
1990 1995
2005
5.797 5.907 6.773
2000
2010 2011
6.841
2012 2013
6.001
5.989 6.763
Residential
1.192
1.310
1.835
2.217
2.363
2.393
2.168
2.454
Commercial
1.067
1.432
1.625
1.760
1.823
1.872
1.758
1.930
Industrial
2.140
3.056
2.470
2.796
2.655
1.736
2.064
2.379
Total CH4
0.029
0.034
0.042
0.030
0.027
0.026
0.025
0.031
Residential
0.021
0.023
0.030
0.019
0.017
0.017
0.016
0.021
Commercial
0.005
0.006
0.008
0.007
0.006
0.006
0.006
0.006
Industrial
0.003
0.005
0.004
0.005
0.004
0.002
0.003
0.004
Total N₂O
0.012
0.016
0.015
0.015
0.013
0.010 0.011 0.013
Residential
0.004
0.004
0.005
0.004
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.004
Commercial
0.001
0.002
0.002
0.002
0.002
0.002
0.001
0.002
Industrial
0.007
0.010
0.007
0.010
0.008
0.005
0.007
0.007
Total Emissions
4.441 5.848 5.987
6.819
6.880
6.037 6.025 6.807
Figure 5-1 depicts sector emissions from 1990 to 2013. Industrial sub-sector emissions were the major
GHG contributor until 2011 when they were surpassed by residential emissions. Figure 5-2 illustrates
the relative contributions of each of the sub-sector's GHG emissions from 1990 to 2013. Emissions of
CO2, largely from the combustion of natural gas, were the largest source of emissions in both the
residential and commercial sub-sectors while petroleum was the largest source of emissions in the
industrial sub-sector.
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