🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in North Carolina
North Carolina operates 30 natural gas power plants totaling 20,799 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 53.6M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants30operating
Capacity20,799 MWnameplate
Generation53.6M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in North Carolina
All North Carolina natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belews Creek | Belews Creek | Stokes County | 2,491 MW | Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc |
| Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex | Hamlet | Richmond County | 2,245 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Hf Lee Plant | Goldsboro | Wayne County | 2,048 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Lincoln Combustion | Stanley | Lincoln County | 1,754 MW | Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc |
| James E. Rogers Energy Complex | Cliffside | Cleveland County | 1,531 MW | Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc |
| Rowan | Salisbury | Rowan County | 1,192 MW | Southern Power Co |
| Lee Combined Cycle Plant | Goldsboro | Wayne County | 1,068 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Asheville | Arden | Buncombe County | 1,012 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Wayne County Energy Complex | Goldsboro | Wayne County | 980 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Rockingham County Ct Station | Reidsville | Rockingham County | 978 MW | Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc |
| L V Sutton Steam | Wilmington | New Hanover County | 851 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| L V Sutton Combined Cycle | Wilmington | New Hanover County | 851 MW | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility | Kings Mountain | Cleveland County | 736 MW | Southern Power Co |
| Buck | Salisbury | Rowan County | 698 MW | Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc |
| Dan River | Eden | Rockingham County | 698 MW | Duke Energy Carolinas, Llc |
| Kings Mountain Energy Center | Kings Mountain | Cleveland County | 544 MW | Carolina Power Partners, Llc |
| Anson County Generation Facility | Lilesville | Anson County | 344 MW | North Carolina El Member Corp |
| Hamlet Generating Facility | Hamlet | Richmond County | 344 MW | North Carolina El Member Corp |
| Butler-Warner Generation Plant | Fayetteville | Cumberland County | 305 MW | Fayetteville Public Works Commission |
| Archer Daniels Midland Southport | Southport | Brunswick County | 53 MW | Archer Daniels Midland Co |
| Univ Of Nc Chapel Hill Cogen Facility | Chapel Hill | Orange County | 32 MW | University Of North Carolina |
| Monroe Generating Station | Monroe | Union County | 30 MW | North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 |
| Ncsu Cates Cogeneration Plant | Raleigh | Wake County | 11 MW | Nc State University, Energy Systems |
| Ncsu Ccup Cogeneration Plant | Raleigh | Wake County | 7 MW | Nc State University, Energy Systems |
| Na 1 (Nc) | Unsited | Not In File County | — | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Future Gen Plant 1 | Unsited | — | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) | |
| Future Gen Plant 2 | Unsited | — | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) | |
| Woodfin | Woodfin | Buncombe County | — | Duke Energy Progress - (Nc) |
| Apple Data Center - Fuel Cell 1&2 | Maiden | Catawba County | — | Apple, Inc |
| Unc-Ch Lfg Facility | Chapel Hill | Orange County | — | University Of North Carolina |