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Roxboro Steam Plant — United States of America

Gas power plant in North Carolina, United States of America. Approximate location 36.484086, -79.072225.

GasNorth CarolinaUnited States of AmericaCCGT · HRSGGE Vernova: 7HAConstruction

Roxboro Steam Plant is a 2,558.2 MW gas power station in North Carolina, United States of America. It ranks #64 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

2,558.2MW installed capacity

2HRSG unit(s)

2028Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_roxborosteam_united.

Data status

Known data

FacilityRoxboro Steam Plant GEM-GOGPT

CountryUnited States of America · North Carolina GEM-GOGPT

Coordinates36.484086, -79.072225 GEM-GOGPT

FuelGas GEM-GOGPT

MW installed capacity2,558.2 MW Wikidata P2109; installed/nameplate capacity

Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified

OwnerNorth Carolina Electric Membership Corp [16%]; Duke Energy Progress LLC [84%] GEM-GOGPT

Commissioned2028 GEM-GOGPT

TechnologyCCGT · GE Vernova: 7HA · HRSG GEM-GOGPT

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#64 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#17 / 2165 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers21.11× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated

Climate14.3°C · HDD 1,986 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC3 · 34/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,558.2 MW, Roxboro Steam Plant is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Vernova: 7HA. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #17 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

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CPI USA NC Roxboro · Waste · 67.5 MW · North Carolina
Roxboro Farm · Solar · 5 MW · North Carolina

Location

Coordinates 36.484086, -79.072225 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Roxboro Steam Plant?

Roxboro Steam Plant is a 2,558.2 MW gas power plant in North Carolina, United States of America, Construction 2028.

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