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  • Municipal solid waste (MSW)

    Progress Energy purchases power from five MSW plants in Florida to supply 144 megawatts (MW) of electricity. In the Carolinas, Progress Energy purchases power from two MSW plants totaling 16.2 MW of electricity.

  • Wood, tires, landfill gas

    Progress Energy purchases power from one plant in Florida that uses wood waste, tires and landfill gas to supply 40 MW of electricity. In North Carolina, the company purchases power from three plants that use wood, biomass or methane, totaling approximately 77 MW of electricity.

  • Heat recovery

    Progress Energy purchases power from four plants in Florida that use industrial waste heat to supply 20 MW of electricity, and one plant in North Carolina that supplies 10 MW of electricity.

 

 

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