Marshall Steam Station

Marshall Steam Station
Location of Marshall Steam Station
Country	USA
Location	Terrell, Catawba County, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°35′51″N 80°57′53″W / 35.5975°N 80.96472°W / 35.5975; -80.96472Coordinates: 35°35′51″N 80°57′53″W / 35.5975°N 80.96472°W / 35.5975; -80.96472
Commission date	1964
Owner(s)	Duke Energy
Power station information
Primary fuel	coal
Power generation information
Installed capacity	2 × 350 MWe 2 × 648 MWe

Marshall Steam Station is a coal power plant located at 35°35′51″N 80°57′53″W / 35.5975°N 80.96472°W / 35.5975; -80.96472Coordinates: 35°35′51″N 80°57′53″W / 35.5975°N 80.96472°W / 35.5975; -80.96472 in Terrell, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States and owned by Duke Energy. Named for former company president E.C. Marshall, the station is located on Lake Norman and began commercial operation in 1965.

Marshall is the second largest coal facility owned by Duke Energy in the Carolinas. It generates enough electricity (2.09 GW) to power approximately two million homes.^[1]

The plant consists of four units. The first two, at 350 MWe each, were launched in 1965 and 1966. The other two units, at 648 MWe each, were launched in 1969 and 1970.^[2]

A unique type of burner arrangement in the boilers keeps the nitrogen oxide emissions from the Marshall facility well below regulatory limits. In 2004, Duke Energy began installing scrubbers, which will lower the station's sulfur dioxide emissions by approximately 95 percent. The project was completed in 2007.

Notes

1. ^ Marshall Steam Station
2. ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html. Retrieved 2008-07-14.