🔥 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
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 |