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Last Updated: February 15, 2024

Overview

North Carolina rises from its Atlantic Ocean coastline to the highest peak east of the Mississippi River—Mount Mitchell, which stands more than a mile above sea level at 6,684 feet.1 The state's terrain ranges from the barrier islands of the Outer Banks in the east, where North Carolina is brushed by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, across the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont region to the heavily forested spine of the Appalachian Mountains in the west.2 The state is second only to Florida in tropical cyclone landfalls.3 North Carolina has substantial renewable energy resources.4,5 Its solar resources help make the state a leader in solar power.6 Strong offshore winds along the state's Atlantic coast could provide energy for electricity generation.7 The nearly 19 million acres of woodlands that cover about three-fifths of the state provide a large biomass resource and employment for about 72,000 people who work in North Carolina's forestry and forest products industries.8,9 Rivers that flow through the state provide hydroelectric power to many communities.10,11 North Carolina has few fossil fuel resources and does not have any oil, natural gas, or coal production.12 In addition to its natural resources, North Carolina is one of the nation's leading nuclear power-producing states.13

North Carolina consumes almost four times more energy than it produces.14 However, total energy consumption per capita in North Carolina is among the lowest one-third of the states.15 The residents, tourists, and truckers who use motor gasoline and diesel fuel on the state's heavily traveled highway system and the jet fuel consumed at the busy Charlotte Douglas International Airport—one of the top 10 U.S. airports as ranked by passenger traffic—make the transportation sector North Carolina's largest end-use energy-consumer, accounting for three-tenths of the state's total energy consumption.16,17,18 The residential sector follows the transportation sector, accounting for slightly more than one-fourth of state energy use. The commercial and industrial sectors each make up about one-fifth of North Carolina's energy consumption.19

North Carolina is the top U.S. producer of poultry, tobacco, and sweet potatoes, making agriculture one of the state's major industries.20 The state's other key industries include: business and financial services; aerospace; auto and truck manufacturing; biotechnology and pharmaceuticals; food processing; furniture manufacturing; information technology; plastics and chemicals; and textiles.21 The energy-intensive chemicals; food, beverage, and tobacco products industry; computer and electronics products sector; and petroleum and coal products, together, account for about half of the state's gross domestic product (GDP) from manufacturing.22

Electricity

North Carolina is one of the nation’s top producers of electricity from nuclear power.

Natural gas and nuclear power provide about three-fourths of North Carolina's total net generation. Over the past decade, the contribution of natural gas-fired generation in the state has increased as electric utilities have added natural gas-fired power plants. In 2022, the amount of North Carolina's electricity generated from natural gas reached a record high, accounting for 43% of the state's total generation.23 North Carolina is among the nation's top five producers of electricity from nuclear power. In 2022, nuclear energy was the state's second-largest fuel source for electricity and provided 32% of the state's net generation.24,25 Natural gas-fired generation exceeded coal-fired generation for the first time in 2016.26 Before 2012, coal-fired power plants provided more than half of the electricity generated in North Carolina, but 32 coal-fired units with about 4,100 megawatts of generating capacity have retired since 2010 and 38 natural gas-fired units with about 5,300 megawatts of capacity were added. In 2022, the remaining coal-fired power plants provided about 11% of the electricity generated in the state. Solar power accounted for 9% of state generation, and hydroelectric power, wind power, and biomass provided almost all the rest of North Carolina's electricity generation.27,28,29

Even though North Carolina is among the top 10 electricity-producing states in the nation, its consumers use about 10% more power than is generated in the state, and additional electricity is supplied from other states over the regional grid.30,31 The residential sector accounts for nearly half of the total electricity use in North Carolina.32 Almost 7 out of 10 North Carolina households use electricity for home heating and 9 out of 10 households have air conditioning.33,34 The commercial sector makes up about one-third of the state's electricity use and the industrial sector accounts for about one-fifth.35 North Carolina ranks among the top 10 states in total electricity consumption and is in the top 5 for residential sector electricity use.36 The state has nearly 1,500 public-access electric vehicle charging locations, which is about 2.5% of the U.S. total.37

Renewable energy

North Carolina ranks fourth in the nation in solar power generation and installed solar generating capacity.

In 2022, renewable sources produced about 14% of the total electricity generated in North Carolina from both utility-scale (1 megawatt or larger) and small-scale (less than 1 megawatt) facilities. The amount of electricity generated from solar energy increased rapidly in recent years. In 2017, solar energy became the largest source of the state's renewable electricity generation and surpassed conventional hydroelectric power for the first time. In 2022, solar power provided 9% of the state's total generation and about three-fifths of its renewable electricity.38 North Carolina ranked fourth in the nation, after California, Texas, and Florida, in both total solar power generation and in solar generating capacity, with nearly 6,500 megawatts installed at the end of 2022.39,40

Hydroelectric power is the second-largest source of renewable electricity in North Carolina and accounted for about 3% of the state's total generation in 2022.41 Most of North Carolina's approximately 41 utility-scale hydroelectric dams with about 2,100 megawatts of generating capacity are found in the mountainous region in the western two-thirds of the state. The state has the first pumped-storage power facility with reversible turbines in the United States, with 86 megawatts of generating capacity, located at the Hiwassee Dam near the border with Tennessee. Water flows in one direction through the turbine to generate electricity and then in the reverse direction as a pump. When surplus electricity is produced at other power plants the Hiwassee pumped storage turbine operates as an energy storage battery and pulls water back into the reservoir.42,43,44

Biomass provided just over 1% of North Carolina's generation in 2022.45 Wood- and wood waste-fueled power plants account for more than four-fifths of the generating capacity at the state's biomass-fueled power plants. Agricultural residues and swine and poultry waste are additional resources for biomass-fueled electricity generation in the state.46,47,48,49 North Carolina's forest biomass resources also provide feedstock for five wood pellet manufacturing plants in the state that can produce about 2.1 million tons of pellets each year.50 Wood pellets are used for heating and for electricity generation.51 About 1 in 100 North Carolina households heat with wood.52

Wind energy has provided utility-scale power generation in North Carolina since 2016, when the state's first, and still only, wind farm came online in the northeastern part of the state with 208 megawatts of generating capacity from 104 turbines. It was the first coastal wind farm in the Southeast.53,54,55 In 2022, wind energy supplied 0.4% of North Carolina's electricity.56 The state has more undeveloped wind resources offshore and in its far western mountains.57 North Carolina's governor issued an executive order in June 2021 that sets a goal for the state to have 2,800 megawatts of offshore wind power generating capacity by 2030 and 8,000 megawatts by 2040.58 The federal government is reviewing the proposed Kitty Hawk North Wind Project, which would be located 27 miles from the North Carolina coast in federal waters and could have up to 3,500 megawatts of generating capacity, enough to provide electricity to about 1 million homes. Construction of the project's first 800 megawatts is scheduled to begin in 2027. The electricity generated from the project's offshore wind turbines would be sent through an undersea cable connected to an onshore substation in Virginia and transmitted to the regional electric grid.59,60,61 In May 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior leased two areas for wind power development in federal waters located about 25 miles off the North Carolina coastline near the border with South Carolina. Known as the Carolina Long Bay lease, the areas total 110,000 acres.62,63

North Carolina has one operating ethanol plant and one biodiesel plant. The ethanol plant has a production capacity of 57 million gallons per year, and the biodiesel plant's production capacity is 2 million gallons.64,65 Although almost all the motor gasoline sold in the nation is E10 fuel, which is gasoline blended with 10% ethanol, a motor fuel mixture containing up to 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, known as E85, is sold at about 90 public stations in North Carolina.66,67 Biodiesel is available at 108 private refueling stations across North Carolina that provide fuel to government and private fleets.68 North Carolina accounts for about 3.3% of U.S. ethanol consumption and 1% of biodiesel consumption.69

In 2007, North Carolina became the first state in the Southeast to adopt a renewable portfolio standard, which required investor-owned electric utilities in the state to have 12.5% of their electricity retail sales come from renewable energy sources by 2021. That requirement was met. Rural electric cooperatives and municipal electric suppliers also met their target of obtaining 10% of their electricity sales from renewable sources by 2018. Additionally, the standard set statewide targets for increasing electricity generation from burning methane derived from swine and poultry waste for all power providers.70,71

North Carolina's governor signed clean energy legislation into law in October 2021 that will close some of the state's coal-fired power plants by 2030 and replace them with new generation from renewable sources. Under the law, the state's carbon emissions from electric generating facilities will be reduced 70% by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.72,73

Petroleum

North Carolina does not have any crude oil reserves or production.74,75 More than 125 exploratory oil and natural gas wells have been drilled in the state since 1925, and, although traces of crude oil and natural gas were found in a few wells, none were sufficient for commercial development. Several unexplored areas of the state could have some crude oil.76 However, in 2020, the federal government added North Carolina to an offshore oil and natural gas drilling moratorium through June 2032, joining Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.77 North Carolina does not have any petroleum refineries, but there are two major petroleum product pipelines-the Colonial Pipeline and the PPL Pipeline (formerly known as the Plantation Pipeline)-that deliver refined products at several locations in the state on their way to the Northeast from the Gulf Coast.78,79,80,81 A third pipeline-the Dixie Pipeline-supplies propane to customers in seven southeastern states, including North Carolina, before terminating in Apex, North Carolina, just southwest of Raleigh.82,83 Some petroleum products also arrive in North Carolina at the Port of Wilmington.84

The transportation sector accounts for more than four-fifths of the petroleum consumed in North Carolina.

North Carolina ranks among the 10 states with the highest total petroleum use.85 The transportation sector uses 86% of the petroleum consumed in North Carolina, primarily as motor gasoline and diesel fuel.86,87 There are currently no federal regulatory restrictions on the use of conventional motor gasoline in the state, although most gasoline sold in the state contains at least 10% ethanol.88,89 North Carolina drivers' total annual expenditure for gasoline and total motor gasoline consumption are among the top 10 states.90,91 The industrial sector is the second-largest consumer of petroleum in North Carolina at about 7% of the state total, followed by the commercial and residential sectors at about 3% each.92 About 1 in 12 North Carolina households use propane, fuel oil, or kerosene for home heating.93 The electric power sector also uses a small amount of petroleum as fuel for electricity generation.94

Natural gas

North Carolina does not have any economically recoverable natural gas reserves or production.95,96 Although commercial quantities of natural gas have not been found in North Carolina, shales and coalbeds in the geologic basins located in the center of the state may contain natural gas resources.97

Interstate pipelines supply the natural gas North Carolina uses. Natural gas enters the state from the south through South Carolina and from the north through Virginia.98 The amount delivered through Virginia has more than doubled since 2017 as more gas produced from the Marcellus and Utica Shales further north arrives in the state.99,100 Additional interstate pipelines that will increase deliveries of Marcellus and Utica natural gas to North Carolina are in development.101,102

North Carolina ranks among the 10 states with the lowest per capita natural gas consumption.

North Carolina ranks among the 10 states with the lowest natural gas use per capita, in part because of its generally mild climate.103 Natural gas use for electricity generation in the state has tripled during the past decade.104 The electric power sector is the state's largest natural gas consumer and accounted for nearly two-thirds of the natural gas delivered to end-users in 2022. The industrial sector led state consumption until 2012, when the electric power sector became the largest natural gas user for the first time. In 2022, the industrial sector accounted for one-fifth of the state's total natural gas use. The residential sector, where one out of four North Carolina households use natural gas for home heating, accounted for about one-tenth of state natural gas use, followed by the commercial sector at nearly one-twelfth. The state's transportation sector uses a small amount of natural gas as vehicle fuel.105,106

Coal

North Carolina has a small amount of economically recoverable coal reserves but no commercial coal production.107,108 The Deep River coalfield in central North Carolina is the only area in the state known to have coal. Bituminous coal was produced from that field intermittently from 1854 to 1953. Production in the Deep River area ceased because the remaining coal is deeply buried, and the coalbeds are broken by many geologic faults. It is estimated that more than 110 million tons of coal exist in that area, but, because of the difficult geology, less than half of the coal might ever be mined.109

Fuel-grade peat deposits, averaging about 5 feet in thickness, cover almost 680,000 acres of coastal North Carolina. Peat consists of partially decomposed plant debris and is an early stage in the development of coal. There are about 500 million tons of moisture-free peat in the state, but North Carolina peat has been used only in agricultural products, not for energy. Most of the state's peat is found in coastal swamps and other environmentally sensitive areas.110,111

Almost all the coal consumed in North Carolina is used for electricity generation. Most of the coal delivered to the state's four coal-fired power plants is transported by rail from states east of the Mississippi River, primarily Pennsylvania and West Virginia. A small amount of coal is also consumed by the industrial and commercial sectors.112,113,114

Endnotes

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46 U.S. EIA, Electricity, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860), Inventory of Operating Generators as of December 2023, Plant State: North Carolina, Technology: Landfill Gas, Wood/Wood Waste Biomass, Other Waste Biomass.
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48 Sullivan, Karen, "Gas from swine, poultry waste will power 4 Duke plants," The Charlotte Observer (March 20, 2016).
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