🛢 Oil Power Plants in North Carolina
North Carolina operates 51 oil power plants totaling 509 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 9.3k MWh.
Oil-fired plants typically run only during peak demand or grid emergencies because oil is expensive compared to gas and coal. They have the highest CO₂ emissions per MWh of any common generation technology.
Plants51operating
Capacity508 MWnameplate
Generation9.3k MWhannual
All North Carolina oil plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemary Power Station | Roanoke Rapids | Halifax County | 180 MW | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| W H Weatherspoon | Lumberton | Robeson County | 163 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Smithfield Farmland Corp Bladen | Tar Heel | Bladen County | 29 MW | Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. |
| Buxton | Buxton | Dare County | 15 MW | North Carolina El Member Corp |
| Gastonia Prime Power Park | Dallas | Gaston County | 12 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Dsm Pharmaceuticals | Greenville | Pitt County | 9 MW | Patheon Manufacturing Service Llc |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp (Kinston) | Kinston | Lenoir County | 9 MW | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp (Kinston) |
| Gastonia, Tulip Drive | Gastonia | Gaston County | 5 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Eastside Wwtp | High Point | Guilford County | 5 MW | City Of High Point |
| Long Creek Waste Water Plant | Dallas | Gaston County | 5 MW | City Of Gastonia |
| Shelby, Nc | Shelby | Cleveland County | 4 MW | Electric Glass Fiber America, Llc. |
| Ocracoke Hybrid | Ocracoke | Hyde County | 4 MW | North Carolina El Member Corp |
| High Point, Pump Station Rd | High Point | Guilford County | 4 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Lexington | Lexington | Davidson County | 4 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Albemarle Prime Power Park | New London | Stanly County | 4 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Works 53 | Lexington | Davidson County | 3 MW | Ppg Ind Fiber Glass Prdcts Inc |
| Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp (Wilson) | Wilson | Wilson County | 3 MW | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp (Wilson) |
| Edenton Generators | Edenton | Chowan County | 2 MW | Town Of Edenton - (Nc) |
| Murphy-Brown Llc | Warsaw | Duplin County | 2 MW | Murphy - Brown Llc |
| Cornelius Delivery No 1 | Cornelius | Mecklenburg County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Drexel Operations Center | Drexel | Burke County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Granite Falls Walmart | Granite Falls | Caldwell County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Huntersville Delivery No 2 | Huntersville | Mecklenburg County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Landis Delivery No 2 | Landis | Rowan County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Statesville Delivery No 3 | Statesville | Iredell County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Ward Wtp | High Point | Guilford County | 2 MW | City Of High Point |
| Water Filter Plant #2 | Morganton | Burke County | 2 MW | City Of Morganton - (Nc) |
| High Point, Fairfield | High Point | Guilford County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Statesville, Highway 64 | Statesville | Iredell County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Shelby, Toms Street | Shelby | Cleveland County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Morganton, Parker Road | Morganton | Burke County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Lexington Health Center | Lexington | Davidson County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Albemarle Hospital Unit | Albemarle | Stanly County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Cherryville City Hall | Cherryville | Gaston County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Lincolnton High School | Lincolnton | Lincoln County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Maiden Community Center | Maiden | Catawba County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Monroe Middle School | Monroe | Union County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Morganton Station 5 | Morganton | Burke County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Pineville Delivery 2 | Pineville | Mecklenburg County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| High Point, Polo | High Point | Guilford County | 2 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Westside Wwtp | Thomasville | Davidson County | 2 MW | City Of High Point |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital | Gastonia | Gaston County | 2 MW | City Of Gastonia |
| Catawba River Pollution Control | Morganton | Burke County | 1 MW | City Of Morganton - (Nc) |
| Bostic Delivery No 2 | Bostic | Rutherford County | 1 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Morehead | Newport | Carteret County | — | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Kitty Hawk | Kitty Hawk | Dare County | — | Virginia Electric & Power Co |
| High Point, Jackson Lake | High Point | Guilford County | — | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Gastonia Rankin Lake | Gastonia | Gaston County | — | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Gastonia Duke Street | Gastonia | Gaston County | — | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Maiden Finger Street | Maiden | Catawba County | — | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Lexington Hickory Street | Lexington | Davidson County | — | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |