Future Gen Plant 1 is a natural gas power plant in North Carolina.
Capacity—nameplate
Annual Generation—EPA eGRID
Capacity Factor—
Annual CO₂—metric tons
Location
Plant Name
Future Gen Plant 1
Operator
Duke Energy Progress - (Nc)
City
Unsited
State
North Carolina
ZIP
0
Generators (1)
ID
Technology
Fuel
Capacity
Status
Online
1
Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
Natural Gas
212 MW
Cancelled
—
Grid context
NERC Region
SERC
Balancing Authority
Duke Energy Progress East
About Natural Gas plants
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.