Duke Energy wants to burn coal, gas at NC steam station for 15 years

In its new carbon plan, Duke Energy gambles on coal as a shorter-term fix for powering data center - Salisbury Post

By Lisa Sorg (This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment.) Duke Energy plans to burn coal for two to four years longer than previously estimated, which will result in millions of tons in additional greenhouse gases over the next decade when combined with other proposed changes to the utility’s fuel mix. The utility would significantly increa…

Duke Energy wants to burn coal, gas at NC steam station for 15 years

The revised schedule would be significant because Belews Creek is one of the state’s largest power plants – and its largest single source of climate-warming pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

More coal, gas for Belews Creek?

Duke Energy would be permitted to burn coal and gas until 2040 at the company's Belews Creek Steam Station in Stokes County under a proposal submitted to state regulators Wednesday.