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Carbon Emissions Dashboard

Results shown here are for Duke Farms, a center of the Doris Duke Foundation. This dashboard tracks progress toward the Natural Systems Energy Plan (NSEP) goals: 100% clean electricity and an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions within the current dashboard emissions boundary. That boundary covers Scope 1, Scope 2, and included Scope 3 Category 7 employee commuting; broader Scope 3 inventory work is underway and targeted for completion at the end of 2026.

Methodology

Showing 2026 (year to date). This view includes 182 records; the carbon reduction target uses baseline year 2023.

Current-year data is labeled year-to-date until all annual utility and fuel records are loaded.

Dashboard boundary

Duke Farms clean electricity, energy use, and emissions progress

Duke Farms uses 2023 as the official NSEP implementation base year for tracking future decarbonization progress. Historical emissions reductions are also reported relative to the 2006 reference year to align with New Jersey climate policy.

NSEP baseline: 2023

Scope 1

Direct campus fuels: natural gas, heating oil, propane, gasoline, and diesel.

Scope 2

Included campus electricity use valued with the grid emissions factor; on-site solar matching and REC/SREC ownership are tracked separately.

Scope 3, Category 7

Employee commuting fuel and charging estimates included in the current dashboard boundary.

Broader Scope 3

Broader inventory work is underway and targeted for completion by the end of 2026.

Gross emissions reductions and verified carbon removals are reported separately, with the long-term goal of reaching net-zero and ultimately net-negative emissions.

Goal 1: 100% Clean Electricity

This goal compares on-site solar electricity generated with electricity used across campus buildings and public charging stations on a net annual matching basis. It is separate from carbon-accounting claims tied to REC/SREC ownership. Year-to-date progress.

Annual clean electricity matching trend

Left axis: MWh. Right axis: annual matching share.

Monthly year-to-date view for 2026 (year to date)

Year-to-date progress

This value shows progress so far in 2026. It will change as more monthly data is added.

On-site solar generation

1,065 MWh

Original solar panels: 283 MWh

Newer solar panels: 782 MWh

Campus electricity use

979 MWh

Main campus buildings: 896 MWh

Public charging stations: 45.8 MWh

Other buildings: 36.5 MWh

Duke Farms generates enough on-site solar electricity to match its annual electricity use in strong years. The associated REC/SREC ownership is tracked separately for carbon-accounting claims, so Goal 2 does not treat the physical match as carbon-free electricity.

Source: Airtable Statement Periods, records through Jun 30, 2026.

Hourly clean electricity matching

Interval data

Hourly matching

55.9%

Matched hours

39%

Load covered

449 MWh

Stored solar via battery

155 MWh

Hourly matching profile

MWh serving site load

This interval profile shows clean electricity serving site load. Solar exported to the grid is not included, so direct solar is capped at hourly load. Hourly matching is an operational view that helps show reduced reliance on grid-supplied electricity.

Battery-supported solar use by hour

97.7% evening/overnight

Bars show solar energy served from the battery. The green line shows real-time solar serving load. Evening and overnight battery bars indicate stored solar helping serve load when real-time production is low.

Jan 2026

40.0% matched

20% of hours

Feb 2026

50.1% matched

31% of hours

Mar 2026

56.1% matched

38% of hours

Apr 2026

72.2% matched

53% of hours

May 2026

70.4% matched

51% of hours

Shown for 2026 (year to date). Source: BESS_Ops_Bot 1-minute hourly matching data, Jan 1, 2026 8 AM to Jun 1, 2026 7 AM.

Physical / engineering ledger

Actual energy-flow fields are shown where the current exports support them.

2026 (year to date)

Solar generated on-site

1,065 MWh

Annual production from the on-site arrays; carbon-accounting claims depend on REC/SREC ownership.

Solar consumed on-site

451 MWh

Current export can report this only for selected-year interval rows.

Grid electricity imported

352 MWh

Imported grid electricity from selected-year interval rows.

Estimated avoided grid emissions

146.4 metric tons CO2e

Engineering estimate only; REC/SREC ownership is tracked separately for carbon-accounting claims.

Goal 2: 80% Lower Emissions from energy use (Scope 1 and Scope 2)

This year-to-date view includes Scope 1, Scope 2, and Category 7 Scope 3 employee commuting recorded so far. Annual goal progress will be finalized after 2026 is complete. Broader inventory work for Scope 3 is underway and targeted for completion at the end of 2026.

Reduction progress

Baseline comparison and annual emissions by source.

2026 (year to date)

Year-to-date view

683.5 metric tons CO2e

Data is recorded through Jun 30, 2026; annual reduction is not finalized.

Reduction since baseline (2023)

YTD only

2023: 1,219.9 metric tons CO2e
2026 (year to date): 683.5 metric tons CO2e

Same-period comparison vs 2025

6.6% lower

2026 (year to date): 683.5 metric tons CO2e. Jun 2025: 731.8 metric tons CO2e.

Emissions by year

metric tons CO2e

Selected year2023 NSEP baselineComparison years

This comparison keeps 2006 as historical context, includes the 2023 NSEP implementation base year, and shows every year from 2024 through the current dashboard year. 2026 is year to date.

2006
Historical emissions reference.
2023
Formal baseline for the 80% lower-emissions goal.
2024
Recent annual comparison year.
2025
Recent annual comparison year.
2026
Selected current-year result is year to date through Jun 2026.

Where emissions come from

Wider bands mean a larger share of the selected-year total by scope.

683.5 metric tons CO2e