This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of North Carolina, sorted by type and name. In 2024, North Carolina had a total summer capacity of 36.3 GW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 134,965 GWh. In 2025, the electrical energy generation mix was 40% natural gas, 31.8% nuclear, 13.2% coal, 9.4% solar, 3.4% hydroelectric, 1.1% biomass, 0.7% wind, 0.1% petroleum, and 0.2% other. Small-scale solar including customer-owned photovoltaic panels delivered an additional net 1,009 GWh of energy to the state's electrical grid in 2025. This was more than 12 times less than the 12,752 GWh generated by North Carolina's utility-scale photovoltaic plants.

As in other states, electricity generation by coal in North Carolina has been shifting to natural gas and renewables. Gas has nearly equaled the generation by nuclear since 2016. The state was also a top-ten state in the nation for production of nuclear energy.

At the end of 2025, North Carolina had the sixth-highest solar generation and fifth-highest installed capacity in the nation at almost 7,700 megawatts. Solar generation exceeded hydroelectricity in 2017.

Nuclear power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Name Location Capacity(MW) Owner Type Yearopened Ref Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station 1870 Duke Energy Boiling water reactor (2 units) 1977 (Unit 1 - 938MW)1975 (Unit 2 - 932MW) McGuire Nuclear Station 2316 Duke Energy Pressurized water reactor (2 units) 1981 (Unit 1 - 1158MW)1984 (Unit 2 - 1158MW) Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant 928 Progress Energy Pressurized water reactor (1 unit) 1987

Fossil-fuel power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Coal Name Location Capacity(MW) Owner Yearopened Ref Notes Asheville Energy Plant 378 Duke Energy 1964 (Unit 1 - 189MW)1971 (Unit 2 - 189MW) Retired 2020 Belews Creek Steam Station 2220 Duke Energy 1974 (Unit 1 - 1110MW)1975 (Unit 2 - 1110MW) Canton Mill Power Plant 52.5 Blue RidgePaper Products 1937 (Unit 1 - 7.5MW)1941 (Unit 2 - 7.5MW)1946 (Unit 3 - 7.5MW)1949 (Unit 4 - 7.5MW)1952 (Unit 5 - 10MW)1979 (Unit 6 - 12.5MW) G. G. Allen Steam Station 1098 Duke Energy 1957 (Unit 1 - 162MW)1957 (Unit 2 - 162MW)1959 (Unit 3 - 258MW)1960 (Unit 4 - 257MW)1961 (Unit 5 - 259MW) Retired 2024 James E. Rogers Energy Complex 1388 Duke Energy 1972 (Unit 1- 544MW)2012 (Unit 2- 844MW) Marshall Steam Station 2058 Duke Energy 1965 (Unit 1 - 370MW)1966 (Unit 2 - 370MW)1969 (Unit 3 - 658MW)1970 (Unit 4 - 660MW) Mayo Plant 727 Duke Energy 1983 Roxboro Steam Plant 2439 Duke Energy 1966 (Unit 1 - 379MW)1968 (Unit 2 - 668MW)1973 (Unit 3 - 694MW)1980 (Unit 4 - 698MW) UNC Chapel Hill Cogen Facility 28 UNC-Chapel Hill 1991

Natural gas Name Location Capacity(MW) Owner Generationtype Yearopened Ref ADM Southport 45 Archer Daniels Midland Simple cycle (x3) 1992/1995 Anson County Generating Facility 340 NCEMC Simple cycle (x6) 2007 Asheville Station 613 Duke Energy Simple cycle (x2),1x1 combined cycle 1999/2000 (320MW)2019 (293MW) Buck Station 668 Duke Energy 2x1 combined cycle 2011 Butler-Warner Generation Plant 225 City of Fayetteville Simple cycle (x2),6x1 combined cycle 1976-1980 (40MW)1988 (185MW) Cleveland Generating Plant 720 Southern Company Simple cycle (x4) 2012 Dan River Station 662 Duke Energy 2x1 combined cycle 2012 H.F. Lee Energy Complex 888 Duke Energy 3x1 combined cycle 2012 Hamlet Generating Facility 339 NCEMC Simple cycle (x6) 2007/2013 Kings Mountain Energy Center 486 NTE Energy 1x1 combined cycle 2018 L.V. Sutton Plant 685 Duke Energy 2x1 combined cycle,simple cycle (x2) 2013 (607MW)2017 (78MW) Lincoln Combustion Turbine 1200 Duke Energy Simple cycle (x16) 1995-1996 Monroe Station 24 NC Muni Pwr Agency Simple cycle (x2) 2010 NCSU Cates Cogen 9.4 NC State Univ. Simple cycle (x2) 2012 NCSU Central Campus Cogen 6.3 NC State Univ. Simple cycle,steam turbine 2019 (5.3MW)2019 (1MW) Rockingham Station 825 Duke Energy Single cycle (x5) 2000 Rowan Plant 961 Southern Company Simple cycle (x3),2x1 combined cycle 2001 (462MW)2003 (499MW) Sherwood H. Smith Jr. Energy Complex 1808 Duke Energy Simple cycle (x5),2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2001-2002 (723MW)2002/2011 (1085MW) Wayne County Plant 857 Duke Energy Simple cycle (x5) 2000/2009

Renewable power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Biomass and industrial waste

Name Coordinates Capacity(MW) Primaryfuel Generationtype Yearopened Refs Notes Concord Energy 7.8 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x2) 2012 CPI - Roxboro 47.0 Wood/wood waste,tire-derived fuel,coal Steam turbine 1987 Closed 2021 CPI - Southport 96.0 Wood/wood waste,tire-derived fuel,coal Steam turbine (x2) 1987 Closed 2021 Craven County Wood Energy 47.0 Wood/wood waste Steam turbine 1990 Domtar Paper - Plymouth Mill 122.3 Wood/wood waste Steam turbine (x3) 1952/1976/1978 Gaston County REC 4.2 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x3) 2011 International Paper - New Bern Mill 29.0 Wood/wood waste Steam turbine 2014 International Paper - Riegelwood 52.3 Wood/wood waste Steam turbine (x2) 1951/1976 KapStone Kraft Paper 30.0 Wood/wood waste Steam turbine 1966 Lumberton 34.7 Wood/wood waste Steam turbine 1985 New Bern LFG 5.4 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x18) 2007/2011 Sampson County Disposal 9.6 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x6) 2011/2014 Uwharrie Mountain Renewable 9.6 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x6) 2014 Wake County LFG Facility 9.0 Landfill gas Reciprocating engine (x30) 2013/2015/2019

Hydroelectric

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Ref Notes Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station 324 Duke Energy Fontana Dam Powerplant 304 Tennessee Valley Authority Gaston Hydro Station 220 Dominion Energy Mountain Island Hydro Station60Duke Energy Roanoke Rapids Power Station 95 Dominion Energy Tillery Hydro Station 84 Duke Energy Walters Hydroelectric Plant 112 Duke Energy Jordan Lake Hydroelectric Project35.6549N 79.0683W4.4Jordan Hydroelectric L.P.

Solar

Name Location Capacity(MWAC) Owner Yearopened Ref Notes Aulander Holloman Solar 80.0 SunEnergyFifth Third Bancorp 2018 Chestnut Solar 75 Dominion Energy 2020 Conetoe Solar (I&II) 85.0 SunEnergyDuke Energy 2015 Crooked Run 70.1 Cypress Creek Renewables 2019 Davidson Solar 17.2 SunEdisonDuke Energy 2011 Gutenberg Solar 79.9 Dominion Energy 2019 Innovative Solar 37 100.0 Dominion Energy 2017 Innovative Solar 42 71.0 Recurrent Energy 2017 Innovative Solar 46 78.5 Cypress Creek Renewables 2016 NC 102 Project 74.8 Recurrent Energy 2017 Pecan Solar 74.9 Dominion Energy 2018 Ranchland Solar 60.0 SunEnergy 2017 Rutherford Farm 74.8 Southern Company 2016 Shoe Creek Solar 65.0 Cypress Creek Renewables 2017 Summit Farms 60.0 Dominion Energy 2016 Warsaw Farm 65.0 Duke Energy 2015 Wilkinson Solar 80.6 Dominion Energy 2019

Wind

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Ref Notes Desert Wind Farm 208 Iberdrola Renewables

Storage power stations Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Battery storage PlantCoords.Capacity(MW)OwnerYearopenedRef Ocracoke Hybrid 1.0 NCEMC 2017

Pumped storage PlantCoords.Capacity(MW)Number ofturbinesOwnerYearopenedRef Hiwassee Dam 95 1 Tennessee Valley Authority 1956

Cancelled South River Nuclear Power Plant

See also

List of power stations in the United States

References