Power Plants in North Carolina

North Carolina operates 988 power plants totaling 42,411 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 49%, followed by Solar (16%) and Coal (14%). The largest plant is Roxboro at 2,558 MW.

Plants988operating sites

Capacity42,411 MWnameplate

Generation126.4M MWhannual

CO₂39.5Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 49%Solar 16%Coal 14%Nuclear 13%Hydroelectric 5%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. North Carolina operates another 868 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in North Carolina

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Roxboro	Semora	Coal	2,558 MW
Belews Creek	Belews Creek	Natural Gas	2,491 MW
Mcguire	Huntersville	Nuclear	2,441 MW
Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex	Hamlet	Natural Gas	2,245 MW
Marshall (Nc)	Terrell	Coal	2,119 MW
Hf Lee Plant	Goldsboro	Natural Gas	2,048 MW
Brunswick Nuclear	Southport	Nuclear	2,003 MW
Lincoln Combustion	Stanley	Natural Gas	1,754 MW
James E. Rogers Energy Complex	Cliffside	Natural Gas	1,531 MW
Rowan	Salisbury	Natural Gas	1,192 MW
Lee Combined Cycle Plant	Goldsboro	Natural Gas	1,068 MW
Asheville	Arden	Natural Gas	1,012 MW
Wayne County Energy Complex	Goldsboro	Natural Gas	980 MW
Rockingham County Ct Station	Reidsville	Natural Gas	978 MW
Harris	New Hill	Nuclear	951 MW
L V Sutton Steam	Wilmington	Natural Gas	851 MW
L V Sutton Combined Cycle	Wilmington	Natural Gas	851 MW
Mayo	Roxboro	Coal	763 MW
Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility	Kings Mountain	Natural Gas	736 MW
Buck	Salisbury	Natural Gas	698 MW
Dan River	Eden	Natural Gas	698 MW
Kings Mountain Energy Center	Kings Mountain	Natural Gas	544 MW
G G Allen	Belmont	Coal	435 MW
Cowans Ford	Stanley	Hydroelectric	350 MW
Anson County Generation Facility	Lilesville	Natural Gas	344 MW
Hamlet Generating Facility	Hamlet	Natural Gas	344 MW
Butler-Warner Generation Plant	Fayetteville	Natural Gas	305 MW
Fontana Dam	Fontana Dam	Hydroelectric	255 MW
Desert Wind Farm, Llc	Hertford	Wind	208 MW
Timbermill Wind, Llc	Edenton	Wind	189 MW
Rosemary Power Station	Roanoke Rapids	Oil	180 MW
Gaston	Roanoke Rapids	Hydroelectric	178 MW
Hiwassee Dam	Murphy	Hydroelectric	166 MW
W H Weatherspoon	Lumberton	Oil	163 MW
Cheoah	Tapoco	Hydroelectric	140 MW
Albemarle Beach Solar	Roper	Solar	130 MW
Oak Solar	Gaston	Solar	120 MW
Domtar Paper Co Llc Plymouth Nc	Plymouth	Biomass	114 MW
Narrows (Nc)	Badin	Hydroelectric	109 MW
Walters	Waterville	Hydroelectric	108 MW
Roanoke Rapids	Roanoke Rapids	Hydroelectric	100 MW
Innovative Solar 37 Llc	Morven	Solar	100 MW
Fern Solar Llc	Battleboro	Solar	100 MW
Oak Trail Solar, Llc	Moyock	Solar	100 MW
Blewett	Lilesville	Hydroelectric	94.6 MW
Tillery	Mount Gilead	Hydroelectric	84.0 MW
Wilkinson Solar Llc	Pantego	Solar	80.6 MW
Conetoe Ii Solar, Llc	Conetoe	Solar	80.0 MW
Aulander Holloman Solar, Llc	Aulander	Solar	80.0 MW
Harts Mill Solar, Llc	Tarboro	Solar	80.0 MW

By county

Wayne County37 plants · 4,230 MW Person County10 plants · 3,343 MW Cleveland County30 plants · 2,953 MW Richmond County14 plants · 2,682 MW Stokes County6 plants · 2,555 MW Mecklenburg County8 plants · 2,457 MW Catawba County18 plants · 2,328 MW Lincoln County6 plants · 2,117 MW Brunswick County5 plants · 2,070 MW Rowan County15 plants · 1,943 MW Rockingham County11 plants · 1,717 MW New Hanover County4 plants · 1,704 MW Buncombe County9 plants · 1,032 MW Wake County17 plants · 1,016 MW Halifax County20 plants · 710 MW Gaston County18 plants · 581 MW Anson County10 plants · 570 MW Cumberland County16 plants · 448 MW Robeson County50 plants · 418 MW Bladen County18 plants · 372 MW Northampton County17 plants · 362 MW Nash County33 plants · 301 MW Edgecombe County9 plants · 284 MW Stanly County10 plants · 282 MW Currituck County5 plants · 262 MW Montgomery County13 plants · 261 MW Perquimans County9 plants · 259 MW Swain County1 plants · 254 MW Martin County17 plants · 216 MW Chowan County6 plants · 211 MW Hertford County16 plants · 203 MW Beaufort County11 plants · 196 MW Duplin County37 plants · 194 MW Graham County2 plants · 185 MW Cherokee County4 plants · 168 MW Lenoir County15 plants · 165 MW Warren County11 plants · 154 MW Washington County3 plants · 149 MW Scotland County19 plants · 148 MW Pender County9 plants · 137 MW Craven County12 plants · 137 MW Franklin County12 plants · 135 MW Wilson County13 plants · 128 MW Rutherford County13 plants · 126 MW Cabarrus County7 plants · 126 MW Columbus County20 plants · 125 MW Jones County12 plants · 120 MW Haywood County2 plants · 109 MW Vance County13 plants · 107 MW Johnston County32 plants · 107 MW Union County7 plants · 106 MW Surry County8 plants · 91 MW Yadkin County9 plants · 81 MW Randolph County19 plants · 70 MW Harnett County14 plants · 56 MW Onslow County11 plants · 56 MW Davidson County12 plants · 53 MW Jackson County5 plants · 50 MW Sampson County14 plants · 50 MW Orange County6 plants · 50 MW Moore County11 plants · 49 MW Burke County9 plants · 48 MW Pitt County11 plants · 47 MW Macon County3 plants · 45 MW Bertie County6 plants · 45 MW Pasquotank County3 plants · 43 MW Iredell County8 plants · 42 MW Granville County9 plants · 42 MW Chatham County13 plants · 42 MW Guilford County14 plants · 41 MW Davie County9 plants · 40 MW Caldwell County4 plants · 39 MW Lee County9 plants · 38 MW Camden County4 plants · 35 MW Hoke County5 plants · 34 MW Alamance County11 plants · 32 MW Greene County6 plants · 27 MW Forsyth County5 plants · 22 MW Durham County5 plants · 18 MW Caswell County4 plants · 17 MW Clay County2 plants · 15 MW Dare County2 plants · 15 MW Gates County3 plants · 15 MW Madison County3 plants · 12 MW Henderson County4 plants · 12 MW Alexander County3 plants · 11 MW Pamlico County2 plants · 10 MW Hyde County2 plants · 8 MW Polk County1 plants · 5 MW Wilson County1 plants · 2 MW Rockingham County1 plants · 1 MW Carteret County1 plants · 0 MW Not In File County1 plants · 0 MW Wilkes County1 plants · 0 MW