Buck Steam Station - Wikipedia
WEBThe Buck Steam Station is a 369-MW formerly coal-fired electrical power plant, owned by Duke Energy. There are also three natural gas -fueled combustion turbines at the location that provide an additional 93 MW (and which began operation in 1970), and two natural gas-fueled combined cycle turbines are planned for the near future. [ 1 ]
Implosion levels remains of old Buck power plant - Duke Energy
WEBOct 19, 2018 · The coal plant was retired in 2013, but the Buck site continues to serve Duke Energy customers through a 620-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant, which came online in 2011. The gas plant more efficiently generates electricity while significantly reducing air emissions compared to burning coal.
Implosion levels part of Buck power plant in Salisbury, NC
WEBAug 2, 2018 · A part of Salisbury, N.C., history was reduced to bricks when Duke Energy imploded the oldest section of the Buck Steam Station coal plant that was retired in 2013. The plant began operating in 1926 and was Duke Energy’s first “modern” pulverized coal plant helping to electrify the Carolinas.
Full steam ahead at Buck power plant - Duke Energy
WEBJun 8, 2016 · Here’s a look inside Duke Energy’s Buck Combined Cycle power plant, along the banks of the Yadkin River in Rowan County, N.C. Duke has been generating electricity on the site since the mid-1920s, first with coal and now with natural gas.
Buck Steam Station - Global Energy Monitor
WEBBuck, Duke’s first large-scale power plant, began operating in 1926. Its first two units retired in 1979. Units 3 and 4, 120 megawatts combined, were commissioned from 1941 to 1942 and were retired in mid-2011.
Generating Energy from Coal - Duke Energy
WEBDuke Energy started using coal as a primary fuel source when the 369-MW Buck Steam Station in Spencer, N.C., started generating energy in 1926. The Buck station could produce six times more energy than the company's largest hydroelectric station at the time, the 60-MW Wylie Hydroelectric Station.
Duke Energy's fleet modernization allows two coal plants to …
WEBFeb 1, 2013 · CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy 's Buck and Riverbend steam stations, coal-fired power plants in the Charlotte area, will retire two years earlier than scheduled, drawing to a close more than eight decades of operations at each facility.
James B. Duke - Duke Centennial
WEBHis efforts were acknowledged in small, lasting ways. Lake James, a power-generating reservoir in western North Carolina, is named for him. So is the Buck Steam Station in Salisbury.
Video: Hundreds of explosions destroy old NC steam plant
WEBOct 19, 2018 · An old Duke Energy power plant dating to 1926 came crashing down in just seconds during an expertly planned implosion Friday in Salisbury, North Carolina. The tallest part of the structure was...
Demolition of Buck Steam Station is the end of an era for Duke …
WEBOct 20, 2018 · The final buildings at Duke Energy’s Buck Steam Station were demolished Friday, and a way of life came to an end. The plant was named for James Buchanon “Buck” Duke, who with his brother ...
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