- Green Source Advantage (GSA) enables significant progress
toward the DOD's sustainability goals for military installations in
the Carolinas
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Department of
Defense (DOD) has signed on to Duke Energy's (NYSE: DUK) Green
Source Advantage (GSA) program to provide renewable energy on
behalf of the five largest DOD major military installations across
North Carolina and South Carolina, including Fort Liberty,
USMC-Camp Lejeune, USMC-Cherry Point, USAF Seymour Johnson and USAF
Shaw.
The DOD's participation in the GSA program will provide an
estimated 135 megawatts and approximately 4.8 million
megawatt-hours of renewable energy in both states over a 15-year
delivery period from two newly constructed off-site solar
facilities in South Carolina. The
facilities will be developed, owned and operated by energyRe,
subject to local and state approvals. The projects are expected to
become operational in the fourth quarter of 2026.
"This project is a great opportunity to assist our military
departments and our warfighters in their decarbonization goals and
is paramount to reaching our initial goals of Executive Order
14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal
Sustainability. DLA Energy is committed to supporting the
administration's clean energy initiatives and helping the military
services and whole-of-government partners achieve their climate
change goals," said United States Air Force Col. Jennifer Neris, director of carbon
pollution-free electricity for the Defense Logistics Agency.
Duke Energy's GSA program, which supports renewable energy
development, provides large nonresidential customers the
opportunity to offset their power purchases by securing renewable
energy from projects connected to the Duke Energy grid. The
customer receives the renewable energy certificates (RECs)
generated by the projects to satisfy sustainability and/or
renewable, carbon-free energy goals. Customers are credited
for the solar power the facility generates against their energy
purchased from the Duke Energy grid.
Additional participants in Duke Energy's GSA program include the
City of Charlotte, the
City of Durham, Bank of America,
Durham County, Duke University and Durham Public Schools.
"As our large business customers plan for the future, they also
have increasingly specific goals around decarbonization and require
access to renewable energy sources that can support those needs,"
said Meghan Dewey, vice president of
Products and Services for Duke Energy. "Duke Energy continues to
expand its scope of customer options and programs built with
critical stakeholder feedback to enable these customers and
prospective customers to meet their sustainability goals."
Executive Order 14057 has established targets for federal
agencies to reach 100% carbon-free electricity by 2030, with 50%
matching on a 24/7 basis. Participating in the Duke Energy GSA
program is one of the DOD's first major carbon-free energy
initiatives and will enable them to make considerable progress
toward the requirements of EO 14057.
Duke Energy is leading the largest clean energy transformation
in the United States. It owns,
operates and purchases more than 5,100 MW of solar power on its
energy grid in the Carolinas – enough to power the annual usage of
almost 1 million homes and businesses. North Carolina currently ranks No. 5 in the
nation for overall solar power. With a portfolio of nuclear, hydro
and renewable energy, more than half of the company's energy mix in
North Carolina is carbon-free.
Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in
Charlotte, N.C., is one of
America's largest energy holding companies. The company's electric
utilities serve 8.4 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky, and collectively own
54,800 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas utilities
serve 1.7 million customers in North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky.
Duke Energy is executing an ambitious clean energy transition,
keeping reliability, affordability and accessibility at the
forefront as the company works toward net-zero methane emissions
from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions
from electricity generation by 2050. The company is investing in
major electric grid upgrades and cleaner generation, including
expanded energy storage, renewables, natural gas and nuclear.
More information is available at duke-energy.com and
the Duke Energy News Center. Follow Duke Energy
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and visit illumination for stories about the people and
innovations powering our energy transition.
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