| Roxboro Steam Plant | |
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| Country |
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| Location | Semora, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36°28′44″N79°04′15″W / 36.478833°N 79.070889°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1966 |
| Owner(s) | Duke Energy |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Cooling source | Hyco lake |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 2,422 MW |
Roxboro Steam Plant is a coal-fired electrical generation facility in Semora, North Carolina. [1]
The plant has four units, the first opened in 1966.
Person County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 39,097 as of the 2020 census. The county seat is Roxboro.
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