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EIA publishes 2020 US CO2 emissions statistics
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its latest US CO2 emissions statistics for 2020.
Preliminary data indicates that in 2020 CO2 emissions from US energy consumption totalled 4.6bn tonnes. Petroleum accounted for 45% of this figure, natural gas 36%, and coal 19%.
The transportation sector accounted for 36% of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, the most of any sector in the US, with 97% of this share coming from petroleum. The industrial sector accounted for 29% of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, with natural gas accounting for 41% of this share, 28% from electricity retail sales, 25% from petroleum and 7% from coal.
The residential sector accounted for 20% of total CO2 emissions from US energy consumption. Some 64% of this share came from electricity retail sales, 29% from natural gas and 7% from petroleum.
The commercial sector accounted for 16% of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, and 69% of this share came from electricity retail sales, 24% from natural gas and 7% from petroleum.
The electric power sector accounted for 32% of total CO2 emissions from energy consumption, with 54% coming from coal, 44% from natural gas and 1% from petroleum.
News Item details
Journal title: Petroleum Review
Countries: USA -
Organisation: Energy Information Administration
Subjects: Gas markets, Oil markets, Transport, Coal markets, Renewables, Power industry, Forecasting, Carbon emissions
