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Marshall Steam Station

Catawba County, United States

The 356th largest power station in the world

2.12 GW · Capacity

Marshall Steam Station is a coal and natural gas burning power plant located at 35°35′51″N 80°57′53″W in Sherrills Ford, 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. The plant originally only burned coal. The plant generates enough electricity (2.09 GW) to power approximately two million homes.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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