LINCOLN COMBUSTION

How LINCOLN COMBUSTION compares

With 1,754 MW of capacity, LINCOLN COMBUSTION ranks 7th among the 205 operating power plants Bywatts maps in North Carolina and 2nd of the 10 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 21% of North Carolina's operating Natural Gas capacity and 5.8% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 21st-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1995, it is older than 63% of the 183 operating North Carolina plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, runs 27 operating plants in North Carolina totaling 13,073 MW. It shares Lincoln County with 4 other operating plants, including COWANS FORD and HIGH SHOALS HYDRO.

EIA-860 lists 17 generators at the site with 2,290 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combustion turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 1,754 MW). Net generation was 3.8 GWh in 2024. Its generators came online between 1995 and 2024.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 19 operating power plants totaling 4,922 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is MCGUIRE (2,441 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Carolina Internet / CaroNet XB in Charlotte, about 18.4 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology