The Riverbend Steam Station was a former 454-MW coal-fired electrical power plant in Gaston County, North Carolina, owned by Duke Energy.

[1] The four-unit station was named for a bend in the Catawba River on which it was located.

Riverbend was considered a cycling station to be brought on line to supplement supply when electricity demand was highest.

Four gas-fired combustion turbine units were also housed on the site, but were retired in October 2012.

[3] Duke Energy claimed that coal ash basins from Riverbend Steam Station were fully excavated in March 2019.