Belews Creek Steam Station
- Capacity: 2,240 megawatts
- Location: Stokes County, North Carolina
- Commercial Date: 1974
Belews Creek Steam Station is a two-unit coal-fired generating facility located on Belews Lake in Stokes County, North Carolina. It is Duke Energy’s largest coal-burning power plant in the Carolinas and consistently ranks among the most efficient coal facilities in the United States. Cooling water for Belews Creek Steam Station is provided by Belews Lake, a man-made lake formed when Duke Power built the facility.
Duke Energy has made significant improvements to reduce emissions from the company’s coal-fired plants. Both of the Belews Creek generating units have been equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) devices to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by approximately 80 percent.
Duke Energy has also installed flue gas desulfurization equipment – commonly known as scrubbers – on both units. This equipment will reduce the station’s sulfur dioxide emissions by approximately 95 percent.
