- Upgrades add 320 megawatts of capacity to the company's largest "battery"
Bad Creek pumped storage technology supports the operational needs of Duke Energy's system, particularly as more solar is added- The station can now power more than 1.3 million homes
Duke Energy recently completed upgrades to the four units at the
A flexible, dynamic, efficient and green way to store and deliver large quantities of energy, pumped storage hydro plants store and generate energy by moving water between two reservoirs at different elevations.
Coming online in 1991,
"This investment in
The units were upgraded in phases, adding 80 MW of capacity to each new pump turbine. Unit 2 was completed in 2020, unit 1 was completed in 2021, unit three was completed in 2023 and unit 4 was completed in April.
Duke Energy is currently working to extend the license of the
"From population growth to the expansion of manufacturing and other major economic development wins, the Carolinas are booming," said
Expanding operations at
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, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 20,700 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 2.9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 24,000-square-mile service area in
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Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in
, is one of America's largest energy holding companies. The company's electric utilities serve 8.4 million customers in
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, and collectively own 54,800 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.7 million customers in
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Duke Energy is executing an ambitious clean energy transition, keeping reliability, affordability and accessibility at the forefront as the company works toward net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2050. The company is investing in major electric grid upgrades and cleaner generation, including expanded energy storage, renewables, natural gas and advanced nuclear.
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