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Duke Energy Carolinas LLC — power plant portfolio

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC operates 43 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 24,099 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 12,238,704 t CO₂/yr.

43power plants
24,099MW total capacity
1countries
12,238,704t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 23 plants23HydroGas: 7 plants7GasSolar: 6 plants6SolarCoal: 4 plants4CoalNuclear: 3 plants3Nuclear

Fleet interpretation

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United States of America (43).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (23), gas (7), solar (6), coal (4). The largest listed asset is Oconee in United States of America (2,682 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 586 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 7 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 5 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 43 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
OconeeNuclearUnited States of America2,682
Belews CreekCoalUnited States of America2,491
McGuireNuclearUnited States of America2,430
CatawbaNuclearUnited States of America2,376
Lincoln CombustionGasUnited States of America2,29619,532
Bad CreekHydroUnited States of America2,000
Marshall (NC)CoalUnited States of America1,9965,154,520
James E. Rogers Energy ComplexCoalUnited States of America1,5304,988,640
G G AllenCoalUnited States of America1,148
W S LeeGasUnited States of America1,118
Rockingham County CT StationGasUnited States of America978456,149
Mill Creek (SC)GasUnited States of America80029,422
JocasseeHydroUnited States of America774
BuckGasUnited States of America6981,570,968
Dan RiverGasUnited States of America698
Cowans FordHydroUnited States of America350
KeoweeHydroUnited States of America158
Wateree HydroHydroUnited States of America90
Mountain IslandHydroUnited States of America60
WylieHydroUnited States of America60
Monroe Solar FacilitySolarUnited States of America55
Cedar CreekHydroUnited States of America45
DearbornHydroUnited States of America45
NantahalaHydroUnited States of America43
Fishing CreekHydroUnited States of America42
Oxford DamHydroUnited States of America36
BridgewaterHydroUnited States of America28
Lookout ShoalsHydroUnited States of America26
RhodhissHydroUnited States of America26
ThorpeHydroUnited States of America22
Mocksville SolarSolarUnited States of America15
Duke Energy CHP at Clemson UniversityGasUnited States of America1319,473
99 IslandsHydroUnited States of America12
Great Falls (SC)HydroUnited States of America12
Tennessee CreekHydroUnited States of America11
Bear Creek DamHydroUnited States of America9
Cedar CliffHydroUnited States of America6
Woodleaf Solar FacilitySolarUnited States of America6
TuckasegeeHydroUnited States of America3
DE Solar 10240 Old Dowd RdSolarUnited States of America2
Queens CreekHydroUnited States of America1
DE Solar 657 Brigham RdSolarUnited States of America1
DE Solar 1725 Drywall DrSolarUnited States of America1

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Duke Energy Carolinas LLC operate?

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC operates 43 power plants across 1 country, with about 24,099 MW of total capacity.

What is Duke Energy Carolinas LLC's largest power plant?

Oconee in United States of America is its largest at about 2,682 MW.

What types of power plants does Duke Energy Carolinas LLC run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (23), gas (7), solar (6).

How much CO₂ do Duke Energy Carolinas LLC's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 12,238,704 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology