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The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the state's largest lake, Lake Norman. It is a 32,500-acre (13,200 ha) lake created in 1963 by Duke Power for the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station. The McGuire units use the lake's water for cooling.
Lake Norman is a man-made fresh water lake in southwest North Carolina.The largest lake in the state, it was created between 1959 and 1964 [1] as part of the construction of the Cowans Ford Dam by Duke Energy.
Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station is a hydroelectric power plant and dam located near Huntersville, North Carolina, approximately 20 miles north of Charlotte on Lake Norman. It is the largest conventional hydro station owned by Duke Energy , generating up to 350 MW of power.
Duke Energy sends excess power to the Bad Creek Hydropower Station to pump water into a reservoir, then runs the water downhill to generate electricity.
At least 165,000 Charlotte-area Duke Energy customers remained without power Saturday morning, ... as Duke Energy moved water from Lake Norman to Lake Wylie. From Chopper 9: The flood gates at ...
North Carolina was flooded when Duke Energy Released water from Dam,” reads text overlaid on a video of a dam releasing floodwaters. ... Lake Norman is located about 18 miles northwest of ...
Marshall Steam Station is a coal power plant located at in Sherrills Ford, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States and owned by Duke EnergyNamed for former company president E.C. Marshall, the station is located on Lake Norman and began commercial operation in 1965.
Fifty years after first receiving operations approval, Duke has big plans for their pumped storage facility in northwest South Carolina.