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Markland Hydro Station Generates More Clean Energy After Upgrades

3BL Media

Upgrades like those at Markland are a key piece of Duke Energy’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Since 2005, the company has decreased sulfur dioxide emissions in Indiana by 96%, nitrogen oxide emissions by 73% and carbon emissions by 42%. View original content here.

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Duke Energy’s Annual Impact Report Shares Progress Toward a Cleaner Tomorrow That Includes Affordability and Reliability

3BL Media

Carbon emissions from electric generation are down 48% from 2005 levels Since 2022, helped customers access nearly $377 million in financial support CHARLOTTE, N.C., The company’s carbon emissions from electric generation are down 48% since 2005 and it is on track to meet its interim 50% carbon emission reduction target by 2030.

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Duke Energy Named One of North America's Top Sustainable Companies for 17th Straight Year

3BL Media

For Scope 1 emissions, the company is on track to exceed its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation by at least 50% and achieve its goals of an 80% reduction by 2040 against a 2005 baseline on its way to achieving net-zero carbon by 2050. The company employs 28,000 people.

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Clean Energy is Building a Better Future for our Planet

American Clean Power

Transitioning to zero-carbon energy sources – like land-based wind, offshore wind, and solar – will help drive the clean energy economy forward while also benefiting our planet and the health of the American people through reducing carbon pollution produced by conventional generation sources. .

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Ameren planning 6-MW community solar project in Missouri

Renewable Energy World

Montgomery County Solar Center was planned after about 2,000 Ameren Missouri customers expressed interest in zero-carbon power generation without having to install solar equipment on their rooftops or property nor pay high upfront costs.

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Brookfield to Invest up to $1 Billion in LanzaTech to Build Plants that Turn Captured Carbon into Fuels & Products

ESG Today

Carbon capture and transformation (CCT) company LanzaTech announced today a funding partnership with clean energy investor Brookfield Renewable, aimed at financing the development of commercial scale production plants for the transformation of carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging.

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How a one-man scrap metal recycler became the world’s most sustainable corporation

Corporate Knights

And about a third comes from forging recycled scrap steel into finished products in electric arc furnaces that are powered by hydropower, making the metal extremely low carbon. In the meantime, we are still pursuing Scope 3 emissions-reduction initiatives that provide low- and net-zero-carbon solutions for our customers.

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