Power Plants in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has 8 power plants totaling 2,457 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants8operating sites
Capacity2,457 MWnameplate
Generation18.1M MWhannual
CO₂6metric tons/year
Nuclear 99%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
McguireHuntersvilleNuclear2,441 MWDuke Energy Carolinas, Llc
Orbit Energy CharlotteCharlotteBiomass5.2 MWAnaergia
Reventure ParkCharlotteBiomass3.5 MWClean Energy Llc
Cornelius Delivery No 1CorneliusOil2.2 MWNorth Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
Huntersville Delivery No 2HuntersvilleOil2.2 MWNorth Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
De Solar 10240 Old Dowd RdCharlotteSolar1.9 MWDuke Energy Carolinas, Llc
Pineville Delivery 2PinevilleOil1.8 MWNorth Carolina Mun Power Agny #1
Mcdowell Creek Solar LlcHuntersvilleSolar— MWMcdowell Creek Solar Llc

About power generation in Mecklenburg County

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has 8 power plants totaling 2,457 MW of nameplate capacity. Nuclear is the dominant fuel source at 99% of installed capacity, followed by Biomass (0%) and Oil (0%). The largest facility is Mcguire at 2,440 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

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