Enbridge and the energy transition

We safely connect millions of people to the energy they rely on every day, fueling quality of life through our North American natural gas, oil and renewable power networks and our growing European offshore wind portfolio.

We’re investing in modern energy delivery infrastructure to sustain access to secure, more affordable energy and building on more than a century of operating conventional energy infrastructure and two decades of experience in renewable power.

We’re advancing new technologies, including hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and carbon capture and storage, and are committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from our operations by 2050^{1, 3}.

Pathways to net zero

Enbridge is steadfast in its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions from its operations by 2050^{1, 3}, a goal that is deeply intertwined with our strategic capital allocation. Our approach is twofold: reducing emissions from our existing operations and investing in future lower-carbon energies. We are consistently refining our strategies and models, staying alert to the dynamic factors that influence our business, from technological breakthroughs to policy changes. This ensures our journey to net-zero emissions is both transparent and effective.

Our net-zero strategy focuses on five key pathways:

• Modernizing and innovating to increase efficiency and reduce the operational emissions of existing infrastructure
• Decarbonizing the energy we use by procuring lower-carbon power
• Self-powering our assets with renewable energy
• Investing in renewables and lower-carbon infrastructure
• Balancing residual emissions through selective investments of carbon offset credits

Learn more by reading our 2023 Sustainability Report.

GHG emissions performance

Enbridge continues to advance toward our goals, set in 2020, of reducing GHG emissions intensity by 35% by 2030^{1, 2}, and achieving net-zero emissions from our operations by 2050^{1, 3}.

Since we set those goals, we have reduced our emissions intensity by approximately 37% (already meeting our 2030 interim target), and our absolute emissions by 20%.

Investing in renewable and lower-carbon infrastructure

Enbridge believes the best way to create long-term value for stakeholders is to put sustainability at the heart of our corporate strategy. That’s why sustainability considerations shape our investment decisions, guide our workplace practices and set the foundation for how we engage partners, suppliers and communities.

Our diversified portfolio in renewable energy continues to grow, encompassing a wide range of projects. Since our initial investment in a wind farm in 2002, we have allocated more than US$7 billion (about C$10 billion) toward projects in renewable energy and power transmission projects currently in operation or under construction.

Together, our renewable power projects (either in operation or under construction) have the capacity to generate about 5,200 MW gross of zero-emissions energy, which equates to about 2,300 MW net, sufficient to supply the electrical needs of roughly 1.1 million homes.⁴

By the end of 2023, Enbridge had investments in:

• 23 wind farms, representing a gross capacity of 4,870 MW
• 14 solar energy farms, offering 369 MW gross capacity
• 5 waste heat recovery operations, contributing 34 MW gross capacity
• A geothermal project with 22 MW gross capacity
• A power transmission project, with gross transmission capacity of 500 MW
• Six landfill-to-Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) facilities in Texas and Arkansas, representing approximately 4.5 Bcf/year
• A food waste-to-RNG facility in Washington state, with capacity to convert more than 90,000 tonnes of wasted food to carbon-negative RNG
• A hydrogen blending facility in Ontario, producing gross capacity of 276 tonnes of green hydrogen annually
• Four RNG facilities in Ontario, producing 11.9 million m³ annually.

Since we set those goals, we have reduced our emissions intensity by approximately 37% (already meeting our 2030 interim target), and our absolute emissions by 20%.

¹ GHG emissions included within our targets are from assets over which we have operational control (Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions). Projected reductions of GHG emissions intensity and absolute emissions is relative to the 2018 baseline year. For more information, see our 2023 Sustainability Report.
² This metric aggregates emissions and throughput for each business unit on the basis of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per energy delivered in petajoules (“PJ”).
³ Absolute emissions.
⁴ Estimated numbers of households powered calculated using regional energy consumption data: Energy Consumption – U.S. homes and Energy Consumption – Canadian homes.