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| Dec. 6, 2017 | Update to neighbors on construction activities for many projects ongoing at the plant for the next several years |
| Oct. 6, 2017 | Learn more about our emergency action plans for coal ash facilities. Ash basins continue to operate safely and are highly regulated. Removing water and permanently closing basins, work that is already planned or underway, adds an additional margin of safety. Inundation maps are planning tools that illustrate a worst-case scenario and depict the areas that could be impacted in the unlikely event of a complete dam failure. |
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May - July 2017 |
Crews at the Asheville combined-cycle project are removing rock by drilling 10- to 20- feet into the ground to prepare the site for the new natural gas plant. Though crews will be performing drilling activities every 2-3 days, we don't expect project neighbors to hear additional noise from the drilling process. |
Asheville Plant
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Capacity: 376 megawatts
Location: Arden, North Carolina
Commercial Date: 1964
Status: Operating
The Asheville Plant has a two-unit 376-megawatt coal-fired plant and two simple-cycle combustion turbine units that can burn fuel oil or natural gas and produce 324 megawatts of energy.
Have a Question? Email your questions to:
CoalAshQuestions@duke-energy.com
Location: Arden, North Carolina
Commercial Date: 1964
Status: Operating
The Asheville Plant has a two-unit 376-megawatt coal-fired plant and two simple-cycle combustion turbine units that can burn fuel oil or natural gas and produce 324 megawatts of energy.
In 2017, Duke Energy started building a new 560-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant at the site to accommodate burgeoning growth in the area and meet customers’ demand. Building highly efficient natural gas plants is also part of the company’s balanced approach to providing customers reliable and increasingly clean energy. Though the new natural gas plant is geographically located in Arden, N.C., its energy is fed to the grid, which benefits customers in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
The existing coal-fired units will retire no later than January 2020 after the new natural gas plant starts serving customers in late 2019.
Have a Question? Email your questions to:
CoalAshQuestions@duke-energy.com
Asheville Plant
Asheville Plant
Asheville Plant
Asheville Plant aerial view
Asheville Plant aerial view
Plant Happenings
Information included in recent neighbor updates, along with work and progress at the site.
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Sept. 2016
Completed excavation of the 1982 basin. Ash from the remaining 1964 basin is being transported to a fully lined landfill in Homer, Ga. The project will complete in 2022.
02/22/2016
Began transporting coal ash from our Asheville Plant to the fully lined Cliffside landfill in Mooresboro, N.C. We plan to initially focus on transporting during daylight hours with a fleet of trucks making up to 2-3 turns per weekday. This plan will continue to be evaluated for safety and efficiencies.
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11/23/2015
10/14/2015
Remaining coal ash from the 1982 ash basin will be excavated and transported for final storage at the R&B fully lined landfill in Homer, Ga. (owned and operated by Waste Management). Trucks will travel along previously used haul route.
09/01/2015
Ongoing excavation work in the cove area of the 1982 ash basin.
Aug. - Sept. 2015
Tree removal in the cove area of the 1982 ash basin. Work will pause Sept. 4 – 7 for the Labor Day holiday. 08/10/2015
Excavation work in the cove area of the 1982 ash basin.
07/16/2015
May - July, 2015
Coal ash hauling to the Asheville Regional Airport will be suspended on Glenn Bridge Road and portions of New Rockwood Road. Hauling activities will continue from the plant’s rear gate onto Bradley Branch Road to Airport Road.
Feb. - May, 2015
Installing groundwater monitoring wells to help inform future ash basin closure recommendations.
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