Power plant · North Carolina, United States
Kings Mountain Energy Center
Kings Mountain Energy Center is a gas power plant in North Carolina, United States, with 544 MW of capacity, owned by Carolina Power Partners, LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Carolina | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2018 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Carolina Power Partners, LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Carolina Power Partners, LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 544 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 230 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 35.2025, -81.3631 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
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Kings Mountain Energy Center is the 22nd-largest of 23 power plants in North Carolina and the 726th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 544 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 22nd of 23 | 29,976 MW | 1.8% |
| United States | 726th of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 868th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 data centers and 6 mines (4 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Mill & Mines | Mine | — | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Battleground Mill | Mine | — | Operating | 2.0 km |
| T5 Charlotte Campus | Data center | — | — | 6.1 km |
| Sericite Mine | Mine | — | Operating | 15 km |
| Flexential Charlotte - South | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| TierPoint - Charlotte Data Center | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
Owner, operator, grid operator and place
Other power plants in North Carolina
- Roxboro2,558 MW
- Belews Creek2,491 MW
- McGuire2,441 MW
- Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex2,245 MW
- Lincoln Combustion2,156 MW
- Marshall (NC)2,119 MW
- Brunswick Nuclear2,003 MW
- James E. Rogers Energy Complex1,531 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.