Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?

Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?

The powerful North Carolina utility is cagey about the exact location, but there are clues, and environmentalists want to know. In any event, a fossil fuel buildout is on.

Duke Energy Considers 1,360-MW Gas Plant for Davidson County, NC - Marcellus Drilling News

Duke Energy is considering constructing a 1,360-megawatt natural gas power plant on 1,600 acres in Davidson County, North Carolina. This is the first we’ve heard of this project, and judging by our research, the first anyone has heard of it. Prior to this, we were aware of two Duke gas-fired projects in N.C.—one in Person...

SACE Statement on Duke's Methane Gas Plans for Davidson County - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)

As made public today in the article Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly? by Lisa Sorg in Inside Climate News, Duke Energy has been quietly planning to locate its fourth, and likely even its fifth, massive methane gas combustion power plant at a mysterious location in Davidson County, possibly right on the Yadkin River. Shelley Robbins, Senior Decarbonization Manager at the Southern …