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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.
The proposed combustion turbines would replace two coal-fired units at Duke Energy’s Marshall Steam Station, which opened in 1965 as a coal-burning power plant along N.C. 150 in Terrell on the lake.
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. [1]
Lake Norman was named after Norman Atwater Cocke, former president of Duke Energy. Cocke was born on November 20, 1884, to James Cocke and Sarah Atwater in Prince George County , Virginia . A graduate of New York Law School , he began his career with Duke Energy in 1906 as an attorney, becoming a Vice President and director of the company in ...
An aerial composite view of the Marshall Steam Station, a coal power plant owned by Duke Energy situated near Lake Norman in Sherrills Ford, N.C. Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
The plant will provide cleaner energy and meet all local, state and federal regulations, Duke Energy says. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
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.
At 7:45 p.m. Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management warned that floodwaters will continue to rise, even without rain, as Duke Energy moved water from Lake Norman to Lake Wylie.