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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]
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of North Carolina, sorted by type and name. In 2022, North Carolina had a total summer capacity of 35,391 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 134,257 GWh. [ 2 ]
The dam is part of North Carolina’s largest hydroelectric plant and sits at the base of Lake Norman, a reservoir fed by the Catawba River running from western North Carolina. While the Cowans ...
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.
Valerie Patterson, a Duke Energy spokeswoman, said the dam and its floodgates were performing "as expected" and that the company "has all gates open at the Waterville Dam and continues to pass ...
At least 165,000 Charlotte-area Duke Energy customers remained without ... Western North Carolina was especially hard hit. ... The floodgates at Cowans Ford dam are open in Denver NC and it’s ...
Walters Dam, also known locally as the Waterville Dam, is a hydroelectric dam in Haywood County of western North Carolina, in the Great Smoky Mountains. The concrete arch dam is 180 ft (55 m) high by 800 ft (240 m) long, impounding the Pigeon River, near Interstate 40. The brick powerplant actually stands 6.2 miles (10.0 km) from the dam.
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 ...