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Orbit Energy Charlotte

Other power plant · Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Nameplate capacity
5.2 MW
Rank in North Carolina
#208
of 930 plants
In service since
2016
November 2016

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Other Waste Biomass
Operator
Anaergia
County
Mecklenburg County
Generating units
1
Share of state capacity
0.01%
Rank among other plants in North Carolina
#22 of 69
EIA plant code
58638

Generating units

Individual generating units at Orbit Energy Charlotte
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Other Waste Biomass5.2 MW5.2 MW2016Operating

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 5.2 MW solar plant and a 5.2 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