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It is the largest conventional hydro station owned by Duke Energy, generating up to 350 MW of power. [1] Three units began generating electricity in 1963, with a fourth unit beginning operation in 1967. They supply "peaking power"—extra electricity needed to meet demand when it is needed most—typically hot summer days and cold winter ...
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.
Duke Energy Corporation is an American electric power and natural gas holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company ranked as the 141st largest company in the United States in 2024 – its highest-ever placement on the Fortune 500 list.
Specific actions include requiring Duke to procure 2,350 megawatts of new solar by 2028, requiring Duke to retire its six coal plants in North Carolina by 2035, and extending the licenses at its ...
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]
Traffic passes the planned entrance to Duke Energy’s proposed natural gas twin turbine energy plant on Island Point Road in Sherrills Ford, Catawba County, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
In 2009 the company announced that the coal-fired units and combustion turbines at the H.F. Lee Plant would be retired. [1] Progress Energy merged with Duke Energy in July 2012. [6] The three coal-fired units were shut down on 15 September 2012, and the four oil-fueled combustion turbine units ceased operation in October 2012.
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