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Virginia's Carbon Footprint Score: #38


Virginia's Carbon Emissions Score: #19

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Virginia's Carbon Footprint


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Virginia Electricity Industry Summary \| Commercial Energy Statistics \| Industrial Energy Consumption Statistics \| Residential Energy Statistics \| Virginia Transportation Energy Statistics \| Pollution Summary \| Carbon Footprint Virginia has a per capita Carbon Score of 38. Virginia has the 12th highest resident population. Each Virginia resident, per population average, produces approximately 17 Tons of Carbon Dioxide each year. Virginia has a total Carbon output state rank of #17, and is the #17th highest Carbon Dioxide polluting state in the United States. Virginia has minor natural gas and coal reserves, nearly all of which are found in the Central Appalachian Basin in the southwestern part of the State. In addition, resource assessments show that substantial oil and gas reserves could underlie the land beneath Virginia's offshore waters, which are part of the federally administered Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). However, congressional and Presidential moratoria have prohibited energy development in that offshore area since 1990. Virginia's offshore Atlantic waters also have high wind power potential, as do the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Virginia's energy demand is distributed among the sectors of the economy, with transportation leading the others by a small margin. EIA Release Date Information for Virginia: US Department of Energy
Coal	16th
Primary Electricity Fuel Source	Summer Capacity Rank \| 22,599 MW: Total Net (MW) Summer Capacity
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Megawatt Hours	21st
	Net Generation Rank \| 78,943,045 MWh: Net Generation (MWh)
Virginia Commercial Energy Consumption Ranking
10th	557.1
Commercial Ranking (most by State)	Commercial BTU's
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Virginia Industrial Energy Consumption Ranking
17th	561.4
Industrial Ranking (most by State)	Industrial BTU's
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Virginia Residential Energy Consumption Ranking
12th	598.1
Residential Ranking (most by State)	Residential BTU's
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Virginia Transportation Energy Consumption Ranking
12th	712
Transportation Ranking (most by State)	Transportation BTU's
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Megawatt Hours	21st
	Net Generation Rank \| 78,943,045 MWh: Net Generation (MWh)
Virginia Pollution Summary
SO2, SO3	16th
Sulfur Dioxide Output	Sulfur Dioxide Rank \| 233,000: Sulfur Dioxide Emissions in Metric Tons
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NOx, NO and NO2	10th
Nitrogen Oxide Output	Nitrogen Oxide Rank \| 66,000: Nitrogen Oxide Emissions in Metric Tons
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Virginia Carbon Dioxide Footprint Data (Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide) Per Year
CO2 Output	17th
Carbon Output	State Ranking (most consumption) \| 122.61 Total Carbon Output
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5.52	17.81	8.25	50.06
Commercial Carbon Output	Industrial Carbon Output	Residential Carbon Output	Transportation's Carbon Output
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40.97
Electric Carbon Output
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