Frieden

Battery storage power plant · Guilford County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity
3.5 MW
Rank in North Carolina
#695
of 930 plants
In service since
2026
February 2026

Details

Primary fuel
Battery storage
Technology
Batteries
Operator
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
County
Guilford County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among battery storage plants in North Carolina
#24 of 34
EIA plant code
69446

Generating units

Individual generating units at Frieden
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
FRD1Batteries3.5 MW3.5 MW2026Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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About this data

From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 3.5 MW solar plant and a 3.5 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.

“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All North Carolina power plants · What North Carolina actually generates