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Parent group (Global Energy Monitor): Duke Energy Corp · years are calendar years ⓘ

75.3 Mt
Scope 1 emissions, 2025 ⓘ
0.33
t CO₂-e/MWh sent out, 2025 ⓘ
117
Plants reporting in 2025
63%
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) 1157
Closures 5 years late 1346
No closures 1816

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 datasets73.273.268.169.5–
Climate TRACE (modelled)Same plants and equity shares as ours71.671.767.768.4–

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: Lincoln Combustion Turbine: +3.3 Mt (+4633%; generation +192575%, emissions per MWh -98%); Hines Energy Complex: -2.4 Mt (-50%; generation -41%, emissions per MWh -16%); Crystal River: -1.2 Mt (-16%; generation -29%, emissions per MWh +18%).

Company target

-50% by 2030 vs 2005 baseline; Net zero Scope 1+2+3 by 2050 on chart ⚠ caveat Oxford Net Zero Tracker, snapshot 20 Jan 2026

Plants and closure dates ⓘ

Methodology →
Fossil plants closing
13 plants · 50.4 Mt
Fossil, no closure date
26 plants · 28.1 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
+ 77 small plants (<0.01 Mt, no closure date)

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