Duke Energy's hydroelectric plants harness the energy produced by flowing water and convert it into electricity. Learn more about hydro energy today.

Quick startup times make hydroelectric plants ideally suited to provide peaking power. They can provide electricity in a matter of seconds when customer demand is high. Dams and spillways can be beautiful to look at, but the water immediately above (upstream) and immediately beneath (downstream) them is treacherous.

Across the U.S., Duke Energy owns and operates a diverse mix of regulated power plants – including hydro, coal, nuclear, natural gas, solar and battery storage

Aug 8, 2018 · Inside a mountain beside South Carolina’s Lake Jocassee, Duke Energy’s largest hydro plant is growing. Workers at Bad Creek Hydroelectric Station began disassembling the plant in January to install new equipment, including massive spherical valves and...

Located on the Pee Dee River in south-central North Carolina, Duke Energy’s Blewett Falls Hydro Station has been providing clean, renewable energy since 1912. The plant in June was inducted into the Hydro Hall of Fame at the HydroVision International convention in Charlotte, N.C.

May 16, 2018 · CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) announced today that through a competitive bidding process, it will sell five small hydroelectric plants in the Western Carolinas region to Northbrook Energy. The transaction will save customers money over time, while ensuring a continued source of clean energy.

May 2, 2022 · Markland Hydroelectric Station can now generate up to 65 megawatts of renewable, carbon-free energy, depending on the flow of the river, which is enough to power 52,000 homes. The plant’s annual energy output increased by 39 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year.

Mar 14, 2022 · As part of Duke Energy’s strategy to increase renewable energy, upgrades to the plant will add approximately 280 MW to the pumped-storage hydro station. Its comparable output will produce as much electricity as Duke Energy’s other large generating stations in the nuclear and fossil fuel fleet and power more than 1 million homes.

Aug 20, 2019 · Duke Energy has completed the sale of five small hydroelectric plants in the western Carolinas that it says have become too expensive to maintain and operate. It's...

Ever since Catawba Hydro Station began supplying electricity to Victoria Cotton Mill in Rock Hill, S.C., in 1904, Duke Energy has harnessed the power of the water. Today, the company’s 27 hydroelectric stations are still an important part of Duke Energy’s balanced energy mix on the road to net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.