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Cowans Ford Dam. 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]
North Carolina was flooded when Duke Energy Released water from Dam,” reads text overlaid on a video of a dam releasing floodwaters. ... The dam is part of North Carolina’s largest ...
Police at the scene said around noon the water could rise another 4 to 5 feet as Duke Energy opened another floodgate at Cowans Ford Dam. Flooding began Thursday morning, police said, and Duke ...
Tillery Dam was constructed in 1928 as an 87-megawatt hydroelectric facility owned and operated by Carolina Power, and now owned by Duke Energy. [2] Standing 86 feet (26 m) high, 2,800 feet (850 m) long, and with four generators, the dam is operated to increase the efficiency of the company's Blewett Hydroelectric Plant, about 25 miles (40 km ...
Nantahala Lake (/ ˌ n æ n t ə ˈ h eɪ l ə /) [1] is located in Macon County, North Carolina in the western part of the state. The lake is regulated and maintained by Duke Energy and is a major source of hydroelectric power to the region. [2] Nantahala is located at 3,000 feet (910 m) in the Nantahala National Forest.
The rush of water filled Jendresen’s home with about five feet of the swollen, muddy river. He and roughly 40 other families sued Duke Energy. They accused the power company of negligence and ...
Lake James is a large reservoir in the mountains of Western North Carolina which straddles the border between Burke and McDowell Counties. It is named for tobacco tycoon and benefactor of Duke University James Buchanan Duke. The lake, with surface elevation of 1200 ft (366 m), lies behind a series of 4 earthen dams.
On Friday afternoon, Stewman said water was flowing around the dam on one side. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality said on its website on Friday morning that the 480-foot long ...