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Parent group (Global Energy Monitor): Berkshire Hathaway Inc · years are calendar years ⓘ

55.5 Mt
Scope 1 emissions, 2025 ⓘ
0.48
t CO₂-e/MWh sent out, 2025 ⓘ
131
Plants reporting in 2025
30%
covered by planned retirement dates
Basis:
ⓘ How projections work
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Projection (equity share) Mt CO₂-e, 2026 to 2050
Planned retirements (EIA, else GEM) 1073
Closures 5 years late 1143
No closures 1303

How others report it

Not directly comparable: different boundaries and methods. Shown for context only. Our figures use the same method for every company (EPA eGRID; 2024–25 estimated plants, sent out); company reports may add contracted generation, Scope 2 or other boundaries.

SourceBoundary20212022202320242025
Emissions vs Climate TRACE (Mt CO₂-e)
Open AssetsScope 1, equity share, plants in both datasets59.056.050.349.0–
Climate TRACE (modelled)Same plants and equity shares as ours55.151.144.844.4–

Why Climate TRACE differs. Climate TRACE models each plant's generation from satellite and grid data and applies standard emission factors; our figures are what plants report to the regulator (EPA eGRID; 2024–25 estimated). To compare like with like, Climate TRACE plants are matched to ours and given the same equity shares, so the gap is Climate TRACE's modelling, not ownership. In our tests about half of the plant-level gap comes from generation estimates and half from emission factors (in Australia Climate TRACE's factors are too high for black coal and too low for brown coal). Company totals can look close while single plants are well off, because the errors offset.

Largest plant gaps, 2024: Wyodak: -1.5 Mt (-75%; generation -67%, emissions per MWh -24%); Clark: +1.3 Mt (+260%; generation +352%, emissions per MWh -20%); Taft Cogeneration Facility: -0.7 Mt (-36%; generation -24%, emissions per MWh -16%).

Company target

No target in the Net Zero Tracker not drawn ⚠ caveat Oxford Net Zero Tracker, snapshot 20 Jan 2026

Plants and closure dates ⓘ

Methodology →
Fossil plants closing
8 plants · 18.8 Mt
Fossil, no closure date
25 plants · 43.0 Mt
Renewables with end-of-life date
0 plants
Plant Fuel Mt CO₂-e TWh Trend Closure Status
No longer reporting under this company
Closure: ≤2030 · 2031-40 · later · ↻ date moved · click a row for annual figures
+ 98 small plants (<0.01 Mt, no closure date)

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