Dive Summary:
- Duke Energy Corp announced Thursday that it had three new North Carolina power plants enter service in December.
- The new plants included its 825-megawatt (MW) Cliffside 6 coal-fired unit, as well its natural gas-fired 920-MW H.F. Lee and 620-MW Dan River plants.
- As a result, Duke retired four 1940s-era coal units and committed to retiring another.
From the article:
"... The company said the new unit at Cliffside allowed it to retire four 1940s-era coal units at the site totaling 198 MW in October 2011, and to commit to retiring another 1,469 MW of older coal generation in North Carolina.
Duke also said it upgraded the existing 562-MW Unit 5 at Cliffside by adding a scrubber in 2011 to reduce sulfur and other acid gases. ..."
