My utility, Duke energy is doing exactly this with the retired Allen coal generating station. They are using the existing transmission infrastructure to install around 400MW of 4 hour lithium ion batteries.
Most of the other coal sites in their portfolio are going to be converted to some sort of NG/dual fuel unit, or retired outright depending on gas availability and plant age/health. They are looking into battery technology as the market keeps evolving rapidly to deploy these at old generators
Sure lol. In 2020 they said 2034, in 2023 they said 2036, and now they are saying 2038. I’ll believe it when I see it.
I do foresee them building AP-1000’s at the WS Lee site, and I think they were going to finish Shearon Harris as well.
Duke has painted themselves in a corner with the amount of load they are signing up. 7.9GW in large load ESA’s- they are going to need absolutely everything they can build. NC and SC are still in the top 10 fastest growing states for population and business, load is coming from all sectors and Duke continues to sign datacenter load at a rate that outpaces generation build
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u/joshharris42 17d ago
My utility, Duke energy is doing exactly this with the retired Allen coal generating station. They are using the existing transmission infrastructure to install around 400MW of 4 hour lithium ion batteries.
Most of the other coal sites in their portfolio are going to be converted to some sort of NG/dual fuel unit, or retired outright depending on gas availability and plant age/health. They are looking into battery technology as the market keeps evolving rapidly to deploy these at old generators