Defense Department to use Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage program

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is partnering with Duke Energy to provide renewable energy for the five largest DOD major military installations across North Carolina and South Carolina.

Specifically, the DOD has signed on with Duke’s Green Source Advantage (GSA) program to power 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. It will be generated from two newly constructed off-site solar facilities in South Carolina. The facilities, which are expected to become operational in the fourth quarter of 2026, will be developed, owned and operated by energyRe.

“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 U.S. Air Force Col. Jennifer Neris, director of carbon pollution-free electricity for the Defense Logistics Agency.

Duke Energy’s GSA program supports renewable energy development, providing large nonresidential customers the opportunity to offset their power purchases by securing renewable energy from projects connected to the Duke Energy grid.

Customers receive the renewable energy certificates (RECs) generated by the projects and they are credited for the solar power the facility generates against their energy purchased from the Duke Energy grid.

Other 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,” Meghan Dewey, vice president of Products and Services for Duke Energy, said. “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.”

This is one of the DOD’s first major carbon-free energy initiatives.

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