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North Carolina
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North Carolina has 740 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 38.1 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 36.6% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 28.1%. The largest plant we track is Roxboro (2,558 MW, online since 1972).

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740 Tracked plants
38.1 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
10 Fuel types

North Carolina electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 36.6% 14 GW Coal 28.1% 10.7 GW Nuclear 14.2% 5.4 GW Solar 11.9% 4.5 GW Hydro 5.4% 2.1 GW Oil 1.5% 0.6 GW Waste-to-Energy 1.4% 0.5 GW Wind 0.5% 0.2 GW Biomass 0.3% 0.1 GW Cogeneration 0.1% 0.1 GW

Largest plants in North Carolina

01 Roxboro Coal · 1972 2,558 MW 02 Belews Creek Coal · 1975 2,491 MW 03 McGuire Nuclear · 1982 2,441 MW 04 Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex Natural Gas · 2004 2,245 MW 05 Marshall (NC) Coal · 1968 2,119 MW 06 Brunswick Nuclear Nuclear · 1976 2,003 MW 07 Lincoln Combustion Natural Gas · 1995 1,754 MW 08 James E. Rogers Energy Complex Coal · 1996 1,531 MW 09 Rowan Natural Gas · 2001 1,192 MW 10 G G Allen Coal · 1959 1,148 MW 11 Asheville Natural Gas · 1993 1,131 MW 12 Lee Combined Cycle Plant Natural Gas · 2013 1,068 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does North Carolina get its electricity?

Across the 740 plants we track in North Carolina, capacity is led by natural gas at 36.6%, then coal at 28.1%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in North Carolina?

The largest plant in our North Carolina catalog is Roxboro, a coal facility with 2,558 MW (commissioned 1972).

How many power plants are in North Carolina?

Our catalog tracks 740 power plants in North Carolina totalling 38.1 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

New York 561 plants Washington 134 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW

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