Duke’s 2024 Carbon Offset Portfolio

2024 Portfolio

Duke achieved its goal of carbon neutrality in 2024 following its strategy of focusing on reducing its emissions, investing in renewable energy, and using offsets to address any residual emissions. 

Duke retired, or used, 232,000 offsets from four different projects to reach neutrality in 2024. The average cost per offset across Duke’s whole portfolio was $17 per offset. Below is the complete portfolio of offset projects and more details about each project:

Project Developer: Native Energy

Location: United States

Number of offsets: 14,000

Activity: The Rainier Dairy Digester project sources manure from three family farms in Washington state and places it into a sealed digester, where methane from the waste is collected and used to generate electricity. 

Developer: Tradewater

Location: U.S.

Number of offsets: 29,000

Activity: Tradwater permanently destroys stockpiled potent refrigerant gasses that otherwise would have leaked out of storage containers and entered the atmosphere.

Developer: Tradewater

Location: Thailand

Number of offsets: 150,000

Activity: Tradwater permanently destroys stockpiled potent refrigerant gasses that otherwise would have leaked out of storage containers and entered the atmosphere. 

Developer: 3Degrees

Location: United States

Number of offsets: 39,000

Activity: The Flathead Landfill captures methane emitted by the landfilled waste and runs it through a generator to create electricity that is put back into the local grid.