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At the corner of E.K. Gaylord Boulevard and Sheridan Avenue lies a building shrouded in mystery and the shadow of the Devon Tower at sundown. Hundreds, if not thousands, drive past every day on their way to work. All can see the steam rising as it dissipates in the air overhead.
Looking like the inside of a full file cabinet or a window blind pulled shut, that building isn’t a building at all, but a wall to shield the operations of Vicinity Energy, which is planning to bring some of Oklahoma City’s largest facilities and developments a step closer to decarbonization, or zero emissions, by 2050.
Due to Boston’s climate action plan, the entire city is on a path to becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Given Vicinity Energy is headquartered in Boston, the push to decarbonize started there, but the company chose to take it further and put all their facilities on the same path to zero emissions.
As widespread demand for decarbonized operations has not yet reached Oklahoma City, Vicinity Energy’s Oklahoma City plant has not yet begun the transition to renewable energy sources, but General Manager Todd Lewis said it’ll happen eventually.
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