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| [[Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant]] ||{{coord|35|38.0|N|78|57.3|W|}}||928||[[Progress Energy]]||[[Pressurized water reactor]] (1 unit)||

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| [[Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station]] ||{{coord|33|57|30|N|78|0|37|W|}}||1858||Duke Energy||[[Boiling water reactor]] (2 unit)||

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Revision as of 11:20, 13 November 2020

Sources of North Carolina electricity generation: May 2020 [1]

  Coal (22.93%)
  Natural Gas (31.34%)
  Hydroelectric (5.40%)
  Other Renewables (9.81%)
  Nuclear (30.37%)
  Petroleum-Fired (.16%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stationsinNorth Carolina, sorted by type and name. In 2018, North Carolina had a total summer capacity of 34,178 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 134,250 GWh.[2] North Carolina's electrical energy generation mix in 2020 was 22.93% coal, 31.34% natural gas, 30.37% nuclear, 5.40% hydroelectric, 9.81% other renewables and .16% petroleum fired. As of 2018, North Carolina has the second highest installed solar power generating capacity with more than 4,100 megawatts. It is also the nation's fifth largest producer of nuclear power, however nuclear power was surpassed by natural gas in 2018 as the state's leading source for electricity.[1]

Coal

Natural Gas

Hydroelectric

Nuclear

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
McGuire Nuclear Station 35°25′57N 80°56′54W / 35.43250°N 80.94833°W / 35.43250; -80.94833 2316 Duke Energy Pressurized water reactor (2 unit)
Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant 35°38.0′N 78°57.3′W / 35.6333°N 78.9550°W / 35.6333; -78.9550 928 Progress Energy Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)
Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station 33°57′30N 78°0′37W / 33.95833°N 78.01028°W / 33.95833; -78.01028 1858 Duke Energy Boiling water reactor (2 unit)

Cancelled

South River Nuclear Power Plant


See also

References

  1. ^ a b "North Carolina - State Energy Profile Overview - EIA". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  • ^ North Carolina Electricity Profile, U.S. Energy Information Administration, September 24, 2020

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