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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.
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 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 ...
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.
A Lake Norman woman who developed kidney cancer sued Duke Energy on Wednesday over its disposal of toxic coal ash near and beneath lake-area homes and businesses in the 1990s and 2000s.
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 ...
On December 11, 2014, Duke Energy, to repair a rusted, leaking pipe, received approval from North Carolina to dump Coal Ash (containing arsenic, lead, thallium and mercury, among other heavy metals) from the Marshall Steam Station into Lake Norman. [6] On October 3, 2015, Duke reported that a sinkhole had formed at the base of the Marshall ...
At least 165,000 Charlotte-area Duke Energy customers remained without power Saturday morning, including 45,000 in Mecklenburg County, after former Hurricane Helene knocked down trees and power ...